8 NEWSFEED Updates & upgrades
At last month’s Twitch Con in San Jose, California, CEO Emmett Shear announced a number of new features on the platform. A Squad View feature will allow up to four users to broadcast jointly over a single stream. This update is especially relevant for streaming multiplayer games, offering audiences multiple player viewpoints within the same broadcast. Squad View mode retains each player’s individual chat window as well. Starting in January, new moderator tools will be introduced. By clicking on a username in the chat window, moderators will be able to see the person’s stats, including how long they have been on Twitch and any timeouts or bans. Also the Twitch Highlight Editor will allow streamers and editors to stitch together moments from across a video into a single highlight. Twitch also launched Twitch Sings, a karaoke feature that is currently in closed beta testing. TWITCH OFFERS NEW FEATURES
CHINA’S SKYWORTH SHOWCASES AI TV TECH
Chinese TV manufacturer, Skyworth, has announced its ‘always-on’ AI TV. At the launch event, Yu Jianwei, Skyworth’s China marketing headquarters executive vice general manager and marketing director, presented the new TV and controlled it solely by voice. The Skyworth always-on AI TV wakes up in response to voice commands. Earlier this year, Skyworth entered into a strategic partnership with Chinese technology company, Baidu. The TV employ’s Baidu’s DuerOS and Coocaa System. The Coocaa System provides an optimised media resource library and DuerOS turns the display into a responsive device with more accurate content search and an easy user experience. Skyworth has also worked with voice and audio processing company XMOS to develop the TV’s AI voice chip and eliminate the need for a remote control. The AI TV voice chip is based on XMOS VocalFusion XVF3500 voice processor, with a four-microphone linear array. The solution enables Skyworth’s TV to
deliver 180° all-dimensional sound-source identification from up to five metres. The XVF3500 voice processor also supports de-reverberation and noise suppression, helping the Skyworth TV to more accurately capture user commands in a noisy environment.
BROADCASTERS HOPE FOR CHILDREN’S TV Children’s broadcasters have
Canada, Sky/Fresh Start Media and UNICEF UK, and TV Escola, Brazil. The project was launched in 2016 at the Children’s Media Conference in the UK out of concerns that children are potentially exposed to media with disturbing, polarising or violent content. Easy access to the Internet and the influences of social media make children’s consumption of disturbing content even more likely. The project was led by Lucy Murphy, head of kids’ content at Sky TV, and Alison Stewart, former head of CBeebies production at the BBC.
collaborated on a collection of short films, which will offer young viewers stories of hope and inspiration. The Hope Works project will launch simultaneously on major children’s networks globally and on a dedicated YouTube channel managed by Wildbrain, on World Children’s Day on 20 November. Twelve films, aimed at children aged five to 12, have been produced by a global collection of companies, including partners Ragdoll Productions for DisneyEMEA, CBC
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