OTT Question Time Live 2024 — The Changing Face of OTT Viewing
Opening the show at OTT Question Time Live 2024, Julie Mitchelmore, VP Digital at A+E Networks UK, asked her panel about the demographic shifts in OTT viewing over the past few years. Are younger viewers – whose early buy-in can lead to years of loyalty and repeat visits – [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2024 — Google: Meeting Challenges by Leveraging New AI Powers
Faz Aftab, Director, International M&E Partnerships at Google TV, talked to Minal Modha, Research Director & Consumer Research Lead at Ampere Analysis, about how Google’s new AI tools can help the OTT industry meet some of its most pressing challenges: user engagement, monetisation and relevancy. [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2024 — Monetising Your Platform – Lessons Learned from TiVo
In this session Joanna Burton, adviser, will discussed with TiVo’s Lisette Preston-Barnes, Business Development Director for Monetisation and Data Optimisation, and Patrick Byrden, VP of Business Development and Strategy, insights from their experiences of helping operators, content providers, TV OEMs and brands create new revenue streams from their platforms and [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2024 — BBC iPlayer: Staying Relevant in a Competitive Market
Kerensa Samanidis, GM of BBC iPlayer, talks to Ben Keen, OTT expert and member of multiple industry boards, about the position that BBC iPlayer holds in the British streaming market today, how iPlayer has responded to challenges and changing market dynamics and the things that help ensure iPlayer remains [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2024 — OTT in the Nordics: Local Heroes Thrive
What Streaming Wars?! Local content and services reign in the Nordics. In Sweden, SVT and Viaplay command over 50% daily viewing time. DR in Denmark boasts an 85% reach for national news. And in Norway, NRK’s gripping dramas keep audiences glued to their screens. Our panel – Annika Bidner, [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2024 — Building FAST Brands
In this session, Yannick Ferrero, SVP Digital Distribution at Hasbro Entertainment, Anthony Layser, Executive Director, Content Acquisitions & Programming Strategy at Xumo, Paul Hastings, SVP Global Sales at Whip Media, and David Urgell, MD and founder of Neosmedia Consulting, together with Marion Ranchet of The Local Act Consultancy, explored the importance of [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2024 — How YouTube supports the Broadcast & Creative Industries
Rob Pilgrim, Head of Sport & Primetime Channels at YouTube, believes YouTube and Traditional Media organisations are better together. This presentation shared how companies in the room can leverage the latest product changes to reach new audiences and grow their businesses through the platform. Rob also talked about [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2024 — What is The Metaverse & How Can Content Companies Use it?
In this fascinating session, Cyrus Saihan, Head of AR/VR/Metaverse Partnerships at Meta, talked to Gulliver Smithers, member of multiple boards and former SVP Technology & Product at Sony Pictures Entertainment, about the evolution of the Metaverse, its key building blocks, current developments and trends and the opportunities it [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2024 — Driving SVOD Growth in a Challenging Market
The last couple of years have seen seismic change in the streaming landscape, with mergers, competing platforms and changing business models. How does a speciality service drive forward and what are the tools to continue to rise above the crowd? Kerry Ball, Chief Commercial & Strategy Officer for BritBox [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2024 — An Overview of the Indian Media & Entertainment Sector
With 180 million TV households, 538m smartphone users, 1.2 billion telecoms subscriptions and an M&E sector worth 2.1 trillion INR (or 26.2 bn US dollars), India is surely one of the most fascinating and diverse OTT markets in the world. In this fireside chat, Neeraj Arora, Head of International [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2024 — Mastering the OTT Revenue Game: Embrace Complexity, Boost Growth!
During this fireside chat, Jonas Engwall, CEO of Bedrock Streaming, together with Andrew Ladbrook, Head of Strategy at Oliver & Ohlbaum Associates, discussed the increasing complexity of OTT revenue streams and the need for broadcasters to continually adapt to the latest innovations to ensure profitability. [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2024 — Making NOW as Entertaining as Possible
Jacob Bridges, Managing Director of NOW, talks to ex-BBC journalist Peter Nunn about his first six months in the role. He also tells us about the trends in the streaming industry he’s seeing and the role of Sports on NOW.
OTT Question Time Live 2024 — How AI will Affect the OTT Industry
Maureen Kerr, Partner at Arthur D Little, talked to an all-star panel about how AI will affect the OTT industry across its various sub-sectors. Gulliver Smithers, former SVP Product & Technology at Sony Pictures Entertainment, Maria Ingold, founder & CEO of Mireality, Joe Ward, CEO of EDGE and Kristan Bullett, founder [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2024 — The Personalisation Journey at ITV
In this Q&A session, Deep Bagchee, Chief Product Officer at ITV, talked to Renato Bonomini, VP Sales Engineering at ContentWise about ITVX’s evolving journey in viewer engagement, product development, and monetisation. Key topics included the uses of personalisation in user engagement and retention, measuring the success of personalisation, vendor-provider [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2024 — ITV’s Pathway from Broadcaster to Multidimensional Streaming Business
Continuing the ITV fest on Morning 2 of Day 2 of OTT Question Time Live 2024, Rhys McLachlan, Director of Advanced Advertising at ITV, talked to Marion Ranchet, MD & Founder of Local Act Consultancy, about the broadcaster's journey from legacy broadcaster to an end-to-end content production, ad-ops, [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2024 — Warner Bros Discovery’s Big Year for Streaming
2024 is going to be a huge year for Warner Bros Discovery and streaming, with Max successfully launched in the U.S. in 2023 and further strengthened with the addition of live sports and news. Next, Max is set to roll out in LATAM, EMEA and APAC starting this [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2024 — The OTT Scene in Germany
With almost 40m households and more than 500 TV channels, Germany is one of the biggest and most diversified TV markets in the world. Add to this a booming OTT scene (40+ streaming services), a growing trend toward cord-cutting (nearly 8% of households now exclusively access TV via [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2024 — Waking up to the New Streaming Reality
Ben Keen, OTT expert and member of multiple industry boards, gave us a provocative perspective on the dynamics of the global market; calling out the winner of the Streaming Wars and the opportunities arising from ‘glocalisation’ of content.
OTT Question Time Live 2024 — Netflix, Amazon Price Changes
Pay models - AVOD, SVOD, hybrids - had already been discussed a few times at OTT Question Time Live 2024 by the time we got to this session on Day 2 so we pivoted to exploring the introduction of ad tiers on Netflix and Amazon Prime and their [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2024 — Turning Audiences into Fans & Learning from the World of Sport
With the focus more than ever on growing sustainable streaming services, what different tactics should we use to acquire new audiences in an increasingly competitive market, and extend the time they spend with us? How can we grow the top of the funnel and then optimise it to [...]