DPP Podcast

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.

What does it take for a media and technology organisation to realise its sustainability targets and make progress with its journey become carbon neutral? And how does a major supplier to media, entertainment and broadcast organisation work with its customers and partners to make sure they are making the right moves with sustainability? Dolby’s Director of Sustainability & ESG, Natasha Tuck, discusses setting science-based targets, Dolby’s journey to becoming carbon neutral by 2030, how AI and ESG tools can help, and why perfection can be the enemy of progress.

Show Notes

DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough speaks with:

Natasha Tuck, Dolby — Director of Sustainability & ESG

Listen to Part Two featuring Mediacorp Head of Sustainability & SVP Production Services, James Hollis, here.
Find out more about the DPP Committed to Sustainability programme here.

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 Sankaranarayanan, Prime Focus Technologies — Founder, President & CEO
Andy Beach, Microsoft — CTO, Media & Entertainment

Need an AI cheat code for NAB? Take a look at our AI in Media report - it tells you all you need to know.

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 media.

Show Notes

Ryan Kido, Ateliere — CTO
Morag McIntosh, BBC — Solution Lead

Part 1 of the DPP podcast "What does 'good' AI look like?" is here, featuring Avid CTO Kevin Riley and Google Product Manager Melika Golkaram.

DPP members can go here to download AI in Media: What does good look like?

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 innovations and trends.

Show Notes

Joining the DPP's Rowan de Pomerai and Edward Qualtrough to discuss artificial intelligence in the media industry are:

Kevin Riley, Avid — CTO
Melika Golkaram, Google — Product Manager

Part 2 of the DPP podcast "What does 'good' AI look like?" is here, featuring Ateliere CTO Ryan Kido and BBC Solution Lead Morag McIntosh.

DPP members can go here to download AI in Media: What does good look like?

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 delusional to aspire to reach such a position of infinite flexibility? Zixi CEO Gordon Brooks and Warner Bros. Discover Sports Technology Lead, Darren Long, came on the DPP podcast to explore industry trends, investigate why there are fewer predictions about specific technologies taking off in media, discuss the impact artificial intelligence will have on our work, and share what there is to be most excited by in the sector.

Show Notes

DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough speaks with:

Gordon Brooks — Zixi, CEO [2min 12sec]
Darren Long — Warner Bros. Discovery, Sports Technology Integration Project Lead [21min 00sec]

The DPP 2024 Predictions report is available here.