DPP CEO Rowan de Pomerai visits Los Angeles and New York, speaking with Fox CTO Melody Hildebrandt and CEO of Media Cluster Norway, Helge Svela, along the way.
Discover how Fox is leveraging AI in its Fox One streaming service, and find out how Norwegian tech companies are providing solutions to US news providers.
Show Notes
DPP CEO Rowan de Pomerai speaks with:
Melody Hildebrandt, Fox — CTO [1min 36sec]
Helge Svela, Media Cluster Norway — CEO [6min 43ec]
A major theme on the booths at IBC 2025 was a focus on developing partnerships with other media tech suppliers. In this episode of the DPP podcast we spoke to industry leaders about what these vendor ecosystems can ultimately provide for customer media organisations — while we also hear from a player which is successfully taking a different approach and consolidating where they see others decentralising.
We also had candid conversations about the shift from linear to multi-platform content strategies, emerging approaches to cloud and data technologies, the role of AI in media innovation, and the challenges and opportunities in digital transformation.
Show Notes
DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough speaks with:
Dara Urquhart, Red Bee — COO [1min 54sec]
Toni Coonce, WideOrbit — CEO [8min 27sec]
Tanya Rai, Base — Head of Partnerships & Marketing [13min 17sec]
Mike Cronk, TVU Networks — VP of Strategy [20min 34sec]
Nxtedition, Adam Leah — Creative Director [26min 01sec]
Chris Moore, Thoughtworks — Media, Publishing & Entertainment Domain Lead [31min 43sec]
In this episode of the DPP Podcast, Jan-Hendrik Hein from Hearst Networks EMEA and Harsha Nayak from Prime Focus Technologies join the DPP's Edward Qualtrough to explore the real-world impact of Agentic AI in media operations. Discover how Agentic AI-driven automation is streamlining image creation and selection at Hearst Networks EMEA, freeing up teams and delivering faster, more scalable results. Hear practical insights on collaboration, change management, and future opportunities for AI across the media supply chain.
Show Notes
DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough speaks with:
Harshabardhan Nayak, Prime Focus Technologies – VP and Head of Solutions
Jan-Hendrik Hein, Hearst Networks EMEA – VP of Media Operations
What exactly is the Creator Economy, and what does it all mean for 'traditional' media businesses? This was one of the topics discussed at the Media Supply Festival in New York in June 2025, where the DPP's Mark Harrison spoke with Creator Economy experts Kaya Yurieff from The Information, and Creator Economy NYC's Brett Dashevsky for a comprehensive exploration of how content creators are becoming serious entrepreneurs, transforming media, and creating new economic opportunities in the digital age.
Show Notes
DPP Founder and Chief Content Officer Mark Harrison speaks with:
Kaya Yurieff — The Information, Creator Economy Reporter
Brett Dashevsky — Creator Economy NYC, Founder
DPP members can explore more from the Media Supply Festival 2025 in the summary report here.
More information about The Information's Creator Economy Newsletter is here.
More information about Creator Economy NYC can be found here.
Join Mark Harrison and industry leaders as they explore the rapidly evolving media landscape, reflecting on conversations from the DPP Media Supply Festival 2025 in New York. Discover insights into emerging content creation trends, competing with the challenge from YouTube and creator platforms, AI's transformative potential, and how media companies are adapting to unprecedented technological and audience shifts.
Show Notes
DPP Founder and Chief Content Officer, Mark Harrison, speaks with:
Jay Jaxon — BBC Studios, VP of Media Operations [4min 54sec]
Allison Martin-Fong — BBC Studios, Content Planning Director, Global Operations [4min 54sec]
Caroline Brown — BBC Studios, VP Global Content Operations [4min 54sec]
Tiffany Cruz — A+E Global Media, Vice President of Content Services Operations [8min 16sec]
Kristyn DiPane — A+E Global Media, Director of Localization [8min 16sec]
Bevan Gibson — EVS, EVP North America [11min 46sec]
James Stellpflug — EVS, SVP Community Engagement [11min 46sec]
Benjamin Desbois — Telestream, Chief Growth and Strategy Officer [24min 10sec]
Dan Castles — Telestream, CEO [24min 10sec]
Tom Hoffman — Gemba, Founder [32min 13sec]
Ankur Jain — Prime Focus Technologies, Sales Head - Americas [32min 13sec]
Dave Ericson — BYU, Director Digital Media and Technology [32min 13sec]
Yvonne Bennett — United States Senate, Director of the Senate Recording Studio [37min 13sec]
Download Supply Chain Today: The Key Insights, DPP CEO Rowan de Pomerai’s summary report of the Media Supply Festival 2025.
