FIBEP TechDay 2026 took place on 22 April 2026 in Tenerife, Spain, hosted by eMediaMonitor, gathering members and partners from Europe, Latin America, and Asia for a full day on the future of media intelligence. This year's discussions focused on four major shifts: the move from text to audiovisual content, the rebuilding of the AI technology stack, the need for new commercial infrastructure, and the growing importance of trusted journalism in the AI era.

The challenge facing media monitoring, copyright management, and publishing is not one any single organisation can solve alone. AI has changed how content is ingested, summarised, and redistributed; copyright law was not written for it; and the commercial relationships between media monitoring organisations (MMOs), copyright management organisations (CMOs), publishers, and end clients are being renegotiated in real time across dozens of jurisdictions.

In Episode 23 of Media Intelligence Explained, Anna O’Connor and Omar Signori discuss how copyright rules differ across markets and why media intelligence companies need to be proactive, not reactive, in an AI-driven landscape. Together with Todd Murphy (FIBEP President, Infoesearch), Jon Anders Tangnes (FIBEP, VP MIBE, Opoint), and Hector Linares (Acceso), the conversation explores the Media Rights Trust Initiative, the role of healthy industry dialogue, and the practical bo