In front of a packed room at the EBU Production Technology Seminar 2026, ARD’s Malte Blumberg led a lively and engaging panel discussion involving representatives of five cloud providers, three from the US-based hyperscalers and two European players. Pictured on the cover of Issue 67 of tech-i magazine, from left to right, are Steven Samwell (AWS), Anshul Kapoor (Google), David Tulloch (Microsoft), Jean-Baptiste Kempf (Scaleway), Robin Hermann (STACKIT), and Malte Blumberg. See page 6 for an overview of their discussion.
Contents
- Going live (again) to reclaim audience and relevance – Antonio Arcidiacono on why public service media must focus on owned, live-first platforms
- EBU event previews; T&I Awards 2026
- 5G-EMERGE Phase II; 5G Broadcast at Winter Olympics
- US hyperscalers and European challengers debate the future of cloud – Report on a lively panel discussion at EBU PTS 2026
- Putting the EBU cloud strategy into practice at Sveriges Radio – Translating from a shared North Star into concrete technical choices
- Four workstreams to take the DMF from vision to action – Progress report from the Joint Taskforce on Dynamic Media Facilities
- Producing the Winter Olympics in a software-based environment – in real time – SVT stress-tests software-based production in real time
- Enhancing EuroVOX with real-time translation, multi-language meetings and smarter AI support – A look at some of the features planned for 2026
- On the move and always connected? Streaming live radio in connected cars – How BBC collects data to define and measure QoS
- Bridging the operational gap in AI for efficient historical archive documentation – Lessons from the application of AI to archive digitization at Rai
- How data products are contributing to digital renewal at ARD – Making data tangible with a product-centred approach
- The rise, fall and rise again of open-source solutions in broadcasting – A journey that started in the mid-2000s continues today
- Sustainability Matters: Czech film and television industry agrees on new sustainability principles – Coalition of broadcasters, film schools and producers working on greener filmmaking
- In my opinion: Switching off MW and switching on to a digital future for Spanish radio – Manuel Delgado, Head of Broadcast Resources at Spain’s RTVE
- Partner Profile: WorldDAB – Recent advances and emerging themes for DAB+ around the world
- Tracking the trends that will shape PSM strategy in the year ahead – Insights from the EBU’s Media Intelligence Service
- In the spotlight: Nigel Megitt – Executive Product Manager, BBC