The DPP released its Cloud Native Distribution report in March 2025, the first part of a follow-up to the popular Cloud for Media series we published in 2021.
In this episode of the DPP Podcast, report author and DPP CEO Rowan de Pomerai speaks with contributors to the outputs, all of them media industry experts, to explore the transformative landscape of media distribution, delving into cloud technologies, personalised content delivery, advertising strategies, and the critical challenges of adapting to rapidly changing viewer demands and technological innovations.
Show Notes
DPP CEO Rowan de Pomerai speaks with:
Keir Shepherd, Encompass — Chief Solutions Officer [2min 16sec]
Eunice Park, Encompass — Chief Revenue Officer [2min 16sec]
John Bradshaw, Akamai — Field CTO Cloud, EMEA [22min 31sec]
Santiago Miralies, Know Media Hub — CEO [28min 41sec]
Andrea Wood, Comcast Technology Solutions Director, Research & Insights [34min 26sec]
Dan Diton, Hearst Networks EMEA — Director of Insights & Analytics [42min 20sec]
DPP members can download Cloud Native Distribution here.
Cloud Native Distribution is enabled by Lead sponsor Encompass Digital Media, and Expert sponsors Akamai and Knox Media Hub.
At the end of last year we released the DPP Media CTO Survey 2024 — the inaugural research report in what will become an annual trends and analysis initiative exploring the business objectives, technology investment priorities and leadership challenges of Chief Technology Officers and equivalent tech leaders at major media organisations.
In this episode of the DPP Podcast we hear from three media industry experts representing Cognizant, Signiant and SDVI about what some of the key findings and themes from the CTO discussions mean for the industry? And as we start thinking about the next iteration of the work, we find out what they want us to be asking industry chief technology officers in the DPP Media CTO Survey 2025?
Show Notes
DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough speaks with:
Peter Elvidge, Cognizant — Director, Media and Entertainment [2min 24sec]
Ian Hamilton, Signiant — CTO [14min 48sec]
Geoff Stedman, SDVI — Chief Marketing Officer [19min 08sec]
The DPP European Broadcaster Summit 2025 closed with a live recording of the DPP podcast featuring Broadcaster Technology Leaders from Sky Deutschland, RTL and TV2 Kosmopol reflecting on the conversations and main messages from the event.
What did they have to say about encouraging suppliers to approach them and ask tough questions, the technologies that are driving change at European broadcasters, AI theatre and why the next step for AI is getting good at the boring stuff, trust in news content, and the impact of geopolitics on technology decision making?
Show Notes
DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough speaks with:
Rune Frewald, TV2 Kosmopol | CTO
Louisa von Lenthe, Sky | Director of Inhouse Operations
David Gageos, RTL Deutschland | Head of Content Quality & Processing
The DPP European Broadcaster Summit 2025 summary report is available here.
The DPP European Broadcaster Summit 2025 — which brought together representatives from 30 European media companies with the vendor community — closed with a live recording of the DPP podcast featuring Supplier Business Leaders from Microsoft and Avid, reflecting on the conversations and main messages from the event.
What technologies have been the biggest drivers of transformation, how much change has there been in European broadcasting over the last five years, what do vendors really think of methods of engagement and procurement, how are suppliers changing their business models as well as their products, and what is the importance of trust at all levels of the industry?
