We spoke with Andreas Pongratz, founder and CEO of x.news information technology, about the company’s x.news™ AI based live story research tool, which the company says is transforming the way journalists work by monitoring a wide range of different sources (news agencies, social media sites, web and internal sources) all on one screen. It’s all about giving journalists the tools to find, follow, collect and share all the latest information to deliver better and faster journalism.

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In this IABM TV interview with Ben Vandenberghe (CEO, Skyline Communications) we discuss the key themes in the e2e management space for the media & broadband industry, such as Orchestration, AI and Collaboration.

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Human Decision Making: When Do We Use Confidence Levels?

Confidence levels can be used anytime one is estimating or predicting something. Examples include: business, engineering, medicine, technology…or just day-to-day life. As humans we use confidence levels regularly. Whether you decide to dodge an aisle at the grocery store because you thought you saw your chatty neighbor, or using evidence and intuition to convict a suspected criminal during jury duty, your mind is in a constant state of perceiving its surroundings. It makes decisions based on those perceptions via an inherent estimate of confidence.

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The Multimodal Approach: Explained “Our intuition tells us that our senses are separate streams of information. We see with our eyes, hear with our ears, feel with our skin, smell with our nose, taste with our tongue. In actuality, though, the brain uses the imperfect information from each sense to generate a virtual reality that we call consciousness. It’s our brain’s best guess as to what’s out there in the world. But that best guess isn’t always right.” - Dr. David Ludden Ph.D.

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Today’s entertainment industry technology vendors are reeling off jargon like “AI”, “machine learning”, and “deep learning”, touting the benefits these technologies promise. It can be difficult for video service providers decision makers to discern between the future promise of AI and what is truly feasible and effective today. In this white-paper you will learn what AI can really do for your video business TODAY! , not in the future.

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From small time studios to international broadcasters, everyone is rethinking their technology choices and weighing their options. Here are the top 5 tech trends Prime Focus Technologies predict will have a major impact in 2020:

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AI promises immediate benefits to media workflows, but do you have the right playbook? The exponential growth of content to be acquired, managed, produced and monetized remains a challenge in an industry where demanding audiences constantly crave fresh and customized content. Artificial Intelligence has broken into this scene promising great results. Enabling process automation, deep data analysis, contextual insights and smart recommendations thanks to combinations of cognitives services. But not all is rosy...

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