Features

LED walls, virtual floors and AR politicians to engage audiences like never before as part of broadcaster’s comprehensive election night coverage.

BBC News plans unprecedented coverage of election night with cameras at every single count, a focus on nations and regions, and transparency behind the scenes.

Three project streams explore the practicality of using AI in audience validation, creative storytelling, and live sports and event production. Mark Mayne reports.

BBC showcases innovative XR studios while sustainable thinking is at the heart of ITV’s remote operations from Germany.

It’s the time of year when Britain goes midsummer mad for the festival of live music at Worthy Farm.

Streamers are looking to AI to dramatically improve compression performance and reduce costs with London-based Deep Render claiming that its technology has cracked the code.

Content Everywhere companies are already in planning mode for this year’s IBC, which takes places as usual at RAI Amsterdam in September. Some will also have been working on, or at least taking note of, projects included in the event’s Accelerator Programme, the 2024 iteration of which began last November with a call for challenges, followed by Kickstart Day in March.

Rapper and filmmaker Rapman tells IBC365 about making his sci-fi drama Supacell with Netflix, emulating Ryan Coogler and why “anything can happen in a Rapman show.”

The IBC2024 Accelerator Programme continues to revolutionise live event production with its latest initiatives aimed at leveraging cutting-edge technology to overcome challenges in the broadcasting industry. Building on the successes of previous years, the Connect and Produce Anywhere, Phase II project focuses on enhancing production capabilities through innovative uses of cloud and edge computing, ensuring high-quality output even under varying connectivity conditions.

The combination of Unreal Engine and LED volume stages has taken virtual production to another level, but have skillsets kept pace? IBC365 learns more about the UK’s first dedicated certificate in virtual production.