innovative programme in the effort to create virtualised IP-based broadcast OB vans based on servers. This allows greater flexibility and a much smaller footprint in the venue using participation of production people around the world through a combination of virtualised processes and a lot of cloud services. “The system has proven itself to be reliable; we will be using it in Paris for live coverage of judo/ wrestling, tennis and shooting. We believe it is a great idea to make future broadcasting more efficient and sustainable,” continues Exarchos. Two AI-based workflows were also tested at Gangwon that should make their way to Paris this summer. “With digital engagement, AI has been a road we have taken for a number of years,” adds Exarchos. “As technology rapidly matures, we are testing in Gangwon two important work streams. One has to do generation of automatic highlights; the other with AI assistance tools for the editors. “For the Games in Paris, we currently plan to produce around 11,000 hours of content. This is much more than the duration of one full year. It’s a huge amount of content; obviously, to manage and produce customised highlights for different countries, athletes, sports, platforms, social media, vertical videos and so on, this requires a massive capacity to say the least. “AI has started very credibly to produce this capability for us. This scaling is giving us and our rights holding broadcasters a lot of capacity and capabilities. Here in Gangwon, we are testing the proof of concept on ice hockey, which is going very well. We will be using automated highlights for 14 different sports in Paris,” he expands. “The same goes for an AI system that helps editors with their stories, where markers are
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generated through the commentary associated with the live coverage. The system recognises key points said by the commentators and offers the important points in a competition, which can then be used in finished stories. In massive events which are complex and dense like the Games – where time is of the essence – this is an incredibly useful tool.” OLYMPIC HOME IN EUROPE At IBC2023 in Amsterdam, Scott Young, senior vice president of content and production at Warner Bros Discovery Europe, along with Matt McDonald, senior vice president for EMEA broadcast services at Warner Bros Discovery, provided insight into the company’s plans to produce live coverage of all 329 events at Paris 2024. “We are the home of the Olympics across Europe, and we’re counting down to the opening ceremony of Paris 2024,” begins Young. “Across Eurosport and TNT Sports in the UK, as well as our streaming products, the Olympic Games will come to life. “Our role is to tell the story of the athletes in the competition. OBS delivers the global pictures which we broadcast, and we have two forms of
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