DPP Podcast
Episodes
Media Tech CEO Agenda 2026 — Reflections on the first DPP Media Tech CEO Survey
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What is the Media Tech CEO Agenda for 2026? You can find out in the new DPP Media Tech CEO Survey 2025 report, which explores the perspectives of Chie...
AI-powered shorts and intercontinental collaboration: Insights from Fox and Media Cluster Norway
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Developing industry partnerships vs consolidation & centralising: Insights from the floor at IBC 2025
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Agentic AI in action: Automating manual media workflows with Hearst Networks EMEA and Prime Focus Technologies
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 Qu...
What is the Creator Economy and what does it mean for 'traditional' media?
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 S...
"What are we doing about YouTube being bigger than all of us combined?" — Media Supply Festival 2025 reflections
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark Harrison and industry leaders as they explore the rapidly evolving media landscape, reflecting on conversations from the DPP Media Supply Fe...
Cloud Native Distribution — How cloud technologies are rewriting content distribution beyond just streaming
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Media CTO Agenda 2025: "How do CTOs reduce Opex and move to the cloud?"
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
"We are bad at communicating our strategy to vendors" — Customer reflections on supplier relations at DPP European Broadcaster Summit 2025
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The DPP European Broadcaster Summit 2025 closed with a live recording of the DPP podcast featuring Broadcaster Technology Leaders from Sky Deutschland...
"Vendors need to give broadcasters a clear path to the cloud" — Supplier Business Leaders reflections from European Broadcaster Summit 2025
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The DPP European Broadcaster Summit 2025 — which brought together representatives from 30 European media companies with the vendor community — cl...
DPP 2025 Predictions: 'Deploy or Die', AI romance is over, we're all copyright lawyers now, and power shifts to creator economy
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The DPP 2025 Predictions report published in February 2025 shows an industry grappling with a new phase of artificial intelligence development and imp...
Art on TVs, Johnny Cab, and why AI for efficiency & productivity is a bigger opportunity than GenAI… for now
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The DPP hosted its Innovation Briefing event at the beginning of 2025, where Founder and Chief Content Officer, Mark Harrison, presented to an audienc...
AI Everything and 'TV Boxes on Wheels' at CES 2025 — Which technology innovations really matter for the media industry?
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DPP Founder and Chief Content Officer, Mark Harrison, covers the Consumer Electronics Show for a 16th time to learn about the innovations global techn...
"Personalisation at scale without being creepy is tricky!" — How data powers modern media businesses
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Clou...
"There's still bad behaviour from certain vendors; we need to get that trust back" — DPP Leaders' Debriefing
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The DPP Leaders' Briefing 2024 held in Freemasons' Hall in London featured expert speakers from more than 30 major media organisations. But what did t...
Has technology transformation actually made the media industry more secure? Assessing The State of Media Technology Security 2024
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The State of Media Technology Security 2024, a report published by the DPP in September 2024, reveals the measures media companies and technology prov...
"It has to work out of the box!" — Exploring newsroom and UX media tech innovations at IBC 2024
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
What does it mean to be 'cloud native'? Ateliere CEO and leaders digest Agile Live acquisition
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In July 2024 Ateliere Creative Technologies completed the acquisition of Agile Live, Agile Content’s live production platform which is now rebranded...
The 'human-in-the-loop' approach — Balancing the art and the science of media tech AI/ML implementations
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is content commissioning and scheduling an art or a science? We catch up with product management and marketing experts from Mediagenix to hear about t...
"Content exchange is a mess we have to fix!" — Media Supply Festival 2024 reflections
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Operationalising Mediacorp's 'bottom up' sustainability enthusiasm and initiatives
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How is Singapore-based Mediacorp helping turn a groundswell of enthusiasm around sustainability into company-wide programmes? The company's Head of Su...
"Progress over perfection" - Achieving green goals with Dolby Sustainability & ESG Director Natasha Tuck
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take for a media and technology organisation to realise its sustainability targets and make progress with its journey become carbon neutr...
Co-pilot AI lands at NAB
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Media services provider Prime Focus Technologies and OpenAI partner Microsoft have been working together to make Co-pilot AI a reality for media and e...
What does 'good' AI look like? Part 2: Using customer data responsibly and AI in the wild at the BBC
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How has the BBC been using automation technologies for 30 years, and in what ways has the corporation implemented artificial intelligence capabilities...
What does 'good' AI look like? Part 1: "I can absolutely tell you the CTO should not be solely responsible!"
