Latin America. TVU Networks analyzed usage data from thousands of users of its products from the past year to identify top trends in its annual industry reports.
Among the key findings of the year: AI-powered usage is being adopted more regularly and frequently, remote production applications continue to be relied upon for coverage, and the use of 5G for video streaming reached a milestone.
In 2022, video ingest saw a significant jump compared to the previous year based on AI-powered TVU Search usage metrics across news, entertainment, and sporting events. Not only did usage continue in 2023, but the number of daily interactions associated with TVU Search by users also increased dramatically by 1200% over the past year. TVU Search is a cloud-native application that provides live video content ingest and discovery. It features content search capabilities based on advanced AI and automation algorithms, allowing users to locate live or archival streams or clips for immediate playback, download, or distribution.
"The robust day-to-day use of TVU Search suggests that the use of AI for rapid content identification and trimming is becoming more common for everyday use, such as story creation," said Paul Shen, CEO of TVU Networks. "We introduced TVU Search with AI a few years ago because our clients needed a faster, easier, and more efficient way to locate content relevant to coverage. It is now an integral part of the cloud-based TVU ecosystem for live production."
Tools designed for remote production also remained popular among broadcasters last year. TVU's cloud-based ecosystem for video coverage of news, events, and other live applications saw an increase in overall usage, including for content acquisition and production, compared to the previous year. For example, TVU Anywhere saw a 400% increase based on user data throughput for the live video mobile app. TVU Producer saw a more than 130% increase in the number of monthly users actively using the platform for cloud-based live production.
"We've seen the strong trend of broadcasters transitioning to cloud-based remote production workflows, which started a few years ago and continued throughout 2023," Shen said. "With viewers' media consumption habits constantly changing, the need for scalable, cost-effective, fast-deployable, and easy-to-use tools is at the top of everyone's wish list in the media supply chain heading into the year ahead."
