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Video production teams are incorporating flash-based solid-state drives into their storage environments to boost performance for key post-production tasks. In line with this, Quantum recently surveyed a broad array of video professionals to assess flash adoption trends and to better understand factors that might affect storage decisions. In this article, Quantum shares four key insights from their survey.

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5G connections will grow more than 1000% from 2020 to 2021, according to Cisco's 2017 Visual Networking Index for mobile. This means that the number of 5G devices will expand from 2.3 million in 2020 to more than 25 million in 2021. To further help service providers go "full throttle on their 5G roadmap," Cisco announced its 5G Now portfolio at the recently concluded Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making its way into media production workflows, taking on laborious, expensive tasks like closed captioning, metadata tagging and social media clip generation. TV Technology recently conducted a survey to investigate how the media and entertainment industry is deploying A.I. today. The survey revealed that two-thirds of the organizations that have tested AI, have deployed the technology for at least one critical role in their workflow.

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The way we shoot and deliver TV and film may have changed, but despite the constant cycle of change, cinema and TV is still in good health, says John Maxwell Hobbs, CEO of music technology startup Delic, media consultant and the former Head of Technology at BBC Scotland. We couldn't agree more.

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We've read a lot about how AI will affect employment by shifting jobs and roles instead of destroying them. Here's a different take (for MIT Technology Review) on how AI impacts jobs and employment from Kai-Fu Lee, founder and CEO of Sinovation Ventures and president of the Sinovation Ventures Artificial Intelligence Institute.

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Pay television’s rollout of TV Everywhere services was a strong defensive move by the industry against the advance of online video services. Unfortunately for pay TV, new data from the UK suggests that it may have done the reverse - TVE may have actually helped the adoption of SVOD services, not hindered them.

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Advertisers may be leaving TV for good - Television-advertising sales in the U.S. fell 7.8 percent to $61.8 billion last year, the steepest drop outside of a recession in at least 20 years, while sales at cable networks slumped for the first time in almost a decade. And there’s no sign of a pickup in 2018 according to data from Magna Global. Is this a sign of things to come globally?

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AI is being used to improve many aspects of the video industry, and Captioning is no exception. Using the industry-leading AI capabilities of Watson, IBM can help unlock new Captioning capabilities and enhancements. Download IBM's whitepaper "Captioning Goes Cognitive" to learn how AI is shaking up the captioning space, and how IBM Watson Media is leading the charge.

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Over-the-top is the new normal, but where are the gaps in current distribution models? In this LinkedIn Pulse article by Adam Rubins, he looks at Sports and More Competition as major gaps in the changing distribution model and advertising paradigm of OTT.

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AR, or Augmented Reality, is all the buzz. Video technology circles in many different industries are out to embrace it, and this is no different for Sports. Within live television production, sport has been and continues to be a major driver of innovative augmented reality solutions.

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We diverge from our usual slew of trends and news in the TV industry as we go more "management-centric" in this blog article from Dalet that tackles Change Management. We all stand to benefit from some insights and tips that we can apply to our own organizations.

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2018 is set to be a landmark year for platforms like Hulu, Amazon and Netflix; but one where they'll be increasingly challenged by the likes of Disney. MIPTV has shared its take on which 5 trends will shape TV in 2018 earlier in the year and we found their article certainly insightful, intriguing, and exciting. So, we're sharing it to you as well in case you missed it.

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New rules designed to assist regulators with the implementation of TV White Space networks have been put forward by the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA). The DSA says the model rules will provide governments, policy makers and regulators with the tools necessary to enable the quick and efficient deployment of TVWS networks to help bridge the digital divide and support the Internet of Things.

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NPR first released its chart on Big Media Companies and their different brands in October of 2016. It has recently updated its chart last December and provides an interesting look into who's who - competitors, their market caps, and their brands.

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