Kauser Kanji
VOD Pro
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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies, combining scaled platforms and local presence in more than 200 countries, with a customer base comprising over 100 million direct-to-consumer subscribers.
This year, WBD will continue to accelerate its rollout strategy for Max, its enhanced streaming service which combines the greatest variety of entertainment, news and sports content, to expand into new markets ahead of launching in the UK, Italy and Germany from 2026.
In this session, Dave Gibbs, SVP Sports Product at Warner Bros Discovery, talks to Robin Boldon, Head of Product at Friend MTS, about the challenges and opportunities in the global sports streaming market.
They’ll discuss:
- Operating a multi-market sports streaming platform at scale
- Developing a differentiated live sports experience for fans
- Monetising platforms and growing subscribers
- Learnings from a record-breaking Olympic Games Paris 2024
ABOUT KAUSER KANJI
Kauser Kanji has been working in online video for 20 years, formerly at Virgin Media and NBC Universal, and founded VOD Professional in 2011. He has since completed major OTT projects for, amongst others, A+E Networks, the BBC, BBC Studios, Channel 4, DR (Denmark), Liberty Global, Netflix, Sony Pictures, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation and UKTV. He now writes industry analyses, hosts an online debate show, OTT Question Time, as well as its in-person sister event, OTT Question Time Live.