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 NotesDPP 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 NotesIn this episode of the podcast, DPP CEO Rowan de Pomerai is joined by:Buzz Hays, Google Cloud | Global Lead Entertainment IndustryJeff 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 notesDPP 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 NotesDPP 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 NotesDPP'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 NotesDPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough speaks with:Dan Goman, Ateliere — CEOAndy Hooper, Ateliere — SVP Live ProductsJohan Bolin, Ateliere — Chief Research & Innovation OfficerThe 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 NotesDPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough speaks with:Nick Moreno, Mediagenix — Director of Product MarketingJens Costers, Mediagenix — Product ManagerThe 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 NotesIn 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 NotesDPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough speaks with:James Hollis, Mediacorp — Head of Sustainability & Senior Vice President, Production ServicesListen 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 NotesDPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough speaks with:Natasha Tuck, Dolby — Director of Sustainability & ESGListen 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.