Revolutionalising Television: AI The Game Changer

The television industry has gone through a gradual transformational processes to date since its invention in the 19th century.

Just like any other electronic device, the advent of TV has brought light to the world and improved upon human lives in general as far as it remains and perform the primary function of being an informative, educative, and entertaining tool.

The spread of the wings of technology and its advancement rapidly shaped the face of everything in the world over time and has covered the television industry too.

The gradual transformational processes of television could be traced back from the analogue black and white era of electromechanical TVs, to mechanical TVs, to Electronic TVs, to the Golden age TVs, to the colour and satellite transmission TVs, cable and home Video TVs, to digital and high definition TVs, streaming and online TVs (smart TVs).

Today, the status of television has elevated from the mere monitoring or display tool to a smart AI-powered one that is capable of performing magical functions, so sensorate to execute a task at the command of the viewer’s voice.

This is the revolutionary approach that has assimilated the television industry.

It could be emphatically stated that the rapid adoption of Artificial Intelligence has significantly improved and changed the performance of television.

AI is revolutionizing the way television operates from content creation to viewer personalisation to advertisements.

Today’s television is not just about being smart but also appealing to reckon that, it is infused with current applications that offers AI-powered recommendation engines that suggest viewer contents based on user preferences.

There is also AI-driven personalised advertisement, AI-generated contents like news, sports highlights, as well as AI-powered virtual assistance like voice control and searching.

It is worth noting that, today’s television with the instillation of these features and functions have brought about enhanced viewer experience as there is an increased personalisation and interactivity; increased efficiency; new revenue streams such as AI-powered advertising and subscription models; and a shift from traditional broadcasting to an on-demand streaming.

The future of television looks so promising and magical as emerging AI technologies have taken over the industry.

Such emerging technologies include Edge AI, Quantum AI, Explainable AI(XAI), Adversarial AI, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Computer Vision, and among others.
However, there are couple of notable challenges that come with the new shift of TV revolution.

Concerns have been raised over data privacy and general security, transparency, and many others as the internet space constantly poses high cyber threats.

The impact of technology is feasible and alerting everyone to embrace the change in our everyday lives and on society as a whole, suggesting that no one should be left behind or afford to be a luddite.

This is the game changing era; embrace the impact and be on course, never run away!

This is the new tune; just dance to the rhythm and don’t be a luddite, for this is expensive. This is the 21st century path; don’t be left behind.

Source: Effah Mensah Williams