With the EBU Technology & Innovation Summit 2025 hosted in Dublin this week by RTÉ, the latest issue of tech-i magazine celebrates the Irish broadcaster's new strategy and the tech that enables it.
Pages 10 and 11 of the magazine feature an article from Brian Wynne, RTÉ's Head of Technology Infrastructure, who describes some of the company's latest tech projects, including an IP-based production network and an object data storage system, both of which will revolutionize production workflows. New facilities to support the strategy include an LED wall studio and a suite of visual radio studios.
In his editorial for the June 2025 issue, T&I Director Antonio Arcidiacono focuses on how the EBU is working with partners to enable a major shift in how media production will operate in future. The Dynamic Media Facility (DMF) takes advantage of the exponential growth of computing power, creating an opportunity for more agile, flexible, and cost-effective media production:
"The resources used for DMF could be on-premises or in the cloud, even using resources from another EBU Member, assuming production schedules allow. Workflows could also be redistributed to align with different time zones of partner organizations. Because these models are independent of physical infrastructure, scaling out to public cloud platforms is entirely feasible. All of this opens the door to long-term visions like a European media cloud, where resources would be shared at scale for mutual benefit."
He also emphasizes the role of the forthcoming Media eXchange Layer (MXL) as a central enabler of DMF and a foundational layer for how media assets are exchanged between media functions. The EBU has recently embarked on a project to create the MXL in collaboration with the Linux Foundation and NABA.
Elsewhere in tech-i
- High Dynamic Range reference monitors – a new EBU recommendation is designed to help both broadcasters and manufacturers
- EBU T&I Award 2025: meet the nominees – a brief overview of all nominated projects for this year’s award
- SR and EBU collaborate on a smarter way to search the news – Sveriges Radio has launched an AI-driven chatbot
- MXL is the new interoperability layer – the Media eXchange Layer has become the new focal point for interoperability
- RTÉ’s strategic transformation charts a new direction on new technological terrain – with the EBU Technology & Innovation Summit in Dublin, an overview of the new strategy from our host Member
- OGraf: defining the future of broadcast graphics – the EBU is developing a new open specification for multi-platform delivery and rendering of graphics
- Ensuring reliable streaming in a volatile CDN market – overcoming the challenges of delivering to audiences online
- High five: EBU groups team up to address speech intelligibility – a report from a highly productive workshop in London
- Sustainability Matters: understanding the full impacts of using generative AI – summary of the panel discussion at the EBU Sustainability Summit 2025
- In my opinion: Embracing change at DR: modernizing platforms for a flexible future – Aino Olsen is CTO at Danmarks Radio
- Partner Profile: Linux Foundation – the current strategy and priorities of the EBU’s partner in the MXL Project
- How streaming is changing the European sports media landscape – insights from the EBU’s Media Intelligence Service
- In the spotlight: Thomas Palmkvist – Video Lead and IT Architect, SVT, Sweden
Download Issue 64 of tech-i magazine (PDF)