Following on from the point made in the interview with Peter White on how a large scale established business can be effective in this time of great change, we asked Tim Shoulders, President of Grass Valley (a Belden Brand), how they have transformed their business to succeed and leverage that scale to their advantage.

Leading broadcast and media CTOs and technology leaders share their priorities and vision for the coming year and into the next decade. They outline project plans, where they’ll be investing, what they need from technology and service providers, and reveal their own initiatives for change and transformation.

What does innovation really mean in the modern broadcast and digital media market?

Where are the next direct-to-consumer products and business models coming from? And what are the future technology platforms and products that will enable them?

A panel of innovators in media products, revenue, content, business models and technology explain how they make innovation happen.

Lorenzo Zanni (Head of Insight & Analysis, IABM)

IABM’s Business Intelligence Unit presents the inside track on trends in the broadcast and media industry, and the impact on the types of technology project that are winning investment.

Building an efficient, automated content supply chain remains top priority for many broadcast and media companies – as they tackle the competing demands of delivering more content to more direct-to-consumer platforms, and the commercial imperative to cut costs.

Leading content supply chain experts from broadcasters and digital media companies discuss how they’ve innovated their content supply chain, and how they worked with their technology and service providers to do it.

What does it take to drive change and grow an innovative, entrepreneurial technology company? What can we learn from the startups and tech giants of Silicon Valley – and how can we adapt their growth model to the broadcast and media industry?

Hear from a panel of experienced Broadcast and Media (BaM) and tech entrepreneurs, investors and business mentors as they chart the route to success in 2020 and beyond.

Bea Alonso (Director, Product Marketing – Dalet) & Steve Faulmann (Senior Software Developer, Smoke and Mirrors)

Find out how Smoke and Mirrors partnered with Dalet to find a balance allowing them to leverage an out-of-the-box, modern, scalable and configurable integration layer, with open APIs, providing them with the tools to develop their own integrations as they built a modern media factory.

What does it take to succeed in the broadcast, media and technology business? Leading CEO & CTO Maria Ingold builds on her nearly 30 years of industry experience, including delivering one of the earliest and most successful on-demand movie services, to lay out the critical success factors for modern broadcast and media businesses to thrive.

Maria considers the balance between technology, content and commercial strategies that are an essential part of competing in the next decade. She also highlights the looming landmines that every industry leader must avoid.

Whitepaper from Calnex Solutions:

As IP networks become more prevalent in professional broadcast environments, accurate synchronization using the Precision Time Protocol (PTP) is becoming a critical consideration. This paper provides background on PTP, and details on the SMPTE ‘Broadcast’ Profile.

By Muralidhar Sridhar, VP – AI & Machine Learning, OVP & Analytics, PFT

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fast gaining ground as the next big disruptor in the Media & Entertainment (M&E) industry. Over the last year, content creators across the globe have actively begun to adopt AI tools in order to enhance efficiencies, unlock revenue opportunities and deliver interactive viewing experiences. The uptake has already started in sports production and OTT distribution, with entertainment following close behind. This evolution has largely been made possible by the emergence of industry specific AI solutions.

Panellists:
Keith Zubchevich– Conviva
Andrew Heimbold – CEO, SingularLive
Steve Green – Brightcove
Mark Russell – MediaKind
Scott Goldman – Verizon Media
Kirin Patel – AWS

IABM CTO Stan Moote and Principal Analyst Riikka Koponen cover: The Business of Broadcast & Media: How the Streaming Landscape is Changing, along with Current & Future Trends

Find out more about Broadpeak’s BaM Award Winning solution, nanoCDN™ with Ultra Low Latency and Device Synchronization.

“Broadpeak’s nanoCDN solution improves live streaming experiences thanks to decreasing the latency. Latency measured in a perfect condition network of a lab, will be the same as a real-life system. It won’t depend on the network condition at a given time. IPTV moving to a full ABR system is a true breakthrough for operators.”

Find out more about the BaM Award® winning product from OWC – ThunderBlade™

“A product offering very high speed data transfers which is already proven in use. A valuable tool for creatives to capture large files efficiently.”

Find out more about the BaM Award® winning Lens Scanner from Tracis & Vocas.

“Great to see a simple, but innovative solution addressing a real-world problem. The Tracis Lens Scanner performs a fully automatic optical scan of the lens and shows issues like scratches and dust. A niche market, but very cool technology.”

Exec Summit Presentation by Andrew Heimbold – CEO, SingularLive

Executive Summit presentation from Steve Green, Vice President, Media Sales – North America, Brightcove

Exec Summit presentation by Keith Zubchevich– Chief Strategy Officer, Conviva

Douglas Wang presents on the IABM Future Trends Theatre at BIRTV 2019. This video is available in Chinese only.

Wu Danni presents on the IABM Future Trends Theatre at BIRTV 2019. This video is available in Chinese only.