DPP Podcast

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 Editorial Director, Edward Qualtrough, is joined by Chief Technology Officer at the Royal Opera House, James Whitebread, to discuss technology leadership and transformation initiatives at the organisation - including video projects in rehearsal studios are helping some of the world's leading classical dance and music artists hone their work.

DPP Editorial Director, Edward Qualtrough, is joined by DPP CEO Mark Harrison to learn about why the Consumer Electronics Show is now a business tech event, with industry driving the major disruptions and innovations.

And at the DPP's CES Breakfast Briefing to discuss the big trends we hear from:

Peter Elvidge, Director, Media & Entertainment | Cognizant
Laura Jenner, Director of Product, CS&D | ITV
Peggy Rieckmann, Account Representative | Vubiquity

Read the report here - CES 2023: What consumer trends mean for the media industry.

In this episode, DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough speaks with:

Chris Crichlow - Head of LIVE Broadcast & Production Operations, Europe, TikTok [2min 17sec]

Julia Hatfield - Head, News Platform Capability Management, Thomson Reuters [5min 55sec]

Andy Bell - Chief Engineer, Channel 4 [9min 50sec]

Alpa Junemann - Head of Marketing and Viewer Experience, Technology, Channel 4 [9min 50sec] 

Robert Amlung - Head of Digital Strategy, ZDF [14min 47sec]

Juliet Bramwell - Director, Telco, Media & Entertainment, UKI, Google Cloud [17min 12sec]

Rick Capstraw - Chief Growth Officer, Signiant [22min 30sec]

Sandra Smith - Director of Production, Banijay UK [25min 31sec]

Abdul Hakim - Business Development Manager, DPP [27min 48sec]

Members can download CEO Mark Harrison’s DPP Leaders’ Briefing 2022 report here.

In this episode, enabled by Qvest, DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough is joined by:

Lucy O’Brien - Chief Technology Officer, EMG
Paul Charleston - Principal, Qvest

Lucy discusses the true vision of the story-centric newsroom, and how innovations in the news gathering have moved faster than in production and delivery of news. And Paul says the days of a ‘one product to rule them all’ newsroom strategy are no more as organisations will look to integrate best-of-breed products to suit their needs.

More information about the DPP's Tomorrow’s News series can be found here.

In this episode, enabled by Mulesoft, DPP CTO Rowan de Pomerai is joined by:

Daniel Elias - Global Director of Production & Media Workflows, Vice Media
Michele Gauthier - Global Director, Production Transformation, Vice Media
Oliver Wynn - Distinguished Solution Engineer, Mulesoft

Michele and Dani share the production transformation journey at Vice, and Oliver discusses the integration opportunity - as well as how other sectors outside of media and broadcasting are delivering business value with integration.

More information about the DPP's Making Integration Work series can be found here.

In this episode, enabled by Signiant, DPP CEO Mark Harrison and CTO Rowan de Pomerai speak with Signiant CEO Margaret Craig and ITV Director of Business Transformation for Content, Supply and Distribution, Zoe Carter.

Margaret shares her views on whether streaming players are really a differentiator for media companies, and Zoe discusses where broadcasters need to look to their media supply chain for technology innovation - with the ultimate goal of providing great content and experiences for the consumer.

You can read Mark Harrison’s summary report of the European Broadcaster Summit here. The two closing plenary panel sessions, discussing getting the best out of innovation and evolving market relationships, are available to view on demand here.

In this episode, enabled by Dell Technologies and Dalet, DPP CEO Mark Harrison and CTO Rowan de Pomerai speak to Elena Corchero, Director of Events, Emerging Tech & Innovation at Dow Jones.

Corchero discusses her experience as a researcher and media professional, and explains how organisations balance market research on the latest trends with their own in house expertise to know which bets to make.

Watch the CES 2022 webcast on demand here, and read the summary report here. We’ll next report back to you after the European Broadcaster Summit.

With 31 media companies presenting their top strategic priorities, The Leaders' Briefing had a lot to digest. So now the dust has settled, Rowan sat down with a trio of guests to reflect on what they learned, and talk about what they're excited for in the year ahead.

In this episode, enabled by Dalet, DPP CTO Rowan de Pomerai speaks to:

Zoe Carter, Director of Business Transformation, Content Supply and Distribution, ITV

Ewan Johnston, Director of Strategic Alliances and Partners, Dalet

Edward Qualtrough, the DPP's new Editorial Director

Watch The Leaders' Briefing on demand here, and read the summary report here. We'll see you in the new year!

As the leader of a company at the forefront of the media industry's transition to cloud and SaaS, Signiant CEO Margaret Craig wrote 'The Signiant SaaS Manifesto' to explain how cloud technology has created massive efficiencies and new opportunities across the media supply chain.

In the manifesto, Margaret shares her thoughts from conversations with countless customers and partners, highlighting many of the common challenges that industry leaders have faced on their cloud journeys.

For a limited time only, the manifesto is open for everyone to download, coinciding with the DPP's 2021 Leaders' Briefing. In this podcast episode, Mark asks Margaret why she wrote the paper, what it says, and why she called it a manifesto.

Download the manifesto here.

And find more on The Cloud for Media from the DPP here.

In 2020, exclusive DPP research explored the use of cloud in media companies. Why were organisations moving workflows to the cloud? How could they form a strategy to deliver that migration?

In 2021, the DPP's new series 'The Cloud for Media' investigated the rate of cloud adoption across four specific media worfklows in four reports:

Automating Media

Cloud Post Production

Cloud Playout

Streaming at Scale

In this podcast episode, Mark and Rowan discuss some of the most surprising findings from the series, including the fact that cloud adoption has been shaking up established relationships between media and technology companies.