EPISODE · Apr 29, 2026 · 16 MIN
The 2026 Vision Board, the Webinar, and the Prophecy
from Broadcast Media: The Inside Track · host Ancast Podcast
🎙️ Special Personal Episode | Broadcast Media: The Inside TrackFour months into twenty twenty-six. One vision board. Two prophecies that held. A handful of people quietly holding the year up underneath the water.This is the inside-the-inside-track episode. Less framework, more honesty. Ben sits down with RaIAna to walk through what has actually happened since the fifteenth of January, when he drew a four-quadrant vision board on a roll of paper at the kitchen table and underlined the line at the bottom twice.In twenty twenty-six I am building a life that feels good deep within myself.🧊 The IcebergEveryone sees the slide-ware. The webinar. The podcast. The LinkedIn post. That is the ten percent above the waterline. This episode is about the ninety percent underneath.🎯 What you will hear🗺️ The vision board itself, four quadrants, and the lines that have done the most work🌅 January, eight simultaneous fronts, and the strategic risk of running in too many directions at once🐉 The Chinese New Year prophecy, and why the eighteenth of February turned out to be the moment🎤 The OTTRED Artificial Intelligence in Media Think Tank webinar, and the audience it finally reached🤝 The three think tank leaders, Adriaan, Maria and Karel, whose goodwill steers shaped the framework🔧 The new technology partnership with MetaIP, and what aligned partnership actually feels like🌒 March, where the buzz fades and the iceberg matters most📐 April, where the foundations get poured underneath the surface🎙️ The voice agent strand, and how the two product lines have started to feed each other💬 The closing thank-you to everyone who is part of the iceberg under this year🎙️ Featuring🗣️ Ben Anchor, Founder, Ancast IntelligenceTwenty-five years in broadcast. UC Berkeley Applied Artificial Intelligence. Nowcasting methodology for broadcast scheduling. Voice agent architecture. Change management for artificial intelligence in media operations.🤖 RaIAna, Artificial Intelligence Co-hostThe sharper questions, the gentler interrogations, the prompt to say the things that are usually left unsaid.🎧 Perfect for📺 Founders, consultants and intrapreneurs in broadcast and streaming🎯 Anyone wearing twelve hats and wondering quietly if any of it is working💡 Leaders thinking about partnerships, alignment, and the difference between pitching and being invited🧭 People building something new in artificial intelligence and media, and trying to do it with intention🔗 Listen, follow, share🌐 More on the work: ancast.co.uk#BroadcastMedia #BroadcastAI #Nowcasting #AIStrategy #FAST #StreamingMedia #OTTRED #AncastIntelligence #VisionBoard #Founders #Consulting #Iceberg #AIinMedia #TheInsideTrack #MetaIP #PodcastForFounders #BroadcastInnovation #AIVoiceAgents #ChangeManagement #IndustryLeaders #BehindTheScenes #BuildInPublic #Twenty TwentySix
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🎙️ Special Personal Episode | Broadcast Media: The Inside TrackFour months into twenty twenty-six. One vision board. Two prophecies that held. A handful of people quietly holding the year up underneath the water.This is the inside-the-inside-track episode. Less framework, more honesty. Ben sits down with RaIAna to walk through what has actually happened since the fifteenth of January, when he drew a four-quadrant vision board on a roll of paper at the kitchen table and underlined the line at the bottom twice.In twenty twenty-six I am building a life that feels good deep within myself.🧊 The IcebergEveryone sees the slide-ware. The webinar. The podcast. The LinkedIn post. That is the ten percent above the waterline. This episode is about the ninety percent underneath.🎯 What you will hear🗺️ The vision board itself, four quadrants, and the lines that have done the most work🌅 January, eight simultaneous fronts, and the strategic risk of running in too many directions at once🐉 The Chinese New Year prophecy, and why the eighteenth of February turned out to be the moment🎤 The OTTRED Artificial Intelligence in Media Think Tank webinar, and the audience it finally reached🤝 The three think tank leaders, Adriaan, Maria and Karel, whose goodwill steers shaped the framework🔧 The new technology partnership with MetaIP, and what aligned partnership actually feels like🌒 March, where the buzz fades and the iceberg matters most📐 April, where the foundations get poured underneath the surface🎙️ The voice agent strand, and how the two product lines have started to feed each other💬 The closing thank-you to everyone who is part of the iceberg under this year🎙️ Featuring🗣️ Ben Anchor, Founder, Ancast IntelligenceTwenty-five years in broadcast. UC Berkeley Applied Artificial Intelligence. Nowcasting methodology for broadcast scheduling. Voice agent architecture. Change management for artificial intelligence in media operations.🤖 RaIAna, Artificial Intelligence Co-hostThe sharper questions, the gentler interrogations, the prompt to say the things that are usually left unsaid.🎧 Perfect for📺 Founders, consultants and intrapreneurs in broadcast and streaming🎯 Anyone wearing twelve hats and wondering quietly if any of it is working💡 Leaders thinking about partnerships, alignment, and the difference between pitching and being invited🧭 People building something new in artificial intelligence and media, and trying to do it with intention🔗 Listen, follow, share🌐 More on the work: ancast.co.uk#BroadcastMedia #BroadcastAI #Nowcasting #AIStrategy #FAST #StreamingMedia #OTTRED #AncastIntelligence #VisionBoard #Founders #Consulting #Iceberg #AIinMedia #TheInsideTrack #MetaIP #PodcastForFounders #BroadcastInnovation #AIVoiceAgents #ChangeManagement #IndustryLeaders #BehindTheScenes #BuildInPublic #Twenty TwentySix
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