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Four top media analysts reveal their data-backed assessments of 2025, as well as their predictions for 2026 and beyond.

Look, lighting and camera movement were stripped back to basics by cinematographer Lukasz Żal to create the stage for Shakespeare’s personal tragedy.

IBC2025’s Accelerator cohort delivered some of the most ambitious demonstrations yet, featuring AI-driven production workflows, a radical rethinking of ultra-low latency streaming, and even live private 5G networks flying in an ultralight aircraft. IBC365 hears from a handful of projects to learn about life after the show.

While Google forges ahead with unlocking the potential of its Willow quantum computing chip, cybersecurity experts warn that further breakthroughs in the field could catch a digital ecosystem built on crypto security off guard. Adrian Pennington reports.

As the year draws to a close, it seems an opportune time to ask Content Everywhere companies for their views on the top trends in 2025. As always, key industry players have been keen to respond with comments and views on how the past year shaped up both for them and the wider industry.

Tasked with running two simultaneous live broadcasts from the Blockchain Life trade show in Dubai, Oasis Studio looked to create a flexible, redundant production workflow, offering a timely showcase of broadcast AV systems in action.

Scenes structured like Russian nesting dolls present Editor Paul Machliss with a challenge in completing this deadly reality TV show.

Netflix raids Hollywood to land a giant of old media, but having offered billions over the odds for ageing IP, would a smarter play have involved the creator economy?

As deepfakes become prevalent throughout the media industry, experts at the BBC, Guardian, and ITN wrestle with the implications of today’s unprecedented levels of disinformation and distrust.

This year’s Rory Peck Awards was an affirmation that press freedom is in severe danger, that it has become a vicious fight to sustain that facts matter. George Jarrett reports.