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Who should ultimately be responsible for the oversight, governance and implementation of artificial intelligence capabilities in media organisations? ...
'Transformation is dead; long live adaptability!' But is it realistic to achieve complete technology and business agility?
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The DPP 2024 Predictions report published in February 2024 reveals an industry striving to achieve a position of complete technical, commercial and bu...
GenAI Spy — In search of tech innovations at CES 2024, and what it means for media
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 at...
'Antipredictions' and what to avoid in 2024? Media CEO and CTO foresight and warnings
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
DPP Leaders' Briefing 2023:Â Reflections and takeaways from speakers, exhibitors and attendees
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The DPP Leaders' Briefing is the pre-eminent business intelligence event for the media industry. The DPP Leaders’ Briefing 2023 showcased technology...
Artificial Intelligence in Media Part 2: Calm reflections with Sanjeevan Bala, ITV Chief Data & AI Officer
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sanjeevan Bala is ITV Chief Data & AI Officer. In Part 2 of the DPP's calm reflections about artificial intelligence in the media industry, Sanjee...
Artificial Intelligence in Media Part 1: Calm reflections with Johanna Björklund, Associate Professor in Theoretical Computer Science and media tech startup CTO
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Johanna Björklund is Co-founder and CTO at media technology startups Adlede and Codemill; she is also Associate Professor in Theoretical Computer Sci...
Best and worst trade show experiences — On the ground at IBC 2023 exhibition in Amsterdam
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
RÚV CTO Bragi Reynisson on emergency response volunteering and the journey to hybrid cloud
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
RÚV CTO Bragi Reynisson speaks with DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough about his Chief Technology Officer role at the national broadcaster of I...
Ross Video CEO David Ross interview — Ethics, culture, acquisition, leadership lessons and succession planning
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 succe...
'Vendors, don't try to be end-to-end; that game is over!' Experts reflect on Media Supply Festival 2023 in New York
23 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 wit...
Optimising supply chains in retail and media
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How mature is the media supply chain, and the content supply chain - and what can our industry learn about optimisation and excellence in other sector...
The Future of Localisation: Are we on the brink of a fully-automated localisation revolution?
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are we on the brink of an automated localisation revolution? The demand for localised and versioned content has never been greater, as consumers seek ...
Making SVOD and FAST work at Paramount+ and Pluto TV
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 Ol...
Backstage at the Royal Opera House with CTO James Whitebread
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
Hype-vetting consumer tech trends: Why a calmer CES is good for business
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Leaders’ Digest - Real-time reflections at the DPP Leaders’ Briefing 2022
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough speaks with:Chris Crichlow - Head of LIVE Broadcast & Production Operations, Europe, Tik...
Tomorrow's News and making 'story-centric' more than just a buzzword
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, enabled by Qvest, DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough is joined by:Lucy O’Brien - Chief Technology Officer, EMGPaul Charleston...
Integration and production transformation at Vice Media
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, enabled by Mulesoft, DPP CTO Rowan de Pomerai is joined by:Daniel Elias - Global Director of Production & Media Workflows, Vice M...
Are modern media organisations now tech companies?
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 Busine...
Tracking trends and betting on innovation projects
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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, E...
Technology Transformation Meets Workforce Transformation
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 d...
Creating new opportunities with cloud technology
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Cloud adoption and disrupted relationships
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2020, exclusive DPP research explored the use of cloud in media companies. Why were organisations moving workflows to the cloud? How could they for...
Is live content the next big disrupter?
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Almost every aspect of life can now be found as a form of live streamed content. This democratisation of live content has created a boom with huge imp...
Did we learn a darned thing from Covid?
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Will Covid-19 Change The Way We Work? charted the experiences of a media industry navigating through a pandemic, back in July 2020.It made some signif...
Innovation: what it costs to make it pay
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What question did Mark ask the BBC's Director General that brought a flat 'no'; and what was Rowan's most depressing innovation experience? Stand by f...
The future of remote production
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Following the DPP's popular recent report, Live Remote Production, Mark and Rowan take a candid look at the future of remote production. To what exten...
How did business get so messy?
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At a time when the absence of trade shows is placing greater pressure than ever on customers and suppliers to find effective ways of engaging with eac...
CES 2021: The Final Word
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our recent report and webcast explored the big trends from CES 2021. But what stood out? What trends didn't make the cut? And what do Mark and Rowan r...