Connectivity: The future of broadcast production

IBC decided to continue this year as well, despite the cancellation of the "physical" exhibition, the Media Innovation Accelerator Program initiative. The program was designed to encourage innovation in areas such as 5G, augmented reality, VFX, animation, AI and sustainability. The aim was to present the efforts during the IBC Exhibition.

This year's cancellation of IBC presented the organizers with both the opportunity and the challenge of planning and staging a live, multi-camera production from three different locations.

The challenge this year was to explore and understand the “art of the possible” in terms of a 5G transmission system, based on current and future conditions and a range of production scenarios.

5G-enabled remote broadcast production

The first innovative live demonstration demonstration of 5G-enabled remote broadcast production took place in Amsterdam and London as part of the IBC Showcase Accelerator innovation program.

The project team included ten international 'champions': Al Jazeera Media Network, BBC, BT Sport, EBU, ITV, Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), SVT, TV2, ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) and Yle. And the technical part for proving the project was undertaken by Aviwest, Huawei, LiveU, Mobile Viewpoint, NewTek and Sony.

Mobile Viewpoint

As part of the IBC Accelerator Program, Mobile Viewpoint participated in an exciting first live demonstration of AI based, 5G live remote broadcast production! Mobile Viewpoint installed the AI-based VPilot and X-Cam system for automated video productions, covering a music performance fully automated. A drone was also used to cover the concert, as well as remote cameras to record interviews from the exhibition space held every year by the IBC, except this year, the RAI Amsterdam.

All coverage was broadcast over public and private 5G networks at Viacom CBS' MCR in London. The entire show was directed and distributed from there.

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