OTTQTL26 - Microtransactions in the AI Era
Kauser Kanji

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Tom Paton, CEO and Founder of AiMation, the company behind the world’s first AI-generated feature film Where the Robots Grow and the groundbreaking AI reality series Non Player Combat, brought hard-won insights from the front lines of AI production.

As AI slashes costs and floods the market with cheap content, traditional long-form creators face collapsing revenues and shrinking audiences. This no-nonsense talk cuts through the hype: how microtransactions, paired with AI as creative co-pilot, unlock PGC (Professional Generated Content) – premium, human-directed work that commands real payouts in a fractured economy. The practical counterpunch traditional pros need against AI disruption.

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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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