In this IABM interview, Kumar Subramanian, CEO of MediaMelon describes the services that his company offers, along with a preview of the latest innovations that his company plans to disclose during IBC. He also shares how MediaMelon sees the analytics market evolving and how they are planning to participate and lead in that evolution

In this IABM TV Interview, Aaron Nuytemans of TinkerList is explaining the launch of their new product CUEZ. CUEZ is the world’s first cloud-based rundown tool which can integrate with any device.

IABM today announced the shortlisted entries for the 2023 IBC Show edition of its BaM Awards®. The Awards have this year returned to their biannual format, centered around the two largest international exhibitions, NAB Show and IBC, now that in-person events have returned. The shortlist for the IBC show edition has been selected by the judges from over 150 entries – reinforcing the value that technology developers place on the recognition provided by the BaM® Awards. The BaM Awards® reward innovation in each of the nine BaM Content Chain® categories, together with a tenth award recognizing an outstanding project, event or collaboration.

The panel of 40+ non-affiliated, expert judges is now examining the shortlisted entries in close detail. Visits to the stands of shortlisted companies will take place once IBC 2023 opens to complete the judging process. The eventual winners will be announced at the IABM BaM Awards® Party on Saturday 16 September, beginning with a drinks reception kindly sponsored by Avid at 6pm. Tickets are still available and all IABM members and shortlisted companies are welcome; register here.

“The high number of entries and the sheer innovation on display are a direct reflection of the efforts and budgets that companies are putting into their R&D,” said Stan Moote, CTO at IABM and chair of the judging panel. “It pleased me to see that many entries are debuting for the first time at IBC, indicating we are getting back to the industry’s customary trade event product releases.”

 

The shortlisted entries are:

Create

Bolin Technology – EX-Ultra outdoor PTZ camera

ChromaLight – Industry’s first two-layer chroma key paint

Rotolight – product name embargoed

Timeaxis Technology – LED virtual production shooting system

Verizon Business Group – 5G edge editor

 

Produce

Adobe – product name embargoed

Brompton Technology – Tessera G1 receiver card

Datavideo – Datavideo’s REMI kit

Evertz – DreamCatcher™ BRAVO studio virtualized production suite

Riedel Communications – Simplylive production suite

 

Manage

Backlight – iconic media management

Blu Digital Group – BluSpot

Newsbridge – MXT-1 generative AI indexing technology

Ross Video – Streamline Pro

Vimond Media Solutions – Smart highlights

 

Publish

Ateme – Next-generation, cloud-native Cloud DVR

Broadpeak – Advanced CDN

MainStreaming – Carbon-neutral intelligent media delivery platform

Prime Focus Technologies – CLEAR® Reframe

VisualOn – Optimizer – universal content-adaptive encoding solution

 

Monetize

Brightcove – Brightcove Ad monetization

MainConcept – Codec-based advertising technology

Media Distillery – Ad Break Distillery

MEDIAGENIX – Ratings artist

Supponor – NHL digitally enhanced dasherboard

 

Consume

DOTSCREEN – Viki for smart TVs

Eluvio – Eluvio media wallet for connected TV powered by the content fabric

Norigin Media – UI toolkit to deliver TV4 Play’s CTV-direct consumer engagement

NPAW – Product analytics

TeraVolt – a Qvest company – TVXRAY – the Gen-Z upgrade to broadcasting

 

Connect

Appear – Hardware-accelerated SRT

GlobalM – Software-defined video network

Imagine Communications – product name embargoed

NEP Group – 5G MT-UHD MiniTx

Net Insight – IP media trust boundary with SMPTE RP2129

 

Store

Frame.io An Adobe company – product name embargoed

ATTO Technology – simple, server-less ethernet connectivity for LTO tape

Facilis Technology – Facilis HUB FLASHPoint solid state shared storage server

Perifery – Perifery Swarm

Studio Network Solutions – EVO Cloud

 

Support

Beam Dynamics – Beam Product intelligence platform

Flanders Scientific – XMP550 HDR mastering monitor

PHABRIX – QxP – a new form factor for portable waveform monitoring

TAG Video Systems – TAG content matching technology

Viaccess-Orca – Viaccess-Orca anti-piracy centre

 

Project, event or collaboration

Elevate Broadcast – Remote 2110 production from venue to distribution

nanocosmos – Real-time streaming for new interactive applications

Skyline Communications – Data-driven sustainability with free of charge DataMiner software

Telstra Broadcast Services – Cinema Direct harnesses 5G to stream live events to cinemas

TeraVolt – Interactive feed by DFL and TeraVolt with SKY Mexico

 

The winning entries will automatically be submitted for IABM’s prestigious Peter Wayne Golden BaM Award®, with the winner announced at the IABM BaM Live™ Annual Conference and Awards on 7 December 2023.

