Nov 17-18, 2015 | Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach


Monetizing Content

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

C101 - Making Money With Video in an Unbundled World

The rapid expansion of OTT offerings to the market is creating an abundance of choice for consumers, confusion, content overload and shrinking wallets. This session helps M&E companies and operators understand the software tools needed to build audience awareness and create known users for sustainable economic models. It explores the kinds of systems that companies need to get video to play across all devices, but also to build a sizable userbase and progressively move users smartly from freemium to advertising, pay-per-view, and subscription business models.

Moderator: Daniel Webster, VP, Sales and Customer Success - Kaltura Strategic Solutions
Sharmila Aroskar, VP, Business Development - TEN
Richard Maraschi, VP, Presence & Marketing Automation - Yellow Pages
Linda Abrams, CRO - 24i
Jeremy Gerstman, VP, Operations - Jukin Media
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

A102 - Best Practices for Interacting With the Social Platforms

Hear from technical and product leaders within the multichannel network community on how to make the most out of one’s relationship with platforms such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Learn how technical meritocracies, bleeding-edge product ideas, and unconventional integrations can lead to closer, more meaningful relationships with the platforms. Attendees hear from those who have successfully partnered with social media platforms and learn how to makes these organizations partners instead of pains.

Moderator: Mark Heyert, GOVA
Mike Flynn, CTO - Collective Digital Studio
Scott Paul, VP, Product - Maker Studios
Alex Mostoufi, CTO - Mitu Networks

C102b - A Deep Dive Into the Video Behavior of U.S. Consumers

The way consumers watch video is in flux, but what does that really mean for content producers and service providers? Is the current hot strategy for cable channels to provide streaming options the right move? What types of programming are keeping consumers tied to their service providers? In this interactive session, learn the answers to these questions and others by exploring the latest survey results on cord-cutting/shaving, TV Everywhere, mobile viewing, future viewing plans and more. The presentation breaks down the results by age demographics and features findings not previously released publicly.

Jonathan Hurd, Partner - Altman Solon
1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

B103 - Creating Great Video User Experiences That Drive Adoption

We all know that great user experiences are critical to video consumption on mobile and set-top boxes, but how do we go about creating those? And what data do we have to support that investment? This session discusses how content owners can use UI to improve the content consumption experience by focusing on promotion, search and key features such as resume watching. Learn how to tie a multi-platform video experience together, balancing the capabilities of each platform/OS vs. keeping a common brand experience across devices. Data is also shared on the impact of relaunching platforms where the only change was a re-architected UI.

Moderator: Michael Prichard, Founder, CTO - WillowTree
Jim Spencer, Founder, President - Newsy
Scott Olechowski, Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer - Plex
Mano Kulasingam, Co-CEO - Digiflare
Tom Schaeffer, CEO - Float Left Interactive

C103 - How Big Data Can Increase OTT Ad Revenue

This session discusses how advertisers can more effectively and efficiently reach a buyer of a product or service with OTT than any other media. Over-the-top TV apps have access to an enormous amount of information about a prospective buyer of a product or service. By using real-time analysis of social media, geo-location, keywords, and historical buying habits, the metadata managed by an OTT platform can be used to predict real-time buying. As a result, this predictive buying translates into a higher cost per point/cost per lead that an advertiser is willing to pay for qualified buyers. Hear about some of the technology being used, the advertising research it enables, and benefits and challenges of this new advertising buying process.

Moderator: Steve Wong, Director of Media and Telco - Siemens
Andy Beach, CTO, Media & Entertainment, Worldwide - Microsoft
Jason Clement, President - Noble People LA
Arnav Mendiratta, Data Scientist - USC
Dr. Jay Yogeshwar, Director, Media, Broadcast and Entertainment - Hitachi Data Systems
2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

C104 - The Business Strategy Behind the Fragmenting OTT Market

From Netflix, HBO and Showtime, to broader offerings such as Dish’s Sling, CBS’s All Access, Comcast’s Stream, and Apple TV, rumored to launch in the fall, there are a lot of OTT options. Are we ensuring differentiated experiences for consumers, or are we building a slew of “me too” services? With reports showing OTT revenues are expected to top $10B within the next few years, are content owners building a healthy marketplace with enough competition and differentiation for revenues to continue to grow? This panel explores the business strategies behind the unbundling and unraveling of the industry as it moves from cable to the cloud and the subsequent sprint to build new OTT experiences.

Moderator: Jim O'Neill, Principal Analyst - Ooyala
Amit Ziv, VP, Business Development, Operations and Strategy - Epix
Michael Dube, Streaming Media Manager - NPR
Jimmy Schaeffler, Chairman, CSO - The Carmel Group
Cary Grant, CEO - PREMO
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

A105b - Building an Integrated, Multi-Platform Analytics Solution for TV Everywhere

Many publishers use multiple analytics solutions from various OVPs (client), CDNs (server), or other specialized providers, and thus find their data fragmented into silos and difficult to interpret. This presentation focuses on the software architecture and general approach BYUtv used to create an integrated analytics solution that combines video, page, and app performance data into a single data repository for all TV Everywhere platforms. Learn how to make the challenge of measuring video consumption, user behavior, and app performance easier across multiple devices.

