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IBC2025 ACCELERATORS: PRIVATE 5G, CONQUERING THE AIR(WAVES);
AI AGENT ASSISTANTS FOR LIVE PRODUCTION
Two Accelerator projects and a Special Incubator project will be presented at IBC today. First up, ‘Private 5G, Conquering the Air(waves)’ will take place on the Future Tech Stage in Hall 14 at 10:30. This project explores the deployment of private 5G network cells on drones to enhance live broadcast production by providing wireless connectivity for video, audio and sensor data.
It will focus on developing and testing novel network architectures, including the potential for ‘mobile’ mobile networks and innovative backhaul solutions. It will also assess the feasibility of using drone-based 5G to supplement and improve existing production workfl ows, supporting high-quality, low-latency video and audio streaming in challenging environments.
Champions BBC, RAI, EBU, Globo, RTE, Adapt Media, France Televisions and QTV collaborated with Participants Haivision, Neutral Wireless, Open Broadcast Systems, Strathclyde University, Shure, D&B Solutions and Eutelsat on this project, which paves the way for more fl exible, scalable and immersive media production solutions. As broadcasters transition towards
increasingly automated workfl ows, they confront a paradox: sophisticated back-end systems often force operators into complex, manual interactions that slow down production and increase the risk of errors. Exploring ways to address these issues is the IBC Accelerator project ‘AI Agent Assistants for Live Production’. Its fi ndings will be presented at 16:30 today on the Future Tech Stage. The aim of the project is to build and validate a network of AI-driven assistants capable of handling real-time production tasks traditionally performed by human operators. This includes an orchestrator agent, NRCS agent, automator agents, error-checking agent, graphics agents and video agents. The goal is to restore the director’s focus
to creative decision-making by offl oading repetitive and error-prone tasks to these AI assistants, while demonstrating that an AI-driven control-room interface can enhance both speed and reliability without sacrifi cing human oversight. “This is really giving that human some really
strong tools to improve their experience and therefore raise production values for everything that they’re doing,” says Morag McIntosh,
Morag McIntosh, BBC
Solution Lead for Live Production Control at project Champion BBC. Other Champions are Channel 4 and ITN, while Participants are Cuez, Amira Labs, Highfi eld AI, Cuepilot, Shure, EVS, Moments Lab, Google and Monks. Beyond vendors, a cadre of ‘super users’ – experienced directors, gallery managers and technical specialists from ITN, BBC, NBCUniversal and Channel 4, have been embedded in the development cycle.
“This is really giving that human some really strong tools to improve their experience and therefore raise
production values for everything that they’re doing” Morag McIntosh, BBC
Today, the team is presenting a live demonstration that features a simulated live broadcast scenario where a user interacts solely via natural language. The orchestrator agent will process commands, coordinate multiple specialists (NRCS, graphics, video monitoring), and execute end-to-end tasks in real time. Attendees will see real interfaces – live dashboards, conversational UIs and agent logs – illuminating how each component communicates and responds. IBC visitors can also engage directly with the
team, suggest new use cases, test the interface, and explore the underlying code repository via a secure sandbox. Also today, the fi ndings of a special Incubator Project ‘Changing the Game Again’, will be presented at 12:30 on the Showcase Theatre in Hall 8. Following on from the success of the 2024 Accelerator ‘AI Media Production Labs’, this project features a POC test bed that aims to develop personalised highlight reels and real-time sports data tailored to each fan based on their preferences and interactions. By leveraging AI and ML, the system will gather audience insights, whether through conversational input, written preferences, or interactive viewing experiences, to dynamically shape the content they receive. Champions this year are IET, University of
Kent, Verizon Business, BFBS and Channel 4, while Participants are Xansr Media, Tesla Technologies & Software, Spectral Compute, Monks, AMD/HP and Chyron.
Private 5G, Conquering the Air(waves) takes place from 10:30-11:30 and AI Agent Assistants for Live Production takes place from 16:30-17:30 on the Future Tech Stage in Hall 14. Changing the Game Again takes place from 12:30-13:30 on the Showcase Theatre in Hall 8.
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