Show Notes
DPP Founder and Chief Content Officer Mark Harrison speaks with:
David Tulloch — Microsoft, Digital Strategy & Architecture Director (Worldwide Telecoms & Media)
Arne Berven — Avid, Head of Avid broadcast strategy and CEO of Wolftech, an Avid brand
Régis André — Avid, Senior Director Product Management Media & Cloud
The DPP European Broadcaster Summit 2025 summary report is available here.
The DPP 2025 Predictions report published in February 2025 shows an industry grappling with a new phase of artificial intelligence development and implementation in media, competition from the creator economy, stark cyber threats, an innovation recession, and a bullishness about the data monetisation opportunity. And these statements aren't made by the DPP themselves, but are instead produced by media experts who debate, vote on and co-create statements about the state of the industry.
In this episode we hear from ITN's Tami Hoffman and Zixi's Alan Young, both part of the experienced cohort who helped develop the statements, about which of the eight DPP 2025 Predictions resonated most with them, as well as provide some context and commentary about what it all means for media, news, broadcasting and entertainment.
Show Notes
DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough speaks with:
Tami Hoffman — ITN, Director of News Distribution and Commercial Innovation [2min 07sec]
Alan Young — Zixi, Vice President of Strategic Business Development [17min 33sec]
The DPP hosted its Innovation Briefing event at the beginning of 2025, where Founder and Chief Content Officer, Mark Harrison, presented to an audience of media professionals what the latest technology innovations and consumer trends mean for those working in broadcast, entertainment and media. In particular, what's just hype and what are the things that really matter?
In this episode of the DPP Podcast we hear more reflections of the DPP's recent trends work, including from the BBC's Laura Ellis and Jigsaw 24's Chris Bailey who spoke at the Innovation Briefing event. We also hear from Microsoft Worldwide Strategy Director for Media & Entertainment, Simon Crownshaw, about innovations in media, what the sector can learn from the gaming industry, and the company's vision for the role of artificial intelligence.
Show Notes
Simon Crownshaw, Microsoft | Worldwide Strategy Director — Media and Entertainment [2min 21sec]
Laura Ellis, BBC | Head of Technology Forecasting [23min 33sec]
Chris Bailey, Jigsaw24 | Head of Innovation for M&E [26min 14sec]
Thanks to Headline Sponsor Microsoft and Supporting Sponsor Jigsaw24 for enabling the DPP's CES 2025 report and Innovation Briefing event in London.
DPP Founder and Chief Content Officer, Mark Harrison, covers the Consumer Electronics Show for a 16th time to learn about the innovations global technology players and emerging startups are showcasing — and to explore what this all ultimately means for the media and entertainment industry?
Mark walks the show floors in Las Vegas and shares his experiences diving into the trends in automotive tech, highlights the huge variety on show at the Eureka Park startup zone, muses on the impact of AI in everything, and asks whether the true value of exhibition shows like CES is to provide the moments in an iterative and software-defined world that can bring to life the ongoing innovations, concepts and improvements of technology development which are continuously transforming our lives and work.
Show Notes
DPP Founder and Chief Content Officer, Mark Harrison, shares his audio diary from CES 2025 in Las Vegas.
Thanks to Headline Sponsor Microsoft and Supporting Sponsor Jigsaw24 for enabling the DPP's CES 2025 research.
How are media businesses using data to become more data driven, and how is data being used to power operations? Experts from Couchbase and Google Cloud speak with the DPP Podcast to answer the Big Data questions about personalisation, AI, and why nobody wants to use a prompt to create a full feature movie.
Show Notes
In this episode of the podcast, DPP CEO Rowan de Pomerai is joined by:
Buzz Hays, Google Cloud | Global Lead Entertainment Industry
Jeff Morris, Couchbase | VP Product & Solutions Marketing
The DPP Leaders' Briefing 2024 held in Freemasons' Hall in London featured expert speakers from more than 30 major media organisations. But what did they have to say on stage about leadership strategy, business programmes and technology innovation as they shared their top priorities for the coming year? And what were the major themes, reflections, takeaways and talking points which chimed with delegates who attended the pre-eminent business intelligence event for those working in the media, technology and entertainment industry?
