election, we are at a critical juncture in global politics – and technology. Thanks to social media and – in some cases – GenAI, fake news can spread like wildfire. Meanwhile, the availability of information like individuals’ geolocations presents heightened risks, particularly to field reporters. Across the summit’s three sessions – Improving Trust in Political Coverage, Safety in Political Reporting and Deepfakes, Cheapfakes and GenAI in the Election – journalists, policymakers and governmental figures addressed the most pressing concerns and provided actionable strategies for today’s news media. Other highlights included the Marconi Radio Awards, the Leadership Foundation Career Fair, the Radio + Podcast Interactive Forum and discussions around local TV strategies, the creator economy and AI in sports. TIME WELL SPENT All in all, NAB Show New York carried a different flavour from its Nevadan counterpart. As one of the biggest cities in broadcast, New York is a prime spot for a show like NAB, as many of the country’s major studios are just a short walk away. Smaller in scale and schedule, it provided opportunities for exhibitors and attendees to connect more intimately, for local producers to browse and buy and for industry delegates to discover new insights. For us, it was altogether an adventure, encountering familiar faces from Fujifilm, Imagine Communications and PTZ Optics and not-so-familiar folks from start-ups such as Eternaview and Eon Media. Whether it’s your first time, like ours, or you’re a regular visitor, you heard it here: NAB Show New York is one not to be missed.
CRAZY FOR CAPTIONING AI is all the rage, with the show floor filled with exhibitors offering different spins on speech-to-text technology – a game changer in live captioning and the like. Among these was Enco, an established provider of solutions spanning automated captioning, live translation, virtual production, TV and radio automation, playout and more. Its flagship platform, Encaption, creates automated closed captions and subtitles on real-time, file-based AV content. Its combination of machine learning (ML) and structural analysis delivers high accuracy (though it’s not perfect – ‘we don’t do miracles,’ admitted senior accounts manager Gilbert Felix) and low latency. Across the hall, Interra Systems displayed its own take on speech-to- text – Baton Captions. Using AI and ML, the content-aware captioning and subtitling service automates the entire process, from caption generation to correction, paying special attention to quality control. The multilingual platform supports 15+ (mostly
European) languages and integrates with some video-streaming services, including YouTube.
WATCHING ON More than just visiting the show floor, attendees were treated to many a session
DEMOCRATIC DUTY On day two, we hit the Election
Coverage Summit, which explored best practices in political reporting (including a session on safety) and the complicated relationship between generative AI and disinformation. Among the turmoil of recent events, including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and the 2024 US presidential
SMALLER IN SCALE, THE NEW YORK SHOW PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT MORE INTIMATELY
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