I was really privileged today to chair a fascinating debate on “Post Transformation”, sharing the stage with Andy B. from Channel 4, Iris Nedio from Accedo.tv, Mark Patrick from the BBC and James Glendinning from Techex to talk about the current state of broadcasting and where we stand on our transformation journey. My key takeaways: 💰📱 Commercial and consumer pressures continue to drive demand for innovation and adaptability. Small screen viewing, on demand requirements and competition from platforms like YouTube are changing the market. Digital first is the way forward. 🏃♂️ The speed of change required has continued to accelerate - in the software world, immediate PoCs are required and go live might be within weeks. We have to be able to drive incremental improvements and integrate where required. ☁️ In Core Video and audio technology, the move from SDI to IP and the cloud is the enabler for future flexibility, but not everyone is there yet. It takes time to replace core legacy infrastructure. We are not all “post transformation”. The scale of backbone tech change required is challenging to deliver. 📹 Video and audio in the cloud is complex. Standards can reduce complexity (we all want reduced complexity!), but can standards keep up with the pace of change? How can this work globally? We also don’t have sufficient people with the right skills for cloud. 🤝 Super flexible industry partnerships are key to agility, providing solutions, software and resource augmentation. Requirements can and will change. Thanks so much to our panelists and to Polly Hickling for organising the SMPTE track!
Well done Melissa Carr I'm sure it was a really interesting discussion and thank you for summarising your takeaways.
Well done great session you Moderated on Melissa 👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks Melissa, Polly and SMPTE for inviting me to be part of a great discussion!
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Well done, Melissa. Chaired a great session and great to see you today.
Well done Melissa! and thank you for summarising your takeaways on such an interesting topic. I attended the show but unfortunately, I didn’t know you were there to meet up
Well done! Great to see you!
Well done Melissa – such an interesting panel and so happy to see the attention and thought being given to standards. Excellent chairing and an insightful panel.