Paul Richards, Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), PTZOptics, in the TKT1957 survey «The year 2030: AI or engineer?».

1. How will the broadcasting industry and broadcast technologies change in the next 5 years?
2. If we model the world of broadcasting and broadcast tech in 2030, what role will AI play?
3. How will AI change your business segment?
4. Which professions will AI displace in the broadcasting technology industry by 2030?

1. One of the biggest changes isn’t AI, it’s simply cloud connectivity which opens up a variety of workflows including remote production. Remote Production is one of the top ways for broadcasts to reduce costs while maintaining quality and adding new flexibility. Cloud-connected broadcast equipment will be the next big innovation in this market.
2. AI will likely make its way into most content production areas of broadcast. Content creation is obviously an emerging area of AI that effects productions but Computer Vision is a newer area of interest. Computer vision can be used to operate PTZ cameras and switch video based on training data.
3. AI is helping engineering teams work faster. That currently allows us to release more features and get products to market faster. AI is impacting many businesses in positive ways that allow us to work more efficiently. In the future, we will see more automation done with AI in broadcast. Remote production software like PTZOptics Hive is already able to give our PTZ Camweras “AI Superpowers”. These super powers include auto-tracking, group tracking, color correction and more.
4. Journalism and writing content will be effected. There’s going to be a lot more content flooding existing platforms. People do want authentic real-content and I do not think journalism or original writing will ever fully go away due to AI. Content writers are just being effected more than other roles at this time in 2024.

All the opinions of industry leaders can be seen in the survey “Year 2030: AI or Engineer?”.