Show notes
DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough speaks with:
Martin Holovlasky, kronehit | CTO [2min 37sec]
Andrea Amey, UKTV | Chief Digital Officer [8min 44sec]
Adde Granberg, SVT | CTO [15min 58sec]
Lena Stormvinge, SVT | Director of Operations [15min 58sec]
Patricio Cummins, Prime Focus Technologies | SVP & Global Head of Technology Sales [15min 58sec]
Wayne Charran, Channel 4 | Head of Data, Architecture & Technology Strategy [21min 55sec]
Gregor McQuattie, NTT Data | Head of Media UK&I [21min 55sec]
David Fisher, Snowflake | Industry Principal Media, Entertainment & Advertising [21min 55sec]
Andy Hooper, Ateliere | SVP Live Products [30min 21sec]
The DPP podcast is supported by Ateliere, a leading provider of media supply chain solutions. To learn more about its Ateliere Connect and Ateliere Live platforms and media management solutions trusted by major media brands, visit ateliere.com.
The State of Media Technology Security 2024, a report published by the DPP in September 2024, reveals the measures media companies and technology providers are taking to protect themselves, their partners, and the broader entertainment and broadcasting ecosystem. Ultimately, are all parts of the media supply chain taking the right cyber security steps — and what do they think of the security posture and practices of their customers and suppliers?
In this episode of the DPP podcast we catch up with research contributors and subject matter experts to explore some of the report's key findings: are technology vendors being too bullish when assessing their own level of cyber security, and are media companies being unfair in the somewhat unfavourable views of their suppliers?
Show Notes
DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough speaks with:
John Naylor, Ross Video — VP Product Security and Ross Research Labs [2min 50sec]
Toby Scales, Google — Media & Entertainment Security Lead - Office of the CISO [15min 23sec]
Lucille Verbaere, EBU — Cybersecurity and Trust - Senior Project Manager [30min 39sec]
Robin Boldon, FriendMTS — Head of Product [44min 01sec]
DPP members can download The State of Media Technology Security 2024 here.
The DPP podcast is supported by Ateliere, a leading provider of media supply chain solutions. To learn more about its Ateliere Connect and Ateliere Live platforms and media management solutions trusted by major media brands, visit ateliere.com.
The DPP was hosting its own breakfast, drinks and dinner events in Amsterdam in September 2024. And during our trip to the Netherlands we also caught up with members at the yearly IBC conference to discuss the major industry trends, including those in newsroom innovations, empowering creators and engaging users — three topics DPP Technology Strategist David Thompson is researching in his latest Demand vs Supply report exploring how industry vendors are responding to customer needs.
We also hear about supply chain trends, hear from two experts who have both experienced large trade shows as buyer and supplier, and ask if gender diversity has actually got worse at this year's conference?
Show Notes
DPP's Edward Qualtrough and Rowan de Pomerai hear from:
Vero Vanden Abeele, Tinkerlist — Co-founder and UX Consultant [2min 41sec]
Ian McLaren, Reuters Imagen — Chief Product and Technology Officer [11min 15sec]
Zeenal Thakare, Ateliere — SVP, Enterprise Sales Solutions Architect [18min 35sec]
Julie O’Grady, LucidLink — Head of Marketing [25min 15sec]
Peggy Rieckmann, Vubiquity — Account Manager [26min 02sec]
The DPP podcast is supported by Ateliere, a leading provider of media supply chain solutions. To learn more about its Ateliere Connect and Ateliere Live platforms and media management solutions trusted by major media brands, visit ateliere.com.
During the podcast the "Evolution of the Control Room - Leveraging XR, Voice, AI & HTML-Based Graphics Solutions" IBC 365 Accelerator project is mentioned. This project was a collaboration between Al Jazeera, BBC, Cuez, ITN, Nxtedition, Transmixer, Loopic, SPX Graphics, SVT, TV2 Denmark, Yle and others.
In July 2024 Ateliere Creative Technologies completed the acquisition of Agile Live, Agile Content’s live production platform which is now rebranded as Ateliere Live. In this exclusive episode of the DPP podcast, we hear from Ateliere CEO Dan Goman about the company's original mission, and how the acquisition fits into the company strategy and vision.
