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  • Personalisation, Prioritisation & other Product Management Challenges, Sarah Milton, Channel 4

    All 4’s unique proposition combines a vast catalogue of premium TV boxsets with live broadcast channels, 30 day catch up and a growing collection of exclusive shows, all completely free and available on over 20 different platforms. s. With this offering come some unique – and some not so unique

  • Confessions of a Professional Couch Potato, Ashley Grossman, Liberty Global

    Liberty Global is the world’s largest TV and Broadband company with over 25 million customers in 30+ countries. This talk will follow its journey of developing an ambitious new TV experience for a diverse audience in a rapidly evolving industry landscape where exciting new features like voice and personalisation vie

  • Creating Moments that Matter, Christoffer Kittel, Viaplay

    As the VOD industry comes of age and matures, how do services differentiate beyond technical excellence? How can brands align around a big vision, find their identity and competitive edge?

    By focusing on brand position and a principles framework, Viaplay is on a journey to define itself and build for the

  • Innovation and the Future of TV, Cyrus Saihan, BBC

    Smartphones, tablets, connected TVs and services such as YouTube aren’t even in their teen years but have already had a huge impact on the TV industry. But what will the next set of transformational technologies be?

    This talk takes a look at a few new technologies on the horizon that have

  • Live & Kicking – TV Viewing in the OTT Age, Chloe Davies, Freesat

    The linear schedule is dead and no-one’s watching live TV any more, right? Well, not quite, it’s not as simple as that. Freesat’s connected TV platform has real-time tracking and the data suggests that while habits are certainly changing, there’s life in the old dog yet.

  • What Can We Still Learn from Broadcast Television? Ida Olsen

    The enduring allure of TV and video is the emotional connection people have with the content. Ida Olsen, formerly of Channel 4 and the BBC, and now working for Sony Crackle, asks what VOD services can learn from some of the areas in which traditional TV has been successful. Her

  • Talking Television – How are Consumers Changing the Conversation? Charles Dawes, TiVo

    Voice is fast becoming a must-have part of any video discovery experience and TiVo has been at the forefront of this user experience revolution. Analysing data from 10 months of interactions across in-market deployments, TiVo will share unique insights into how real users are embracing voice technology. From the frequency

  • Introducing the Mercury Viewer Experience Created with LUNA, William Cooper, informitv

    The Mercury concept was developed to present a video user interface that combines smart channels and playlists to create a custom viewing experience. This blends the best of traditional television with the benefits of video-on-demand. It was created using the LUNA cross-platform video experience engine, which allows interfaces to be

  • Transforming the Experience & Economics of Online Video, Allen Dickson, Brightcove

    The current economics of online video publishing are too complex and inflexible for many media companies to thrive, as more and more of the revenue and profit potential is concentrated in a small number of dominant organisations.

    Allen Dickson discusses how media businesses need to improve the user experience, reduce operational

  • VUIX 2016 – Christoffer Kittel – How Viaplay Built Their Cross Platform Olympic Experience

    18 days, 38 different sports and 1816 events – The UX team at Viaplay had a daunting task in building a consistent, simple and elegant user experience for the Olympics in Rio. Creative Director Christoffer Kittel will talk about Viaplay’s design process and how to account for a branded cross-platform