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Speaker: Axel Kern, Senior Director Cloud and Infrastructure Solutions, Lawo AG
(The English-speaking lecture took place in hybrid form.)
The major challenges of today's media production include the increasing need for additional content, as well as the increasing agility of production specifications and the associated cost increases.
Purely software-based signal processes operated on independent computer platforms can be the crucial link between requirement and solution because they provide the missing plus in flexibility, scalability and cost efficiency.
The lecture will shed light on how a dynamic production environment differs from the classic one and how modern IP and cloud technologies can be used to implement the concept in practice.
Using concrete practical examples, the principles of Software-as-a-Service and Infrastructure-as-a-Service are explained and their importance for flexible and scalable production environments in broadcasting is explained.
Finally, the advantages of a dynamic production environment based primarily on software and independent hardware and possible success factors for different scenarios are highlighted.
From the Rhine to the world - as a small company from Rastatt, Lawo enables many first-class live productions worldwide with its solutions in the field of state-of-the-art audio and video technology and has gradually developed into a global innovation driver for an entire industry.
Axel Kern Senior Director Cloud and Infrastructure Solutions With a 30+ year history in the broadcast and pro-audio industry, Axel has spent the last 13 years at Lawo. As part of his role, he is responsible, among other things, for the coordinated implementation of strategic goals with regards to cloud-based and infrastructure solutions across Lawo's entire product landscape and for the further development of HOME, Lawo's central IP infrastructure management platform. With a master degree in engineering (Media Technology, TU Ilmenau), he held various roles as product manager in the broadcasting sector, including international positions at DHD Audio, Harman International Industries / Studer and Lawo.
Speaker: Christoph Raue, graduate of the TU Ilmenau (:xmg communications)
In modern radio production, the possibilities of using artificial intelligence (AI) in the creation of content are increasingly being tested. The use of AI-supported technologies for speech synthesis promises, among other things, more efficient and flexible news production. The presentation "AI-supported production of traffic news on the radio" examines the current state of the art based on a specific project and discusses the potential and challenges arising from the use of these technologies in practice.
A particular focus is on the problem of the correct pronunciation of street and place names. The natural and error-free reproduction of geographical names poses a significant challenge, as these often have specific linguistic characteristics that cannot always be correctly captured by standard AI models. In addition, approaches and methods for quality assurance of the produced content will be presented.
Finally, the lecture will address the ethical and legal framework conditions for the use of AI in media production with a focus on the use of voice cloning technologies.
The aim of the lecture is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the potential and limitations of AI-supported speech synthesis in radio production. Participants will gain valuable insights into the technical, linguistic and ethical aspects that need to be considered when integrating AI into radio production.
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