The inaugural Media & Entertainment Leaders Summit (MELS) from Informa Tech properties Omdia, Digital TV Europe and Television Business International assembled 250 media, tech and entertainment changemakers at Church House Westminster in London on 16 November for a full-day event to incubate what it takes to win at the critical intersection of content, technology and strategy.
Companies including Synamedia, DAZN, Orange, and Media Distillery were among those to triumph at this year’s VideoTech Innovation Awards.
During a luxury ceremony on November 16 at the Church House Westminster in London, Digital TV Europe announced this year’s VideoTech Innovation Awards (VIA) winners.
Bedrock CEO Jonas Engwall talks about the rise of ad-based streaming and hybrid business models, and advance of personalisation and the need for comprehensive streaming solutions.
Thomas Parvais, director, fixed access, TV and broadband services, Orange Belgium, talks to DTVE abouut his company’s deployment of a TV service based on Zappware’s platform.
Zattoo CCO Jörg Meyer talks about the continuing need to keep IPTV plarforms up-to-date as part of a multiplay proposition, with advanced functionalities and support for different business models, and the benefits of white-label solutions.
Gabriel Cosgrave, GM, EMEA & head of global business operations at Xperi talks about the growth of connected TV, content discovery and recommendations, and how the different parts of Xperi offer a complete solutions set, including its new Smart TV OS.
José Luis Vasquez, CEO of Miriada, talks about the need to provide personalised content discovery as part of the super-aggregation experience, and the need to adapt the UX to the needs of the household that is being addressed.
Gilles Domartini, founder and CEO of Cleeng, talks about the need for e-commerce expertise in streaming, the advance of ad-based models and the best use of consumer data.
Przemysław Frasunek, CEO of Redge Technologies, talks about his company’s acqusition by Iliad Group/Play Group, the evolution of the CDN and the importance of edge computing, and plans for international expansion.
Stuart Thomson of Digital TV Europe talks to Hanno Narjus, SVP of Teleste Networks, about cable network providers’ next-generation technology choices and investment plans. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, operators are looking to build high-capacity networks, but they need to prioritise and make some important decisions.
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