MPTS On Demand

SMPTE Media Technology Conference Europe
 
The media industry continues to adopt AI across workflows, business systems and critically - in the creative pipeline. What does this mean in practical terms, how do creatives and artists lean in to AI tools and feel safe? What does ownership of training and customised models look like for high value franchise content? How does sovereign AI help protect and reassure in an uncertain world? Our panel of industry leading experts will explore how we can build trust in AI and protect the IP that our industry is built upon.

SMPTE Media Technology Conference Europe
 
This presentation explores the ethical implications of AI-integrated XR environments, highlighting how synthetic co-presence and multisensory interfaces reshape perceptions of self, others, and shared spaces. Drawing on European research projects and interdisciplinary perspectives, it advocates for ethics-by-design approaches that embed responsibility, accessibility, and reflexive governance directly into immersive media development rather than treating ethics as an external constraint.

SMPTE Media Technology Conference Europe
This is a two part session.
1. Froggy, Sebastian & the Bot: What Pet Names Reveal About How People Conceptualise Assistants.  
Kathleen Bryson will present an exploratory qualitative study examining the pet names people give AI assistants and what these reveal about how users conceptualise AI - as a tool, teammate or companion.  The research develops a taxonomy of naming styles and explores how these influence trust, boundaries, and expectations, offering practical insights for designing AI assistants within media and creative workflows.
2. Evaluating AI and Algorithmic Approaches for Defect Detection in Archival Film Restoration. 
Presented by Mael Bonnec Takahashi, this work compares a traditional SDIp algorithm with a lightweight CNN/U-Net to detect genuine blotches in digitised archival film, demonstrating improved accuracy for complex defects alongside practical efficiency optimisations.

SMPTE Media Technology Conference Europe
 
A machine learning framework for **automatic news clip composition** that helps journalists quickly assemble video stories from source footage. Using a transformer-based model with a human-in-the-loop interface, the system recommends shots aligned with the article narrative and editing principles, reducing newsroom production time while preserving editorial control.

SMPTE Media Technology Conference Europe
 
An investigation into **automated quality control for television subtitles (closed captions)** using speech-to-text transcripts to measure delay and word loss. The presentation demonstrates how automated monitoring can detect subtitle failures across live and pre-recorded programming, highlighting both the potential for 24-hour quality assessment and the ongoing challenges in improving subtitle accuracy.

SMPTE Media Technology Conference Europe
An overview of the Dynamic Media Facility (DMF) initiative led by the EBU to define a reference architecture for next-generation live media production built on high-performance networks, compute clusters, and containerised media functions. The presentation explores interoperability challenges, the role of the Media eXchange Layer (MXL), and collaborative work with AMWA to enable scalable, vendor-agnostic production environments across facilities and cloud.