One prevailing takeout from the recent NAB Show is that monetization concerns have only increased since IBC 2023 last September, and so have forecasts of consolidation. Vendors – not only in the usual Faultline remit of the West hall but in the South and Central halls too – were focused intently on showing prospective and existing customers how to scrape out every last cent. While AI was predicted to be the dominating theme at the show, we instead saw a maturation of services to favor “agents”—assistants with more practical uses, even if less revolutionary. Another common showcase was AI translation and transcription demonstrations, with the likes of Netint and Cognizant among those promoting such features. We hear from Norsk, a…