Here's a recent article I wrote for IBC looking at the trends in broadcast technology over the past year.

Music Tech UK asked me to contribute an opinion piece for their blog. You can find it on their site https://musictechnology.uk/where-are-the-creators/ along with a lot of other interesting stuff. Where are the Creators?By John Maxwell Hobbs, CEO, Streamline Media Over the past year, I’ve attended a number of music panels focussed on everything from the impact of AI to the challenges of having a career in the music business for people from under-supported demographics. They al

My startup Streamline Media Limited has launched a podcast. We’ll be talking to a wide variety of people in the creative industries about their work. The second episode features Tim Boggs. Listen to episode 2 with Tim Boggs Timothy Boggs is an award winning filmmaker, Artist and songwriter who lives and works in Los Angeles. His 30 year career as a sound supervisor and sound editor include notable television shows - “The Sopranos,” “Breaking Bad,” “The Good Wife,” “Queen Su

My startup Streamline Media Limited has launched a podcast. We’ll be talking to a wide variety of people in the creative industries about their work. The first episode features my old friend Eric Liljestrand.

My interview with Professor of Media Theory Douglas Rushkoff where he talks AI myths, legends and hard truths:https://www.ibc.org/interviews/interview-douglas-rushkoff-on-ai-in-media/9709.article

While discussions around the ethics of AI are raging in boardrooms across the globe, there are still many misconceptions about the technology. 

I recently interviewed Dr. Alex Connock about AI and creativity for IBC https://www.ibc.org/interviews/interview-dr-alex-connock-on-ai-an-explosion-of-creativity/9755.article

In the past few weeks, the news has been filled with one dramatic story after the other about AI. However, in a significant shift, rather than being about the technology itself, these stories have been about the people creating AI and those affected by it.

I've just interviewed six CTOs leading major Outside Broadcast companies for the publication SVG Europe. They've all had to overcome signification challenges to their industry during the Covid lockdowns, and they've all come out the other side with strong insights into the present and future of broadcasting. Read them here.

I wrote an article for tvtech looking at the impact of Covid lockdowns on remote production workflows: https://www.tvtechnology.com/features/how-covid-forced-broadcasters-to-go-remote-in-2020

I recently produced a series of explainer videos for IBC. And, I presented one of them myself. Check it out here: Tech Expert: Inside IP

My latest column on the state of the media industry is up at IBC 365. I discuss how we're the media industry is at an inflection point, one in which we have no clear view as to where we’ll end up, or who the winners will be. https://www.ibc.org/delivery/blog-crossing-the-inflection-point/2915.article

My latest column is up at IBC365.  In the fresh connected world of IP, do years of experience in broadcast engineering still count, or should veteran technicians just hang up their SDI cables and retire? https://www.ibc.org/tech-advances/blog-teaching-old-dogs-new-tricks/2853.article

My latest column is up at IBC356 - I discuss the endless search for a "magic bullet" that will solve all of broadcasting's problems:  https://www.ibc.org/consumption/blog-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-magic-bullet/2784.article

Here's my latest opinion piece at IBC365 on the way "good enough" is changing in the broadcast industry: https://www.ibc.org/production/blog-building-a-worse-mousetrap/2652.article

My latest column is up at IBC365.  I give my views on the increasing hype around the potential for AI in media. https://www.ibc.org/tech-advances/i-for-one-welcome-our-robot-overlords/2625.article

My latest opinion piece is up at IBC365.  I give my views on outsourcing and the broadcasting industry. https://www.ibc.org/content-management/focusing-on-the-core-the-importance-of-outsourcing/2582.article

Here's my latest opinion piece for IBC 365, covering the clash of cultures between IT and broadcasting: https://www.ibc.org/delivery/technology-v-culture-the-art-of-making-and-delivering-tv/2064.article?_ga=2.228132957.138508793.1499935580-421349024.1491219481

A post I wrote for the National Film and Television School https://nfts.co.uk/news/engineers-creative-partners-–-how-film-tv-industry-can-learn-music-production NFTS Head of Technology, John Maxwell Hobbs, believes the film and television industry should view and work with engineers as creative partners as the music industry does and has designed the School’s new Production Technology MA to do just that. Why it is that broadcast engineers have long been viewed as boffins w

I'll be teaching a taster workshop for the Production Technology MA I'm developing for the National Film and Television School on the 18th of May. More details here: https://www.nfts.co.uk/news/why-are-we-fixing-what-isn’t-broken-moving-digital-based-production