The winner of the EBU Technology & Innovation Award 2024 will be announced during the EBU Technical Assembly in Naples on 13 June. Below we provide an overview of the nominated projects.
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AI prototype supporting editorial workflows
ORF, Austria • Stefan Kollinger
AiDitor is an intelligent content-workflow assistant that aggregates and integrates multiple AI services, making them accessible through a user-friendly, one-click operation interface.
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Fully autonomous green mobile production unit
RTBF, Belgium • Cécile Gonfroid
An e-bike tows a cargo trailer equipped to support small-to-medium sized multicamera productions to a professional standard, with 15km range and 12 hours of autonomy.
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VRT’s multifunctional studio
VRT, Belgium • Martijn Rymen
Integrating a massive LED wall powered by a games engine, the studio offers infinite creative possibilities for virtual environments and visual effects for multicamera productions.
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YleGPT – a magic wand for journalists
Yle, Finland • Jouni Frilander
Tailored platform and service ecosystem that enables the safe and ethical use of AI in editorial work, including an active user community exchanging around ways of working.
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5G and cloud-based Olympic flame coverage
France Télévisions • Romuald Rat
Dedicated channel for live coverage of the torch relay for the Paris Olympics, 100% cloud-based production, leveraging mobile private 5G, public 5G and Starlink.
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A Twitch in time
SWR, Germany • Michael Eberhard
Integrating viewers as active participants in a highly immersive live production by blending interactive elements of the Twitch platform with open-source broadcast technology.
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Tatort Game: where TV tradition meets innovation
SWR, Germany • Daniel Stolz
Targeting younger audiences with an immersive online game based on a popular crime series, integrating an AI-supported chatbot to facilitate active participation and interaction.
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Clorofilla – innovative television for kids
Rai, Italy • Mariangela Borneo
A virtual television studio reproduces realistic external sets in which plants grow and change colour according to the seasons, bringing nature to kids on multiple platforms.
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Bridging the gap: live chat with journalists
AVROTROS/NPO, Netherlands • Gerson Veenstra
Viewers of the EenVandaag news show can interact directly with journalists in real time via the website and mobile app, resulting in enhanced storytelling and increased trust.
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World Youth Day 2023: an inspiring new production vision
RTP, Portugal • Mónica Cañete Palomo
As Host Broadcaster, RTP implemented an innovative production vision that transformed a spiritual event into a distinctive high-quality audiovisual experience with global coverage.
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UHD on digital terrestrial television
RTVE, Spain • José Luis Muñiz
Launch of a UHD channel on DTT, covering 96% of the population, with 4K resolution at 50 frames per second, high dynamic range and next generation audio.
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ABC – broadcast manuscript and planning tool
Sveriges Radio, Sweden • David Gustafsson
In-house design and creation, by a cross-functional product team, of a highly adapted and user-friendly system for the planning, scripting and running of broadcast shows.
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Publication data platform for public services
SSR SRG, Switzerland • Theo Mäusli
Platform incorporating metadata from all company units, facilitating open access to archives, based on EBUCorePlus, and improved transparency around reporting and measurement.
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How data moved a 100-year-old archive
BBC, UK • Noreen Adams
The on-time and on- budget move of over 2.5 million archive assets through the development of accurate packing manifests and upgraded inventory management systems.
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Hybrid cloud archive
BBC, UK • Noreen Adams
Harnessing scalable public cloud storage infrastructure in a sustainable way to unify workflows and provide long-term secure storage of archive content.
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Media provenance standards to increase trust
BBC, UK • Judy Parnall
Helping audiences to identify authentic content through the application of the C2PA content credentials standard, creating an audit trail for where a piece of media came from.
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RiSE: shifting our SAP landscape infrastructure
BBC, UK • Anna Murcar
Successful ‘lift and shift’ of core SAP technology from legacy on-premises infrastructure to the cloud with no disruption, delivering hundreds of complex transformation integrations.
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See: https://tech.ebu.ch/awards