OTT Question Time Online

OTT Question Time Online is our weekly debate show on Thursday afternoons where we explore the future of television with broadcasters, film studios, service providers, vendors and analysts from all over the world. 

There’s always so much to talk about in the industry! Guests from, among others, the BBC, BBC Studios, Channel 4, Foxtel, Hearst Networks, ITV, Sky, SVT and Warner Bros Discovery, have joined us to discuss everything from advertising models and technology budgets to content discovery, sustainability, and market dynamics across Europe and beyond.

We continue the conversation in person each year at our annual conference, OTT Question Time Live.

Watch all episodes, free and on-demand. And join our mailing list to find out about upcoming sessions. 

  • OTT Question Time Online, Season 6, Episode 5 – The Changing Face of News

    At this week’s OTT Question Time Online we’re discussing the changing face of news provision – on linear and OTT – with Joe Harbinson, Head of Commercial Partnerships from Sky News, Stephen Hull, Head of Digital Content & Strategy (News) from ITV, and Jonny McGuigan, Executive Editor: Growth, Social & …

  • Riffs Episode #6 – Channel 4 & ITV

    On last week’s Riffs episode, Lydia and I talked about the BBC and potential changes to the licence. This week, and to share the love, we focused on Channel 4 and ITV, who have both made a number of announcements lately.

    Channel 4

    Channel 4 …

  • Riffs Episode #5 – The BBC Licence Fee

    At the Labour Party conference last week, Lisa Nandy, Secretary of State for the Department of Culture, Media & Sport, said that she was looking at a mixed funding format for the BBC to help protect it from future government interference. Options included a “mixture of licence fee, commercial funding …

  • OTT Question Time Online, S6, Episode #4 – Collaborative Content Strategies

    At the recent RTS Conference, the key theme was “Where Do We Grow From Here?”. Collaboration between broadcasters was touted as one way of doing this and over the last few months we’ve been seeing more and more examples of content sharing, FAST channel launches and strategic tie-ups, as …

  • Riffs Episode #4 – OpenAI & Trump Tariffs

    On this week’s Riffs episode, Lydia and I discuss a range of topics including Sora 2 – OpenAI’s latest generative video AI model, Tilly Norwood – a new AI actor taking Hollywood by storm (or at least exercising human actors like Emily Blunt and trade unions like SAG-AFTRA), and the …

  • OTT Question Time Riffs Episode #3 – RTS Convention Review & Kangaroo 2.0

    In our third Riffs episode, Lydia reviews the RTS Convention – an event for the great and the good from the TV and, to a point, OTT industries – which she attended in Cambridge last week (18/19 Sept. 2025). She tells me about:

    • The PSB roundtable (featuring …
  • OTTQT, S6, Episode 3 - IBC Review

    OTT Question Time S6, Episode 3 – IBC Review

    This year’s IBC attendance was marginally down with 43,858 visitors – a decline of around 2,000 from 2024 – but exhibitors, anecdotally, reported an air of optimism, more customer meetings, and crucially, conversations with serious prospects rather than casual browsers.

    And, as industry veteran, Ben Keen, observed, …

  • OTT Question Time Riffs Episode #2 – WBD Paramount Skydance + How OTT Leaders make Decisions

    In our second Riffs episode, Lydia and I discuss reports that Paramount Skydance is preparing a takeover offer for Warner Bros Discovery. We talk about the particulars of any potential deal, how it could be funded and which bits of WBD the buyer might get. Lydia – who …

  • OTT Question Time S6, Episode 2 – A Modern Streaming Operation

    Two decades ago, OTT teams were often made up of seconded broadcast staff, building the first on-demand services as bolt-ons to linear TV. As streaming grew in scale and profitability, dedicated hierarchies and specialist roles emerged. In 2025, there’s no single recipe for success: today’s VOD organisations can involve …

  • OTTQT Riffs Episode #1 – Industry Rhythms & The Autumn Term

    OTT Question Time Online is our regular debate show, where a rotating panel of senior streaming executives tackle the biggest issues facing the industry.

    OTTQT Riffs, on the other hand, is me and my new co-host, Lydia Fairfax, having a chat about …