OTTQTL26 - The Economics of AI Content
Kauser Kanji

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Kicking off “AI Afternoon” at OTT Question Time Live 2026 were the excellent Kat Gellein Viken, Co-founder, Metrotone Media; Daniel Gordon, CEO, Moonmax; and Kelsey Farish, M&E Lawyer, Reviewed & Cleared, who were talking to Maureen Kerr, Partner, Kerr & Partners.

Together, they explored how AI is rapidly reshaping the economics of content creation, collapsing cost curves across development, production, and localisation – and where those savings do, and do not, translate into sustainable business value.

The discussion ranged from ownership and rights – likeness, voice, performance, and training data – to what the recent Disney–OpenAI agreement signals about risk, licensing, and market precedent.

The panel also examined how AI is enabling new content propositions, how festivals and industry gatekeepers are evaluating AI-assisted work, and where organisations are drawing ethical and commercial red lines, before looking ahead to a likely endgame where premium, human-led storytelling coexists with high-volume, AI-enabled content.

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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

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