CanariaTV, the public television of the Canary Islands, has completed an ambitious global technological renovation that marks the end of its definitive transition to HD. Datos Media has been key in the design and implementation of the news infrastructure, covering both production sets and news systems. Recognized with the award for Best Infrastructure Renovation Project in the 2025 edition of the TM BROADCAST Awards, the initiative responded to the obsolescence of old equipment and the need for modernization to improve broadcast quality.
NStarX – From Hospital Beds to Studio Sets: Applying Healthcare’s Predictive Census AI to Media Workforce Optimization
Both healthcare and media production face the same operational challenge: managing a large, specialized workforce under volatile, high-stakes demand. In hospitals, patient inflow unpredictability strains staffing, while in media production, fluctuating project pipelines drive overtime, budget overruns, and resource conflicts. Healthcare has already solved this problem at scale using predictive census AI—forecasting demand with >90% accuracy and optimizing staffing in real time. Media production follows a structurally similar pattern: patient flow mirrors project flow, departments mirror production units, and clinical resources map to crew, studios, and equipment. By adapting healthcare’s proven architecture—time-series forecasting, ensemble models, and visual operational dashboards—media companies can shift from reactive scheduling to proactive workforce management, unlocking significant reductions in overtime, idle time, and budget variance.
Dalet – The Economic Shift: From Waterfall to Agile in 2026
Looking back at 2025, one thing is clear: this was the year AI finally moved from experimentation to production in the media industry. At the beginning of the year, especially at the NAB Show in April, we still saw hesitation. Media technology buyers were curious but cautious, unsure whether AI would deliver real operational value. But very quickly after the show, that hesitancy faded. Broadcasters and content companies began requesting implementations, not just demonstrations. They tested AI capabilities and, most importantly, saw tangible benefits.
Transcription, translation, and other core AI-powered functions, once considered innovations, became table stakes. Once customers used them in real workflows, expectations shifted. As we step into 2026, the question is not whether AI belongs in media workflows, but where the industry goes next. The answer lies in two major shifts: first, a move towards autonomous, task-oriented AI components; second, a cultural embrace of agile, iterative approaches over traditional waterfall thinking.
TMT Insights – CapEx vs. OpEx in Media: Finding the New Balance
The ongoing debate between CapEx and OpEx isn’t new within the Media and Entertainment Industry. The recent surge in streaming platforms and cloud-based workflows pushed many organizations toward flexible, pay-as-you-go OpEx models. Yet, as the industry evolves, companies are increasingly concerned about EBITDA, investor scrutiny, and market pressures. In today’s environment of high interest rates and limited growth, monthly OpEx charges weigh heavily on EBITDA, driving renewed interest in CapEx strategies that provide capitalization and depreciation benefits.
IABM Technology and Trends Roadmap – 2025
The IABM Technology and Trends Roadmap isn’t just for industry technologists to use as a reference. IABM has discovered industry execs using it as a starting point for their keynote speeches: product line managers are using it to plot their own products; and corporate board members get a better understanding of where the company’s products sit on the adoption curve, hence a better grasp or risks vs gross margins. This also assists marketing activities by giving an indication of how best to promote products within M&E and adjacent/vertical market areas.
Net Insight – Creating without limits: smarter workflows for live media
In the world of live content production, creativity has always been king. Whether it’s the emotion of a last-minute goal, the atmosphere of a sold-out concert, or the breaking tension in a live news broadcast, the magic of live lies in its immediacy. But behind every seamless live broadcast is a complex network of workflows, technologies, and teams working together to make it all happen.
MISTV – Are we going back to linear? If so, what’s the impact on advertising? What role does AI have?
Beyond news and sports, many viewers have seemingly replaced standard linear broadcast with on-demand. This is particularly true with the generation that grew up with MP3 players and making their own playlist, rather than simply listening to a whole album. Now we appear to be moving back into a type of customized linear viewing habit. Whether you’re sitting at home (or anywhere for that matter) people are back to just watching programs which we called “couch potatoes”. They are series binge watching, continuously locked into niche channels, or just sitting there watching clips flying by endlessly. When you look at the Nielsen Research, YouTube has captured 11% of the main TV screen in the home.
I call this “on-demand linear”. We are even seeing these niche FAST channels delivered over-the-air now and I wanted to dig deeper into this with respect to advertising as linear is still the “cash-cow” for the broadcast business due to advertising.
I had the fantastic opportunity to ask these questions to Jiří Gabriel, COO of MISTV, who supplies complex solutions for advertising sales, rights, content and broadcast management worldwide.
MediaKind – Creativity in the Age of AI
Independent content creators are no longer just challengers. They’re redefining the media landscape and going toe-to-toe with traditional broadcasters and major streaming giants for audience loyalty. A prime example of this shift? The recent Sidemen Charity Match, where over 90,000 fans packed Wembley Stadium to watch YouTube’s biggest stars compete on the football field. This event demonstrates how online influencers can now command the type of dedicated audiences once reserved for mainstream sports and entertainment events.
LTN – How to manage operational convergence with smart automation — and smarter IP technology
The media world is transforming fast. Broadcasters are rethinking how they produce, manage, and deliver content to bring their most valuable assets to the widest audience. Reaching viewers with tailored live news and sports experiences across multiple platforms has never been as important — or as challenging.
Limecraft – Supply chains aren’t ‘broken’; they’ve never existed
At the most recent DPP Leader’s Briefing in November last year, we noted that broadcasters and streaming platforms are often managing relationships with more than 500 content producers. On the flipside, content producers can be supplying media to over 500 broadcasters and platforms. Add in the need for accurate metadata, subtitle files, language variants and consistent quality control standards, and it’s no wonder that things can go wrong with content delivery processes.