IBC Innovation Awards finalists revealed
IBC Innovation Awards finalists revealed
IBC has announced the 10 finalists for this year’s IBC Innovation Awards. There are three categories: content creation, content distribution and content everywhere.
‘[We were] astounded by the range of imaginative projects submitted and had some really tough decisions to make,’ said Michael Lumley, chair of the international judging panel. ‘Although we never look for a theme in our list of finalists, the shortlist usually reflects the wider industry. This year, you can definitely see that there are a number of projects that are global in their scale and that use new opportunities in connectivity to bring us astounding images, whether that is capturing life under the sea or the excitement of sports.’
The finalists for content creation are:
- Fox Sports for its augmented reality studio for Nascar
- Riot Games for its remote production in Los Angeles of the League of Legends World Championships in Seoul
- SailGP and Timeline Television for remote production of SailGP, a new annual, global sailing championship
- Vodafone in Romania for enabling an 11-year-old guitarist to join a rock band onstage, through a 5G remote link and holographic projection
The content distribution finalists are:
- Associated Press for its technical audacity in using lasers through open water to bring broadcast quality video from depths of 200m off the Seychelles
- BT Sport for its practical demonstration of the use of 5G for remote production
- COPA90 for its radical new approach to social media and fan engagement globally, from the FIFA World Cup in 2018
Those in contention for content everywhere are:
- Deutsche Telekom for advancing immersive video experiences with a 6k resolution 360° service
- ETV Bharat in India for building a news production and playout platform at a remarkable scale for 24 OTT channels in 13 languages, served by 5,000 journalists
- Mediapro for delivering matches and fan entertainment from LaLiga Spanish football, on Facebook Watch in the Indian subcontinent
The IBC2019 Awards Ceremony will held at 6:30pm on Sunday 15 September at The RAI in Amsterdam during IBC.