The Programme has been created to drive sector-wide digital transformation, where Accelerators ultimately demonstrate business value through an open R&D approach, reflecting the value of industry of standards and best practices. Through the Accelerators, multicompany teams come together – led by game changing broadcasters, studios, platforms and content owners as ‘Champions’ - to develop solutions to use cases working with expert vendors and solutions providers as project ‘participants’. Projects develop over an intensive five months’ project path, culminating in innovative solutions that will be showcased as proof of concepts at IBC Showcase.

Challenges in 2020 address many relevant and topical areas, such as

• industry transformation and transition to IP and cloud workflows,
• the evolution of 5G,
• VR/AR/MR,
• the application of AI in many media processes,
• visual effects archiving,
• sustainability
• and many others.

Join the project managers Muki Kulhan and Mark Smith and their guests as they share the highs and lows of this impressive programme of collaborative innovation.
Guests include BBC R&D's Ian Wagdin & Purminder Ghandu