OTT Question Time Live 2024 — Warner Bros Discovery’s Ad Sales Offering
Katie Coteman, GVP, Head of Ad Sales & Partnerships at Warner Bros. Discovery spoke to Lydia Fairfax, MD and Founder of Triple Crown Consulting, about WBD’s ad sales offering in the UK & Ireland. Focused on discovery+, the conversation explored the rise of SAVoD services, the importance of relevancy [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2024 — Do You Believe in FAST?
In this session, our moderator, Kasia Jablonska, Director of Digital & On-Demand at BBC Studios, played devil’s advocate with her panellists and asked whether FAST really can and does work as a monetisation strategy for broadcasters, content owners and streamers. Together with Stephen Byrne, CEO Nordics & VP Partnership Development [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2024 — Amazon FAST Channels: Live Linear Television in the Age of Streaming
In this fireside chat, Lisa Rousseau, Head of Amazon Freevee UK, discussed the growing free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) Channel offering from Amazon, why customers are so drawn to this “live” experience in a world of on-demand, and the future vision for FAST Channels on the service. The conversation [...]
ITV 2023 Results – A Tale of Two Revenue Streams
A recap from ITV’s full year results 2023 released yesterday. First, the good news. Digital performance – that is, OTT – is up across the board: - Total streaming hours viewed increased 26% YOY to 1.5bn hours - Monthly active users rose 19% to 12.5m - Overall digital [...]
Amazon’s Ad Tier: Potential Growth & ROI
The comms from Amazon - at the turn of the year - about introducing its new ad tier were fascinating for two reasons: #1) Amazon said that it was making the change because it would “allow us to continue investing in compelling content and keep increasing that investment [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2024 — Agenda Announced!
With 50+ speakers, 14 fireside chats, 7 panels and 2 presentations now confirmed, we have a full lid for OTT Question Time Live 2024! Come join us on 30th and 31st January at London's iconic British Museum where we'll be talking to, amongst others: Faz Aftab, Director of M&E Partnerships [...]
IBC 2023 Review
#1. Where are we at, as an industry, in 2023? For me, last year’s IBC had the flavour of a giddy reunion with long-lost friends – “We’re back! How have you been? You look different in person than on a screen!” This year, the mood was more focused [...]
OTT Question Time #70 – Streaming Services’ Profitability
What makes a streaming service profitable? As with any business the basic equation is income minus costs but this masks a world of complexity. What exactly is OTT income made up of (e.g. advertising, subscriptions, sponsorships etc.)? What about costs (content, staff, technology, R&D)? And how sustainable [...]
OTT Question Time #69 – Emerging OTT Services & Models
Whilst Netflix, Disney, Amazon and D2C services from the broadcasters and film studios tend to get all the publicity, it’s easy to forget that the OTT market also has a huge number of smaller streamers. The UK, for example, has 288 of them according to the European [...]
50 VOD Professionals 2023 – Nominations Now Open!
50 VOD Professionals – our list of the 50 most influential people working in the UK’s video-on-demand and OTT industry – is back for 2023! Nominations are now open and we’d like to hear from you about the brilliant people that power VOD services all over the UK: [...]
Current Attitudes to AI in the OTT Industry
VOD Professional is conducting a survey about current attitudes to AI (artificial intelligence) in the broadcasting and OTT streaming industry and, as a valued colleague, we'd like to hear your opinions. We'll ask you 14 questions about AI and the impact it might have on both OTT itself [...]
OTT Question Time #68 – OTT User Engagement
OTT Question Time returned last Thursday, 25th June, and to kick off the new season, we discussed OTT user engagement and sticky UI / UX. Together with Jonathan Kelly, Experience Director at Candyspace, Gulliver Smithers, formerly of Sony Pictures, BBC Studios and ITV plus Chris Ambrozic, VP & [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2023 — Channel 4’s OTT Advertising Perspective
Jonathan Lewis, Head of Commercial Innovation & Partners at Channel 4 and Leon Siotis, Head of SpringServe International, at OTT Question Time Live on 31 January 2023.
OTT Question Time Live 2023 — Bold Moves from Amazon Freevee
Lisa Rousseau, Head of Amazon Freevee UK in conversation with Liz Bales, CEO of British Association of Screen Entertainment at OTT Question Time Live on 1 February 2023.
OTT Question Time Live 2023 — How Rakuten TV’s Content Acquisition Strategy has Evolved
Marcos Milanez, Chief Content Officer at Rakuten TV in conversation with Marion Ranchet, Founder & MD of The Local Act Consultancy at BBC Studios at OTT Question Time Live on 1 February 2023.
OTT Question Time Live 2023 — All About THEMA
Philippe Rouxel, EVP Worldwide Distribution at THEMA in conversation with Kasia Jablonska, Head of VOD at BBC Studios at OTT Question Time Live on 1 February 2023. **
OTT Question Time Live 2023 — Real World Churn: How Japanese Streamer Bandai Channel Cut theirs in Half
Chris Ambrozic, VP & GM Discovery at TiVo in conversation with Kauser Kanji, MD of VOD Professional at OTT Question Time Live on 1 February 2023.
OTT Question Time Live 2023 — OTT & The Merchandising Opportunity
Monica Candiani, EVP Content Sales at Entertainment One in conversation with Emily Horgan, independent streaming and kids media consultant at OTT Question Time Live on 1 February 2023.
OTT Question Time Live 2023 — Peak Content: What Next?
Daniel Winner, former EVP Digital Initiatives at BBC Studios in conversation with Jacob Rosenzweig, Partner, MD & Global TV Industry Lead at Boston Consulting Group at OTT Question Time Live on 1 February 2023.
OTT Question Time Live 2023 — OTT in 2030
Julie Mitchelmore, VP Digital at A+E Networks EMEA, at OTT Question Time Live on 1 February 2023 in conversation with: Ben Keen, Analyst & Board-Level Advisor Lydia Fairfax, MD & Founder of Triple Crown Consulting Tom Thorne, CEO Candyspace Maureen Kerr, Partner at Arthur D Little Gulliver Smithers, [...]