Many major broadcasters are at least investigating how Generative AI can enhance content recommendation, partly by exploiting the ability to combine attributes across video, audio, text and graphics. These are early days though, with research still being conducted by universities and other academic institutions, as well as broadcasters themselves.
The BEITC conference sessions at the 2025 NAB Show were varied and fascinating. Here our transmission specialist Ned Soseman summarizes his pick of the sessions of most relevance to the US broadcast market.
Our resident digital philosopher Dave Shapton asks us all to consider whether we know what is real and how much we value authenticity.
Encompass Digital Media is leading transformation of the BBC World Service’s global distribution from satellite to IP-based delivery. The initiative, which Encompass are delivering in partnership with Zixi, offers unparalleled flexibility, scalability and cost-effectiveness. The first major milestone was reached at the end of March, and delivered the full transition to IP distribution for BBC World Service partners across Europe. There now follows a rolling programme of transformations across the Americas, Pacific, Africa, and Asia.
File based monitoring tools sit at the heart of broadcast workflow. As production requirements evolve to embrace remote production and multi-site teams, such systems must also evolve to meet the new challenges.
Tests have confirmed that content steering will boost performance and resilience of multi-CDN delivery networks. Following standardization by the DASH Industry Forum and then ETSI, it is becoming integral to streaming infrastructures, working autonomously and upgraded transparently in the field.
M-S techniques provide useful sound-field positioning and a convenient way to check mono compatibility. We explain the hard science behind this often misunderstood technique.
Net Insight is taking a major step forward in enhancing its internet media transport solutions by partnering with NETINT Technologies to integrate their cutting-edge ASIC Smart VPU™ video processing chip with AI into the next release of Nimbra Edge. This integration marks a strategic expansion of Net Insight’s capabilities, moving beyond transport to include advanced video processing and transcoding features directly within its platform.
