While the impact of ML and AI have been discussed and debated for years, practical applications are fast accelerating across the media supply chain. The pace of innovation is moving quickly and with the cloud wars in full force, there are new services becoming available all the time that offer novel ways to automate tasks with ML and AI. Already, the big three cloud providers — AWS, Azure, and Google — have rolled out powerful capabilities that help with essential tasks including captioning, transcription, and even object/facial recognition to bolster compliance edits and to augment metadata. For media organizations, the implications of these solutions are vast, and we’ve already begun to see their power.  With things moving so fast, though, it’s challenging to keep up and important to have the right architecture and structure in place to take advantage of these innovations.

23 short case studies from Azimuth software.

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The great hook from the 1971 song by Gill Scott-Heron never felt so apt when we think of it in context to the streaming revolution that we are witnessing today. A phenomenon which was spearheaded by Netflix and Hulu about a decade ago has now gone mainstream. On-demand content has broken linear viewing schedules and led traditional broadcasters to rethink their business model around this change.

With vast improvements in internet speeds and an increase in the number of video-supporting handheld devices, consumers have shifted their focus from traditional television broadcasters to over-the-top (OTT) media services that stream over the internet.

World cups, league tournaments, Grand Slams and Super Bowl! It’s safe to say that the buzz around sports is never-ending. However, the prevailing situation is a challenging run for sports and fans, alike. There has been a steep slump in viewership over the last couple of months. ESPN’s viewership has dropped by 50%, while the NBA has seen a 14% decline in viewership contrasted to 2019.
The current pandemic has affected many sections of the sports media due to social distancing measures and government-imposed restrictions.

Nonetheless, sports fans across the world seem to be eagerly awaiting their next game. A study conducted by Forbes about sports fans showed that though there has been a lack of live games, fans are as hopeful as ever. For instance, the Green Bay Packers that compete in the NFL have a season-ticket waiting list with 137,000 people.

This brings up the inquiry – how can sporting leagues and broadcasters improvise to keep fans at the centre and what role can technology play when it comes to fan engagement?

As we enter a newly accelerated phase of technological innovation, the Brave New Digital World, the media industry is meeting the challenge with solutions to ensure business resiliency, being competitive, and aligning their revenue and costs. Media industry operators continue to take advantage of new business opportunities, such as distributing high-value events that may be one time or 24/7 across various regions. Those challenges can be met quickly with partner collaboration, better management of services, more visibility of operations, and people working anywhere.

IABM CEO Peter White talks to David Ross about the establishment and success of Ross Video during his father’s time as Founder and CEO along with how Ross have not only survived recent challenges but flourished with more recent acquisitions continuing their year on year growth and development.

In this video, IABM CEO Peter White catches up with Seth Hallen, President of HPA to see how things have changed since they last spoke.

We hear about the mission and purpose of HPA, their “The Lost Lederhosen” project showing how a short movie could be made employing remote workflows from acquisition through post.

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In this IABM TV Panel, IABM Members Ownzones, Pebble Beach Systems, Red Bee Media and Telstra discuss the impact Coronavirus & the lockdown has had on their companies.

Panellists include:

• Dan Goman (Founder & CEO, OWNZONES)
• Alison Pavitt (Marketing Manager, Pebble Beach Systems)
• Steve Nylund (CEO, Red Bee Media)
• Nick Collins (President of the Americas, Telstra)

In this IABM TV interview, Dom Bourne (Founder & President, Take 1) talks to IABM TV about what Take 1 does, how they have been affected by COVID-19, and what’s next for the company.

This IABM TV Panel session looks at the effects the Coronavirus Outbreak is having on CGI, Clear-Com, Signiant and Zixi.

Panellists include:

• Alexandra Maya (Marketing Director for Media Solutions, CGI)
• Bob Boster (President, Clear-Com)
• Jon Finegold (Chief Marketing Officer, Signiant)
• Eunice Parks (Vice President of Global Sales & Revenue, Zixi)

In today’s OTT video streaming universe, the number of service contenders has risen dramatically with the latest entrants like Disney+ and NBC Universal’s Peacock service. With so much choice, competition for eyeballs is higher than ever. These days viewers of course expect access to content anytime and on any device, with limited patience for operators that do not meet such expectations. This makes it challenging for operators to effectively monetize their services while also protecting the content against piracy in various forms.

Moderated by Sports Video Group Editor-in-Chief Ken Kerschbaumer, our panelists will discuss:

• How leagues, media companies and broadcasters have had to adapt in unprecedented times
• Lessons learned so far in bringing live sports broadcasts back to consumers’ TVs
• The emergence and acceleration of adoption of new and/or improved media and broadcast technologies that enhance content delivery and audience engagement

This panel looks at how COVID-19 has affected the hotel industry.

We hear how Anevia have helped with the new challenges that the hotel industry is facing by providing free virtual channel licences to enable delivery of health & safety communication into guests’ rooms. We also hear examples of how hotels have used virtual channels and internal channels to promote additional services that generate extra revenues.

In this IABM TV interview, Raoul Cospen (Market Director, News, Dalet) explains how newsroom collaboration continues while staff have to remain at home.

In this IABM TV interview, Robert Szabo-Rowe (SVP Product Management, The Switch) discusses cloud-based production and why it is now coming to the fore for TV productions.

In this video, Dennis Breckenridge (CEO, Elevate Broadcast) invites guests from the Singapore Region to discuss how they are helping Elevate Broadcast bring new technologies to the market during the current climate.

Guests Include:

• Soo Teck Goh (Sales Director, SEA, LiveU)
• Sophian Yusi (Vice President, Channel News Asia)
• James Hollis (Vice President, Channel News Asia)

3-part discussion with Paul Adrian (Co-Founder and CEO, Latakoo), Jade Kurian (Co-Founder, Latakoo) & Luke Hanrahan (Award Winning Reporter & Broadcast Specialist, Latakoo).

• Part 1 – Discussion on the change in usage and adoption of Latakoo during COVID-19
• Part 2 – Scalability – In what areas will broadcast companies investing to scale
• Part 3 – Technology’s role in the Creative process of Production – are we now experiencing the catalyst for change?

Vendor Panel looking at the long-term drivers of change as a result of the pandemic on direct-to-consumer, content production and management.

IABM’s CEO Peter White interviews Llewellyn John, Partner at FPE Capital