OTTQTL26 - Return of the Streaming Wars
Kauser Kanji

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At OTT Question Time Live 2024, we had a declaration, on-stage, that Netflix had won the Streaming Wars. Hmm.

And then, at last year’s show, the consensus seemed to be that the fight was over and that YouTube would ultimately emerge victorious.

That may still be the case but with the UK PSBs all in something of a flux, ITV still considering Comcast’s bid for its Broadcast business, and Netflix and Paramount Skydance (as well as the Trump administration) slugging it out over Warner Bros Discovery, we thought we’d revisit The Streaming Wars and debate whether they really are over.

Talking to Kauser were an all-star panel of industry experts:

  • Gulliver Smithers – formerly of the BBC, BBC Studios, ITV and Sony Pictures International
  • Lydia Fairfax – Founder & MD, Triple Crown Consulting
  • Maureen Kerr – Partner, Kerr & Partners
  • Victoria Davies – MD & Consultant, Accelerate Consulting International
  • Wade Payson-Denney – Founder & Principal, WPD Communications

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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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