Media services provider Prime Focus Technologies and OpenAI partner Microsoft have been working together to make Co-pilot AI a reality for media and entertainment. As part of the DPP's 'Demand vs Supply' analysis of NAB, we look at how the two companies are using the latest AI tools to respond to customer needs. How do you road test such new tech? What do we mean by 'creative AI'? And what is GenAI really for: saving money, or making it? Show Notes DPP Founder Mark Harrison speaks with: Ramki...

How has the BBC been using automation technologies for 30 years, and in what ways has the corporation implemented artificial intelligence capabilities in its wildlife shows and working with its orchestras? How is media industry technology provider Ateliere developing solutions and working with customers on AI partnerships? In this episode of the DPP podcast, Rowan de Pomerai speaks with Ateliere CTO Ryan Kido and BBC Solution Lead Morag McIntosh to find out more about 'good' uses of AI in...

Who should ultimately be responsible for the oversight, governance and implementation of artificial intelligence capabilities in media organisations? And in which parts of media workflows are AI tools most mature, and where is there the biggest room for opportunity? These are some of the questions tackled in the DPP report AI in Media: What does good look like? And to discuss some of the findings, media industry experts from Avid and Google came on the DPP podcast to talk about the latest...

The DPP 2024 Predictions report published in February 2024 reveals an industry striving to achieve a position of complete technical, commercial and business flexibility — able to respond to whatever challenges might come next for media, entertainment, technology and broadcasting organisations. And that viewpoint isn’t dreamt up by the DPP themselves, but developed by 30 expert practitioners who debate, vote on and co-create statements about the state of the industry. But is it actually...

What are the major consumer technology innovation trends, and what does it all mean for the media industry? For 15 years, DPP CEO Mark Harrison has attended the CES show in Las Vegas and reported back on the technologies shaping our personal and professional lives. In this episode of the DPP podcast, we present Mark's audio diary from CES, where he also met media and entertainment experts from the BBC, Vubiquity and Hollywood Professional Association to reflect on what actually matters to the...

What are the less-discussed media industry trends to focus on in 2024? And what are the technologies, themes and hype that's best avoided? Digesting the major media, entertainment and broadcast technology and business developments of 2023, DPP CEO Mark Harrison and CTO Rowan de Pomerai talk about the non-mainstream trends that will shape the sector, share some industry highlights and lowlights, pitch their 'Antipredictions' of what's best avoided, and look forward to being part of an industry...

The DPP Leaders' Briefing is the pre-eminent business intelligence event for the media industry. The DPP Leaders’ Briefing 2023 showcased technology and business experts from more than 30 media companies, each sharing their top three priorities for the coming year. And in this episode of the DPP podcast, Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough catches up with speakers, exhibitors and attendees from TikTok, Warner Bros. Discovery, RTÉ, ITV Studios, NPAW, nxtedition, Caretta Research and Wolftech...

Sanjeevan Bala is ITV Chief Data & AI Officer. In Part 2 of the DPP's calm reflections about artificial intelligence in the media industry, Sanjeevan speaks with DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough to offer the content provider perspective about AI in media. He discusses: The genus of his Chief Data & AI Officer role [1min 47sec] Identifying opportunities and developing guardrails [5min 01sec] Running immersive AI workshops with ITV leadership [8min 54sec] Commodisation and...

Johanna Björklund is Co-founder and CTO at media technology startups Adlede and Codemill; she is also Associate Professor in Theoretical Computer Science with a focus on semantic analysis of multimodal data at Umeå University. In Part 1 of a look at Artificial Intelligence in the media industry, Johanna speaks with DPP CTO Rowan de Pomerai to discuss initiatives she is involved with, future opportunities, and share some calm reflections about AI from the perspective of an experienced academic...

What’s the point of trade shows? Are these exhibition events actually worth going to? DPP staff were among the 40-odd thousand people at the recent IBC 2023 conference in Amsterdam — where we also hosted our own gatherings. And to hear more about peoples’ best and worst trade show experiences, and the most exciting and dullest years for heading to media technology exhibition events, DPP CEO Mark Harrison caught up with industry professionals to find out. Show Notes In this episode of the...

RÚV CTO Bragi Reynisson speaks with DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough about his Chief Technology Officer role at the national broadcaster of Iceland in the August 2023 episode of the DPP podcast, as well as being deployed to emergency situations and disaster areas as part of his responsibilities for the Icelandic Association for Search and Rescue. Show Notes In this episode, DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough speaks with RÚV CTO Bragi Reynisson who discusses his CTO role,...

Ross Video CEO David Ross speaks with Mark Harrison in the July 2023 episode of the DPP podcast. David shares his leadership lessons, stories of succession planning (and TV show Succession), technology and business expertise, and insight from 50 years of growth and innovation at the company his father, John Ross, founded in Iroquois, Canada, in the 1970s. Show Notes In this episode, DPP CEO Mark Harrison interviews Ross Video CEO David Ross. David discusses: The formation of Ross Video in...

