Back in December 2019 – and how long ago does that feel now? – Robert Downey Jnr. fronted a series of YouTube Originals videos, ”The Age of A.I’., on the origins and development of artificial intelligence and its applications. Episode 1; How Far Is Too Far? The first episode in the series begins in the […]
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DPP publishes Covid-19 survey results
A new DPP research paper, Will Covid-19 Change The Way We Work? has been published. From March to June, a hundred media companies of all types were surveyed on a weekly and monthly basis about how they are managing their operations during the pandemic. Will Covid-19 Change The Way We Work? survey findings Most companies […]
Informed Sauce podcast 4: The boys in the bubble
Producing live televised sport in a bio secure bubble is labour-intensive, time-consuming and expensive, but totally necessary if top-flight sport is to be our screens. Our contributors on this fourth Informed Sauce podcast, SVG Europe Editor Will Strauss and former IMG VP Melissa Payne, talk creative compromises and workarounds and the financial pressures of being […]
Deepfaking news of a lunar disaster
A deeply creepy film that first emerged during the latter part of 2019 and that was due to receive wide exposure at this year’s now postponed of cancelled film festivals is gaining wider exposure In Event of Moon Disaster uses deep fakes to reimagine the Apollo 11 moon landing as a disastrous mission that cost […]
HPE to buy SD-WAN specialists Silver Peak for $925m
Triggered by the big rise in remote working caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, HPE has announced that it is buying networking company Silver Peak for $925 million. Silver Peak’s SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network) technology, complements HPE’s own Aruba products, and will be incorporated into that business unit. “The need for edge-to-cloud architectures has never […]
AI-driven brand insertion adds value to content libraries
Can this new tool from Mirriad help producers to dig for gold in their back catalogues? Library sales to streaming companies have helped to keep revenue flowing for content owners during lockdown. Now, they can take advantage of a new technology that can digitally insert branded products and promotional items into finished content. Mirriad can […]