Look at the Wall
Sometimes you need to look where you’re going. Sometimes you need to look at the wall. Two hours before, I’d thought my life was over. Now I was at the top. Many years ago I did a skid control course …
Eulogy for Dadlet, Rocket Scientist and So Much More
Здоровье, любовь и деньги, и время их употреблять. (Zdorovye, lyubov’ i dengi, i vremya ikh upotreblat.) Gesundheit, Liebe und Geld, und die Zeit, sich damit zu vergnügen. Salud, amor y pesetas, y el tiempo para disfrutarlas. This was his favourite …
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AI Generated Job Jeopardies or Revenue Rewards
AI’s Billions for Media: Job Jeopardies or Revenue Rewards?
Artificial intelligence (AI), dating back to 1956, now appears ubiquitous because of generative AI (GAI), notably ChatGPT (Russell & Norvig, 2021). GAI started in 2014, rooted in generative adversarial networks (GAN), diffusion models, and Google’s Transformer neural network (Omdia, 2023). …
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AI Generated Woman Creating AI (Modified by Human)
Using an MSc in AI to Unleash Media’s Untapped Potential
Inspired by AI With over thirty years of experience in media technology, including two decades as a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) specialising in video streaming, I was recently inspired to pursue an MSc in Artificial Intelligence (AI). In April, the United Nations Development …
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Learnings from Lockdown: Sustainable Streaming
Fifty years ago, back when my father built our cabin off-grid by hand, sustainability was called environmentalism and considered hippy, not hip. In that time global energy consumption has increased 173%, in an ever-upward trend – until COVID-19. As of the 28th …
COVID-19 and Beyond: Opportunities for Video Streaming
I grew up off-grid in a cabin in the New Mexico mountains. That was isolation. By contrast, isolation in the time of coronavirus is incredibly connected. While working, socialising and relaxing from home have impacted that connectivity, new patterns are …
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Innovating STEAM: Demystifying UK Government Funding
Following on from the fantastic feedback I’ve had from both government and industry on my article Innovating Immersive Reality: Demystifying UK Government Funding, I’m now demystifying government funding for STEAM innovation. I have a background in both Computer Science and …
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Innovating Immersive Reality: Demystifying UK Government Funding
Given my background in successfully deploying emerging visual technology – from video to games to streaming – it’s not too much of a surprise that I’m now helping companies strategically innovate immersive reality. Immersive reality is the term for a …
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TEDx: Innovating the Impossible
TEDx: Innovating the Impossible
Vertical innovation can advance sectors, but additional dimensions of innovation can make the impossible happen. Creating an innovation mindset means examining how we’re taught to think and how we structure industry. By changing how we expect kids to think we …
Five Fun Finds from IBC 2017
With over 1500 exhibitors and distances to make your footstep tracker proud, I’ve brought you my favourite fun finds from the International Broadcasting Convention – IBC 2017. Holography Star Trek fans, the holodeck is closer than ever! John Karafin spoke …