NewsTECHForum: News Production And The Cloud
By TVN Staff on November 19, 2024
Many news organizations want to move their operations into the cloud, but its unpredictable costs and potential latency pose serious risks. News Production in the Cloud, a panel at TVNewsCheck’s 11th annual NewsTECHForum conference at the New York Hilton on Dec. 17, will confront how news tech leaders have made successful forays into cloud or hybrid production, how those efforts succeeded and where the biggest challenges to cloud adoption remain.
Mike Masek, senior director, production application engineering, NBCUniversal Operations and Technical Services; Walid Hamri, AVP, media systems engineering, Sinclair Broadcast Group; Stefan Hadl, SVP, broadcast engineering & technology, Hearst Television; Mark Gray, SVP of network and station operations, The E.W. Scripps Co.; and Bob Valinski, sales manager, Vizrt Americas, will join moderator Glen Dickson, TVNewsCheck contributing editor, for the discussion.
“With cloud migrations into sporting events and awards shows can have predictable costs, but when you’re talking about massive hours of news each day, week and year, those costs can become enormously more daunting,” said TVNewsCheck Editor Michael Depp. “This panel will delve into where evolving kinds of hybridity remain options, where cloud hubbing can come into play and the latest on improvements to cloud latency.”
NewsTECHForum is co-located with the Sports Video Group Summit. Its 2024 sessions include:
Keynote Interview: (Re)Introducing the BBC — As part of the BBC’s strategy to expand its reach and relevancy among digital audiences outside the U.K., BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the U.K.’s venerable public service broadcaster, recently re-launched its international news website and app. Jennie Baird, chief product officer of BBC Studios and board chair of the nonprofit Ethical Tech Project, was one of the key architects behind these new digital services. In this NewsTECHForum keynote interview, Baird will discuss the thinking that helped unlock the brand’s multiplatform potential, as well as broader industry challenges facing publishers and broadcasters in an increasingly digital age.
Rewiring Tomorrow’s Newsroom Today — How can a modern newsroom be seamlessly connected to all distribution points, incorporating AI for vital efficiencies in content production and versioning? How can people be better organized with systemic connection points across the organization, especially when multiple platforms (e.g., broadcast or cable networks, streaming channels and digital platforms) are involved? How can duplication be avoided in reporting efforts and production?
Streaming and FAST News 3.0 — How are news organizations tackling challenges in content strategy, product development and news workflow on their AVOD and FAST channels? How are innovators expanding the content pipeline, fine-tuning the product and simplifying workflows?
Scenes from a Gen AI-Enabled Newsroom — News AI pioneers work through scenarios of embracing the technology from pragmatic, ethical, journalistic, technological and cybersecurity lenses in a workshop context. A technologist, newsroom leader, AI ethicist and security leader will address real-world issues like disinformation/deepfakes, versioning and AI as part of the reporting/story building process.
Rebooting the Digital Product Suite — Organizations are taking a top-to-bottom look and reassessment of their products across digital platforms from their homepages to news and weather apps and more. What are the major changes coming to UX and UI based on consumers’ changing habits? Who is working on the forefront of change there, and what does it look like? What technologies are involved
Technology Leaders on AI and the News — News media technologists unpack advancements, including generative AI, that will fundamentally change the newsgathering, storytelling, production and multiplatform distribution. How will “zombie processes” be eliminated and journalists, editors and producers work more efficiently and productively under growing economic pressure using new tools that will revolutionize their work?
