US Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) has joined Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) in introducing the bipartisan Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks (TRAIN) Act, to help creators, musicians, artists, writers, and others access the courts to protect their copyrighted works if and when they are used to train […]
UK telco BT has been required to refund or credit £18 million (€20.7m) to customers, following enforcement action by regulator Ofcom. In 2024, Ofcom fined BT £2.8 million after it failed to provide customers with clear and simple contract information before signing up to a new deal. The company broke Ofcom’s consumer protection rules designed […]
CAMB.AI, a start-up building a global content localisation infrastructure driven by AI-powered multilingual translation, has announced the opening of its new APAC office. Former DAZN Japan President Takashi Nakamura has been appointed as President APAC, leading the company’s expansion into the region from Tokyo. The APAC expansion marks a key step in CAMB.AI’s mission to […]
As part of its ongoing customer service transformation, Virgin Media O2 has created and launched its own AI tool, Lumi AI, that helps agents by analysing conversations in real-time and providing helpful prompts based on millions of previous conversations on the same topic. During an interaction with a customer, Lumi AI will advise an agent […]
The global entertainment & media (E&M) industry edged towards $3 trillion (€2.55tn) in revenue in 2024 and is forecast to hit $3.5 trillion in 2029 as advertising spend surges across platforms, according to PwC’s Annual Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2025-29. The E&M industry is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) […]
Nagravision, a provider of content protection and media and entertainment solutions, has announced an extended partnership with video delivery specialist Broadpeak to provide a next-generation streaming security solution for providers of live sports content. The joint solution strategically detects, identifies, and disrupts pirate streams to degrade their quality and reliability, making them unwatchable, while preserving […]
Netflix has used artificial intelligence (AI) in one of its TV shows for the first time. Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos, speaking to investors during the company’s quarterly earnings call, said AI would make films and programmes cheaper and of better quality. The Argentinian science fiction series, El Eternauta (The Eternaut). uses generative AI footage. “We […]
US Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has chaired a Judiciary subcommittee hearing revealing Big Tech’s role behind the unchecked piracy of copyrighted content to fuel companies’ artificial intelligence (AI) models. The hearing featured witness testimony from bestselling author David Baldacci as well as AI experts and law professors who lent credence to Senator Hawley’s claim: AI […]
The EBU Digital Committee has entered a new chapter under the leadership of its recently elected Chair, Philippe Keutgen, Media Platforms Strategy and Partnerships Advisor at RTBF. Keutgen has delivered his first message: the committee will be a driver of action, innovation, and value for all Members, large and small. “I want to steer us […]
Daniel Efergan, former Executive Creative Director of Interactive & Innovation at animation studio Aardman, has launched a consultancy that will advise production companies on navigating the challenges and maximising the opportunities of AI. Aardman will be Efergan’s first client. Working with production companies across the worlds of animation, filmmaking and games, the new consultancy will […]