Game changer: Sony rolls out multi-title approach to esports production

Increasingly powerful analysis platforms, infrastructure optimisation, improved resource utilisation and new methods of compression are among the developments helping the streaming sector to reduce its environmental impact, writes David Davies.

The emergent virtual production scene in Wales has been boosted by the arrival of two new world-class facilities in recent months, both secured with the collaborative backing of Media Cymru. James McKeown spoke to Media Cymru’s Deputy Director, Professor Sara Pepper OBE, about the consortium’s mission to put Wales on the global media innovation map.

AI tools like Flawless visual dubbing are making a strong case for standard use in Hollywood.

Last week saw the first IBC365 roundtable hosted at NAB. Industry leaders from broadcasters including beIN Media Group, Al Jazeera, Globo, TVN Warner Bros Discovery and Alaraby were joined by representatives from Vertex AI Search (Google Cloud), Host Broadcast Services, QTV, Xansr Media, V-Nova, The Media League and Norigin Media to explore how AI is impacting media personalisation.

Artist led, AI driven, fan-first media show the way forward at a NAB show dominated by tariff-suffering hardware vendors and advertiser weakened broadcast.