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Fatima Dowlet, Head of Streaming and Social Media Propositions at Channel 4

Bridging the divide: challenges in cross-platform advertising

Second screening may have interactive advantages for content platforms but for advertisers, multiple devices means multiple players and a whole host of challenges.

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Digital Catapult 5G Immersive Lab Launch

6G: media should plan for the internet-of-senses

Developers believe 6G will usher in photo-realistic holographic communication complemented by multisensory extensions - and experiments are already happening today.

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Behind the Scenes: Nickel Boys

Behind the Scenes: How sound and vision get under the skin in Nickel Boys

Re-recording Mixer Tony Volante and Cinematographer Jomo Fray explain how they told a drama from the perspective of its lead characters.

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High standards: live production and the move to IP

Improved standards are helping to drive the migration of live production to IP and the cloud, whilst greater personalisation, extended coverage and higher-quality video all remain high on the wish list.

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Behind the Scenes: Gladiator II

In a world of green screen and AI, the sets for Gladiator II might be the last great build in movies.

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TAMS: fulfilling the promise of IP interoperability

The transition to IP using SMPTE 2110 has been broadly successful in a studio environment but interoperability in the live and near live domain still has work to go. A recent innovation from the BBC could provide the answer.

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Behind the scenes: Joker: Folie à Deux

Behind the scenes - Joker: Folie à Deux

Editor Jeff Groth asks for the film to be judged on its artistic merits and explains his process with flashbacks, story cards and musical numbers.

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Co-piloting the Olympics: “human-centric AI” as a creative partner

Olympic Channel Services created an AI tool to help its editorial team deal with the huge deluge of live content, supporting creative decisions rather than reducing headcount. John Maxwell Hobbs reports.

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Cinematographer Paul Guilhaume shooting Emilia Pérez

Behind the Scenes: Emilia Pérez

Cinematographer Paul Guilhaume explains how a transgender cartel musical is told with magical realism.

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Content Everywhere: meeting the diversity challenge

In last month’s review of key trends at IBC this year, Mark Strachan, chief product officer at Telstra Broadcast Services, made the observation that the media and entertainment industry remains a “very male-dominated industry with more work needed to create change”.

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