AI and ML Dominate IABM BaM Awards® Entries at IBC2024

The IABM has announced the shortlisted entries for the 2024 IBC edition of its BaM Awards®, which recognize innovation across nine categories in the BaM Content Chain®, as well as an outstanding project, event, or collaboration. The shortlist was selected from over 140 entries by a panel of 40+ non-affiliated, expert judges.

Behind the Scenes

• AI and ML were a focus in many entries, but no purely AI or ML products were submitted. Instead, these technologies were used to improve and speed up current products and workflows.

• Stan Moote, CTO at IABM and chair of the judges, noted that this shows AI/ML is significantly impacting the industry, but in a more controlled manner than initially predicted.

• The Create content chain segment had particularly strong submissions, challenging the judges in deciding the eventual winners.

• Shortlisted companies include Adobe, Eluvio, Irdeto, TAG Video Systems, and Verizon, among others.

The Breakdown

• Judges will examine the shortlisted entries in detail and visit the stands of shortlisted companies at IBC2024 to complete the judging process.

• Winners will be announced and presented at the BaM Awards® reception and presentation ceremony on Saturday, September 14th.

• Winning entries will automatically be submitted for IABM's prestigious Peter Wayne Golden BaM Award®, with the winner announced in December 2024.

Shortlist Entries

Create
GODOX Photo Equipment Co., Ltd – BeamLight Max90
nxtedition – nxtedition’s XR/Mixed Reality Studio Gallery Control
Ross Video – Artimo 

Produce
Adobe – Enhance Speech in Adobe Premiere Pro
Media-Anywhere – Product name embargoed
Mimir – Cloud video production and collaboration with Mimir

Manage
Blue Lucy – Lucia
Imaginario AI – Imaginario AI
Interra Systems – Interra Systems transforms captions workflows with AI/ML-powered BATON captions 

Publish
MainStreaming – Innovative Edge Video Delivery Network disrupting classic CDN with new Anti-piracy and CMCD+ features
Qvest Stream GmbH – makalu automation
Vimond Media Solutions – Quickly build front-end video streaming applications with VIA app builder 

Monetize
Eluvio, Inc. – Eluvio Content Fabric and Application Suite – Casablanca Release
Mediagenix – Mediagenix Strategic Planning
Skandha Media Services – Evince AI Powered Ad Verification tool 

Consume
Accedo – Accedo and Deutsche Telekom XR Sports Alliance
Media Distillery – Topic Distillery for Sports
Vubiquity, an Amdocs Company – 360 Sport Streaming Experience 

Connect
Globecast – Globecast integrates and orchestrates the largest hybrid-could unified video headend platform (TVHE) to deliver advanced Broadcast and OTT services
ST Engineering iDirect – SKYflow
TVU Networks – TVU MediaHub 

Store
EditShare – EFS NVMe
Facilis – High performance remote access with WANLink and FASTCache
GB Labs – NebulaNAS production cloud storage 

Support
Irdeto – Irdeto Anti-Piracy
TAG Video Systems – Integration of Structural Similarity Index Measure (SSIM)
Touchstream – dVQA: use your monitoring metadata to detect video quality issues 

Project, event or collaboration
Amagi Corporation – Amagi and CNN come together to build a FAST channel with efficiency and agility
AVIXA – AVIXA TV Studio at InfoComm 2024

Broadcast Solutions – SuperSport IP2 outside broadcast truck

Limecraft – The Delivery Workspace / DPG Media

Verizon – Verizon Intelligent Broadcast Edge

Final Take

The strong showing of AI and ML in the BaM Awards® entries demonstrates the growing importance of these technologies in the media and entertainment industry. As companies continue to integrate AI and ML into their products and workflows, we can expect to see further innovation and efficiency gains across the content chain.

The BaM Awards® serve as a valuable showcase for these advancements and a recognition of the hard work and ingenuity of technology developers in the industry.