Kauser Kanji – VOD Professional

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Broadcasters OTT Question Time SVOD UI / UXOTT Question Time #12 – Is OTT UI / UX Now Fully Evolved?

VOD services all over the world are usually built using a toolkit of common features including content discovery and recommendation, personalisation tools (like recently watched, single sign-on and device synchronisation) and player controls (like live restart, forward ten seconds and subtitling / closed captions). In this episode of OTT Question Time we asked whether, with ubiquitous grid layouts and lots of familiar functionality across OTT products, the evolution of these user interfaces is now effectively

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AVOD Broadcasters Cloud Growth OTT Question Time SVOD VendorsOTT Question Time #11 – The Environmental Impact of OTT Streaming

Kauser Kanji3 weeks ago1 min

At this week's OTT Question Time we assessed the impact of OTT streaming on the environment. This is a complex, multi-faceted issue and we covered a lot of information including:

The current lay of the land: how much OTT streaming is actually going? How has this increased over the past few years and even in 2020 alone as people have been at home more due to the pandemic?
What does that translate to in terms

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AVOD Broadcasters Content Distribution Growth OTT Question Time SVOD VendorsOTT Question Time #10 – Taking Stock as Lockdowns Ease

Kauser Kanji4 weeks ago1 min

In this episode of OTT Question Time we looked at the TV and on-demand industry through a wide-angle lens as lockdowns in many parts of the world started to ease. Together with Gulliver Smithers, former SVP of Product & Technology at Sony Pictures Entertainment and now CTO at RampRate IT, Adam Nightingale, SVP Commercial at Deltatre and Fred Black, Senior Analyst at Ampere Analysis, we talked about:

Whether the high

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News Sport SVODBT Sport Now on NOW TV

VOD Pro News2 months ago2 min

BT Sport is giving customers more ways to watch, by making its app available from today (16 June) on NOW TV devices.

NOW TV joins a wide range of large-screen devices and platforms on which sports fans can watch BT Sport, including Samsung smart TV, Sony PlayStation, Xbox and Apple TV, as well as mobiles, tablets, BT TV, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media.

Customers with a NOW TV Smart Box with 4K, who have the

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Content Distribution OTT Question TimeOTT Question Time #9 – The Content Aggregators

Kauser Kanji2 months ago1 min

During this OTT Question Time we talked about content aggregators and asked if, with so many movies and TV shows now available to view online, they're the de facto future of finding and watching titles.

We explored:

Aggregator business models (free, freemium, charging SVODs and broadcasters)
Building scale and whether aggregators need big audiences to attract more partners or the best partners to grow audiences (the old chicken vs. egg conundrum)
The technologies involved in

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Broadcasters Growth OTT Question Time Pay-TV SVODOTT Question Time #8: Lessons Learned from the ANZ OTT Experience

Kauser Kanji2 months ago1 min

In this episode of OTT Question Time we went down under! Together with Kym Niblock, Chief Product & Information Officer at TVNZ, Holly Knill, Group Director, IP & Content Products at Foxtel, and Sam Hall, Chief Content & Commercial Officer at Fetch TV, we explored FTA / Pay-TV / SVOD trends in Australia / NZ and the wider potential impacts of those experiences. For example:

Has the pandemic led

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AVOD Broadcasters OTT Question TimeOTT Question Time #7: Building a Profitable AVOD Business

Kauser Kanji2 months ago1 min

Together with Kasia Jablonska of Endemol Shine Group, Francesco Denti, formerly of Fox Networks and now advising the Web Stars Channel Group in Italy, and Simon Murray from Digital TV Research, we explored the AVOD market opportunity, AVOD platforms, how commercial deals are structured, how data is used to assess and optimise how content is performing and the role in MCNs in creating sustainable AVOD businesses.

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Finances OTT Question TimeOTT Question Time #6: TMT Funding in a (post) Pandemic World

VOD Pro2 months ago1 min

Our guest moderator, Ben Keen, was joined by Louis Kenna of Liontree Advisors, Mike LaSalle from Shamrock Capital Advisors and Timo Argillander of IPR.VC and together they discussed M&A deal flows, funding start-ups and new content, the prospects for global tech players making increasing investments in the TMT sector and whether the industry will inevitably emerge loaded with more debt than ever before.

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Broadcasters News SVODScreenHits TV Launches Super Aggregator to Streamline At-Home Viewing

Kauser Kanji2 months ago2 min

Today ScreenHits Limited is delighted to announce the launch of its new app, ScreenHits TV, allowing consumers to manage all their streaming subscriptions, AVOD and Live Channels in one easy to use app. Consumers can now easily see what is trending, share recommendations with friends and manage their favourite content across ALL their subscriptions and content channels, in a simple, easy to use traditional EPG (TV Guide) with key cost saving benefits.

The new

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Advertising Broadcasters Operators OTT Question Time Strategy SVODOTT Question Time #5: The Future of SVOD

Kauser Kanji2 months ago1 min

Together with Simon Murray of Digital TV Research, Maria Rua Aguete of Omdia and Jonathan Broughton of Media Business Insight we talked about SVOD take-up, the average number of SVODs per household, changing consumer behaviours and the elasticity of viewer’s TV / SVOD spending compared to the rest of their entertainment budgets.

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