MediaPower Newsletter

NOTE: This article has been taken from IABM Journal Issue 109.
In a world currently dominated by discussions around the transition from point-to-point connections of video and audio to network connections over IP, we may have overlooked that AI is not the end game but rather a stepping stone to something bigger.

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In lots of ways, the electric bus feels like a technology whose time has come. Transportation is responsible for about a quarter of global emissions, and those emissions are growing faster than in any other sector. While buses are just a small slice of the worldwide vehicle fleet, they have an outsize effect on the environment. Here’s what's stands between you and a cleaner commute.

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We wanted to throw in something a little more educational. So, we're sharing this primer on live streaming hardware encoders—what it is, what it isn't, and the features that it's supposed to support. This one's put together by Marta Chernova of our technology partner Epiphan Video.

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Matrox Video has been creating some of the best video recording and delivery products in the broadcast and media market since its inception, including its latest award-winning Monarch family of streaming and recording appliances. We're happy to announce that MediaPower has been appointed as Italian partner for Matrox Video products.

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We're now at the realm of content created by AI. Google’s AI research division has developed a novel system that can generate “plausible” video sequences from no more than a single first and final frame, a process known as “inbetweening.” This is but a natural progression considering that during last April's US Master Golf, IBM's Watson already automated the creation of highlight reels of the tournament.

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The rapid growth of OTT media services may be offering more choice for consumers and more opportunities for content producers, but is it harming the planet in the process? Michael Burns of IBC 365 investigates.

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While Jeff Bezos amassed billions, Apple took over our culture, Google became ubiquitous, and software ate the world, the automotive industry needed a bailout. Since then, they have more or less recovered, but they are no longer the undisputed titans of American industry.

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The headlines screamed that SVOD users are more satisfied with their service than pay TV users. Colin Dixon explores the basis of these (topline findings from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) annual Telecommunications Report 2018-2019) but points out that the difference is not really as big as you might think.

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Earlier in May, one of the leading chat apps Whatsapp has been hacked, exposing everything on your phone—from photos to emails and text. According to Pavel Durov of Telegra, this should come as no surprise. He also gives an interesting take on why it will never be secure.

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If you still don't believe it, the numbers don't lie. There were more than 4,000 eSports tournaments globally in 2018, with a total prize pool of some US $200m, compared to only $135m for ATP Tour tennis. The highest paid eSports star is estimated to earn about $6m per year. SVG Europe looks at these record-breaking numbers.

If you need a little primer on this ecosystem, IBC's esports ecosystem article is helpful.

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With the ratification of the SMPTE ST2110 family of standards in 2018, it might be thought that the topic of IP connectivity would be filed under “sorted” but the recent NAB convention showed that this was far from the case. So where is IP headed next? Dick Hobbs of IBC newsletter team explores what's next for IP.

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Earlier in April in the lead up to NAB, IABM introduced a new industry model – The BaM™ Content Chain: from Creator to Consumer. When looking at the use of cloud through the lens of the IABM’s BaM Content Chain, each element of the content supply chain has a wide range of deployments and use cases – and the speed of adoption is increasing.

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Digital transformation is one of the tech's top buzzwords; however, the concept now proliferates through all industries. It changes companies and careers on multiple fronts. With the enterprise on the brink of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, organizations are making huge investments in digital advancements.

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With 4K now a mainstream (from OTT streams to professional video products), we're now heading towards the age of 8K. Double the pixels of 4K, 8K video does have its challenges—from cost to bandwidth, but it is already gaining ground, especially in the TV market. In this article, TV Technology explores where 8K is now.

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