The DPP was in New York at the beginning of June 2023 for its annual Media Supply Festival. And on Madison Avenue, DPP CEO Mark Harrison caught up with technology and business executives from the media, broadcasting and tech sector to digest and debrief some of the major themes and trends in industry. How are media organisations and their partners working to common goals, and what do organisations like Disney, BBC, Sinclair Broadcast Group, SDVI, Signiant, Overcast and TMT Insights think...

How mature is the media supply chain, and the content supply chain - and what can our industry learn about optimisation and excellence in other sectors? DPP CEO Mark Harrison dived into this topic with Mike Yorwerth, a technology and business executive who has been Chief Technology Officer at Marks & Spencer and Chief Architect and Technology Director at Tesco, two of the biggest retailers in Europe, to find out. Show Notes DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough introduces DPP CEO Mark...

Are we on the brink of an automated localisation revolution? The demand for localised and versioned content has never been greater, as consumers seek more content - in more languages - that reflects their locale. Yet specialist localisation companies, which are going through a boom, are struggling to keep up. In The Future of Localisation, the DPP explored emerging technologies including machine learning, image analysis, speech to text, and synthetic media to see how tech innovations are...

How do you make SVOD work? And how do you make FAST channels work? Paramount+ and Pluto TV EVP and International General Managers, Marco Nobili and Olivier Jollet, join the DPP podcast to talking about their roles leading Paramount's subscription and ad-funded services outside of the US. Show Notes DPP Editorial Director, Edward Qualtrough, is joined by: Marco Nobili, Executive Vice President and International General Manager of Paramount+Olivier Jollet, Executive Vice President and...

What are the challenges of leading the technology function at a 290-year-old arts institution, which is also in the broadcast and streaming business as well as the retail, hospitality and cultural heritage sector? In the February 2023 episode of the DPP podcast, Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough sits down with Royal Opera House CTO James Whitebread at its Covent Garden base in London to discuss digital transformation initiatives supporting its work on and off stage. Show Notes DPP...

Each year DPP CEO Mark Harrison travels to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas - so you don't have to. In this episode of the DPP podcast Mark cuts through to the hype to discuss the consumer tech trends which media and broadcast companies actually do need to care about. We also hear from Cognizant's Peter Elvidge, ITV's Laura Jenner and Vubiquity's Peggy Rieckmann at the January 2023 CES Breakfast Briefing to digest Mark's top takeaways.

The DPP Leaders’ Briefing 2022 showcased technology and business experts from 30 media companies sharing their top three priorities for the coming year. And in this episode of the DPP podcast, Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough catches up with speakers and attendees from TikTok, Channel 4, Thomson Reuters, ZDF, Google Cloud, Signiant and Banijay to digest some of the major themes from the event. What were the hot topics, and which subjects are resonating with senior leaders in media,...

The DPP has been exploring the technology and business challenges of news operations in our Tomorrow's News project. And in episode 13 of the DPP podcast, DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough hears from EMG CTO Lucy O'Brien and Qvest Principal Paul Charleston about major themes from the series: what does story-centric actually mean, and what are the biggest innovations in gathering, creating and delivering news? How are news providers responding to the challenge of delivering news...

DPP CTO Rowan de Pomerai's Making Integration Work series, published at the start of 2022, explored the integration opportunity, integration expertise, and how to deliver seamless integration. And in episode 12 of the DPP podcast, Rowan talks to the team from Vice Media about the organisation's production transformation project, and the role of integrations in ensuring it delivered business value beyond its core aims of improving editorial and media workflows.

The inaugural DPP European Broadcaster Summit brought together media companies and their key strategic suppliers to tackle some of the industry’s biggest challenges: how do we reap the benefits of cloud and metadata, to what extent are content providers unifying content workflows, and what is the future of IP distribution? It also explored some fundamental questions about the 'what' and the 'how' of a modern broadcaster - should media companies buy or build their own technology, and are they...

The DPP’s work in 2022 has so far been forward looking; what are the technology and consumer trends affecting media companies, and what are the bold predictions DPP members expect to happen in the next 12 months? Dow Jones' Elena Corchero, previously Director of Emerging Technology at NewsCorp, joins the podcast to discuss how she keeps on top of disruptive new trends. Which technology innovations should media companies be investing and experimenting with? What are good measures for ROI? And...

As we reflect on The Leaders' Briefing 2021, we ask... Why is Zoe Carter of ITV feeling uncomfortable? What did Dalet's Ewan Johnston - and the supplier community at large - learn from hearing their customers' top priorities? And how is the DPP's new Editorial Director coping working alongside Mark and Rowan?