We also speak with Andy Hooper, SVP of Live Products at Ateliere, and Johan Bolin — previously of Agile Content and now Ateliere’s Chief Research & Innovation Officer. They shared more information about the history of the acquisition, discussed what it means to be cloud-native, and they spoke about aligning Ateliere’s product portfolio, share what they hope to see at IBC, and we heard about Johan’s former life in Sweden’s Army School of Technology: the country’s first ever IT Special Forces.
Show Notes
DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough speaks with:
Dan Goman, Ateliere — CEO
Andy Hooper, Ateliere — SVP Live Products
Johan Bolin, Ateliere — Chief Research & Innovation Officer
The DPP podcast is supported by Ateliere, a leading provider of media supply chain solutions. To learn more about its Ateliere Connect and Ateliere Live platforms and media management solutions trusted by major media brands, visit ateliere.com.
Is content commissioning and scheduling an art or a science? We catch up with product management and marketing experts from Mediagenix to hear about the company's 'human-in-the-loop' approach to product strategy and development, and how the organisation works with customers to balance the art and the science of media technology implementations.
We also cover the major challenges facing media businesses today, what broadcasters can learn from feeding over 700 parameters into a model to predict audience engagement and content performance (and indeed what exactly wind speed in Netherlands has to do with all this), and we explore the key characteristics of good tech deployments, healthy customer-vendor relationship, and how to facilitate a real co-development partnership.
Show Notes
DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough speaks with:
Nick Moreno, Mediagenix — Director of Product Marketing
Jens Costers, Mediagenix — Product Manager
The DPP podcast is supported by Ateliere, a leading provider of media supply chain solutions. To learn more about its Ateliere Connect platform and media management solutions trusted by major media brands, visit ateliere.com.
The DPP Media Supply Festival returned to New York at the end of May 2024, but how much really has changed in the last year in the media, broadcasting, technology and entertainment sector?
DPP Founder and Chief Content Officer, Mark Harrison, was joined by experts from A+E Networks, Ateliere, Backlight, Devoncroft, RSG Media, SDVI, Tubi, and World Poker Tour to digest the level of transformation and innovation in the industry. What progress is happening with supply chain consolidation, and what impacts are the challenges of content exchange having?
Show Notes
In this episode we hear from:
Kathleen Barrett — Backlight, CEO [4min 02sec]
Courtney Sanchez — Tubi, Chief Strategy Officer [4min 02sec]
Hilary Roschke — SDVI, VP of Strategic Operations [7min 52sec]
Larry Kaplan — SDVI, President & CEO [11min 17sec]
Kira Baca — Ateliere, CRO [12min 51sec]
Marc M.Dion — World Poker Tour, Director, Distribution & Ad Sales [12min 51sec]
Josh Stinehour — Devoncroft, Principal Analyst [16min 13sec]
Elena Brodie Kusa — A+E Networks, Media Solutions Architect [18min 46sec]
Shobhana T — Prime Focus Technologies, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Marketing [28min 05sec]
Theodore Garcia — RSG Media, Executive Vice President [31min 22sec]
Thomas Siegman — RSG Media [31min 22sec]
Media Supply Festival 2024 session videos are available on-demand here.
DPP members can download the Supply Chain Today: Key Insights summary report here.
The DPP podcast is supported by Ateliere, a leading provider of media supply chain solutions. To learn more about its Ateliere Connect platform and media management solutions trusted by major media brands, visit ateliere.com.
How is Singapore-based Mediacorp helping turn a groundswell of enthusiasm around sustainability into company-wide programmes? The company's Head of Sustainability, James Hollis, shares how the company is operationalising the initial work of sustainability volunteers, his views on moving away from traditional performance leadership practices to 'change leadership', as well as tech trends in media and production about Cloud, Artificial Intelligence and the shift to IP.
Show Notes
DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough speaks with:
James Hollis, Mediacorp — Head of Sustainability & Senior Vice President, Production Services
Listen to Part One featuring Dolby Director of Sustainability & ESG, Natasha Tuck, here.
Find out more about the DPP Committed to Sustainability programme here.