 

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In this IABM TV interview David Azoulay, Senior Technical Producer at BellMedia discusses how they deploy Aximmetry Virtual Production Platform in their projects.

In this IABM TV Interview, Elke Hungenaert, VP of product management for Video Networks at Synamedia, examines operators’ progress in moving to the cloud, including the emerging area of distribution moving from satellite to IP. She also highlights how sports streaming is driving innovation.

In this IABM interview, Christof Haslauer, CEO of Native talks about solutions that NativeWaves enables its customers to deliver to their audiences. He also highlights the new solutions that have been built by the company since IBC 2022 and his view of where the industry will go in the next 3 years.

MediaTech Radar is a monthly newsletter put together by IABM’s Head of Knowledge Lorenzo Zanni. It focuses on a spotlight topic in MediaTech and reflects on a series of past, present, and future business developments in the industry. In this edition, our spotlight topic is Talent.

MediaTech Spotlight: Sustainability

A spotlight topic in MediaTech.

• IABM is about to publish a report focusing on Sustainability in MediaTech. Here, I wanted to share a selection of the main highlights of this report (there will be much more in the full report):
• Sustainability is a complex topic: This research highlights that Sustainability is a complex topic requiring MediaTech organizations to frame the objectives they are trying to pursue clearly.
• Sustainability requires organizational advocates: Be it a team in a large organization or an individual with a passion in a smaller business, Sustainability strategies require advocates to champion the alignment of different business functions with Sustainability objectives.
• Sustainability is tied to regional challenges: The development of sustainability strategies depends on local natural resources and the availability of people and talent.
• Sustainability attracts talent: The younger generation of talent is more likely to be attracted to companies that are taking up Sustainability development and integrating sustainable policies into the company culture.
• Sustainability has grey areas: The discussion around the impact of software and hardware lacks clarity because of its complexity and the level of responsibility and ownership it implies as part of the Sustainability discussion.
• Sustainability is an ongoing journey: Tracking Sustainability performance is mainly pushed by carbon footprint measures, but its measurement could develop into other solutions and metrics to become more effective.

MediaTech Watchlist: Convergence, Netflix, Hollywood Strikes and more…

• I participated in UpStream, an event produced by IABM and AVIXA, at the end of June 2023. The event focused on the convergence between MediaTech and pro-AV technology. As part of the event, I delivered a presentation on technology convergence and chaired two panels focused on technology trends and NDI applications respectively. The event showed that the technology conversations that pro-AV professionals are having strikingly resemble those we are having in MediaTech, which reflects the increasing technology convergence we have seen in the last few years. Topics discussed at the event included consumer viewing habits, streaming technology, virtual production, AI/ML, skills shortages, and IP standards.
• In the three months to the end of June, Netflix added 5.9mn subscribers due to its crackdown on password sharing (FT, requires subscription), one of the policies it adopted along with AVOD to counter a decline in subscribers.
• Last month, we reported the news of Hollywood writers going on strike due to concerns over salary and safeguards following the sudden rise of Generative AI. In July, actors joined their colleagues due to concerns that they will be replaced by their digital likenesses without compensation. The Milken Institute estimates that the Hollywood strikes’ economic impact could be up to $4bn. This is not good news for MediaTech as the strikes will disrupt new content releases as the production shutdowns caused by COVID-19 did.
• ITV abandoned its plans to purchase All3Media in July, which would have expanded its production business.
• The battle for Generative AI supremacy continued in July as Meta announced it would release its open-source Llama 2 LLM.

Thank you for reading this newsletter. If there are topics you would like me to cover or have information/ideas you’d like to share, please get in touch with us. 

Lorenzo Zanni

Head of Knowledge

IABM