Ryan Holmes, Director, Digital Media - BYU

B105a - Best Practices for Content Monetization & Distribution on Twitter

This presentation discusses how TV networks, sports leagues, and MCNs distribute and monetize their content on Twitter. Hear how Twitter is envisioning and enabling the publishing and monetization of video at an even-greater scale going forward. Attendees learn some of the latest video trends taking place on Twitter, how content partners are using the platform, and which type of video content, from short-form video to live broadcasting with Periscope, is having the most success.

David Grossman, Head of TV & Entertainment, Content Partnerships - Twitter

C105 - The Future of 4K and Ultra HD on Streaming Services

OTT service providers have already gone ahead of the traditional VOD providers by providing 4K content to their subscribers. But is it giving the consumers the wow factor that they’re looking for, and is it really ultra HD? Internet deployment models have continued to push traditional broadcast video with more choices and evolved viewer experiences that are deployed quickly and often without heavy reliance on standards. What does this mean for ultra HD in OTT services? How does it scale across the industry and how is the term ultra HD ultimately defined? This panel features senior experts from content owners, studios, technology providers and service operators who give their individual perspectives on how ultra HD will scale across the industry and the evolution of the viewing experience within the next 5 years.

Moderator: David Price, Vice-Chair - Ultra HD Forum
Nick Colsey, Vice President, Business Development - Sony Electronics Inc.
Thomas Edwards, VP, Engineering & Development - FOX Networks
Eric Grab, CTO - NeuLion
Richard Doherty, Director, E-Media Strategy, Office of the CTO - Dolby Laboratories

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

B202 - Stream Stitching: Why the Buzz, Where It’s Working, and What Happens Next

Stream stitching and server-side ad insertion are picking up steam as approaches that let content owners beat ad blockers on the desktop and provide better ad delivery on the mobile web-among other benefits. However, the technology is still early in its adoption curve, with a lot of innovation in the works to drive its deployment across more devices and use cases. This session reviews the data to see where server-side ad insertion and stitching have been helpful to publishers and broadcasters and explore how it is evolving to support analytics, interactivity, programmatic and other components of online video advertising.

Moderator: Mike Green, VP Strategic Development & Alliances - Brightcove
Sean Doherty, Senior Vice President of Operations, Co-Founder - Wurl
Matt Smith, Executive Director, Business Development & Strategy - Comcast Technology Solutions
Jarred Wilichinsky, SVP Global Digital Ad Operations - Paramount
Allen Dove, CTO - SpotX

C202 - Friction-Free TV Everywhere Authentication

For TV Everywhere to reach adoption, the current authentication process needs be made as user friendly as possible, removing any obstacle standing between consumers and their content viewing experience. In this strategic session, we look at the recommended best practices that the OATC (Open Authentication Technology Committee) has proposed to achieve such Friction-free authentication and discuss a set of guidelines that aim to create a seamless user experience in the first instance.

Moderator: Vito Forlenza, Sr. Director, TV Everywhere Content & Product Strategy - Comcast Cable
Horia Galatanu, Senior Product Manager - Adobe Systems
Brian Brinkmann, Senior Technical Director, Platform Strategy and Architecture - Turner Broadcasting System
Kimberly Hicks, VP, Digital Media, Disney Channels Worldwide - Disney ABC Television Group
James Hutchins, Principal Product Manager Identity Management - Synacor
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

C203 - How the Creator Revolution Is Changing the Content Business

YouTube and Vine stars are rewriting the rules on how audiences discover and engage with content, leading to a swath of non-traditional pathways for exploration by brands, marketers, and fellow creators. It is a world devoid of the gatekeeping that dominates traditional media, allowing creators and brands to build direct relationships with the most engaged consumers. With that opportunity comes all the challenges of social media (community management, publishing strategy), plus an added layer of responsibility to the audience members themselves. In this session, successful creators and business leaders discuss how to work with video stars, what advertising means in this new space, and how the deep connection between stars and their superfans drives engagement with brands.

Moderator: Mandana Mellano, Partner, Media Director - Ogilvy West
Anthony Layser, Content Director - Dailymotion
Tariq Walker, VP, Creative Development - AOL
Meghan Camarena, YouTuber, Entrepreneur - Strawburry17
Thai Randolph, SVP, Marketing & Client Partnerships - Relentless Generator
3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

A204 - The Future of Video in a Multi-Screen World

It goes without saying that consumption of video is changing as new platforms, formats, and industry dynamics evolve. From the dawn of 4K to Snapchat Discover, the quality, quantity, and sheer variety of video experiences are growing every day. This panel looks at the future of broadcast and video services in a multi-screen world, attempting to peer in to the near future to explore issues both at the fore, such as 4K, and still on the fringe, such as virtual reality.

Moderator: Michelle Abraham, Sr. Research Analyst, Media & Communications - S&P Global Market Intelligence
Sara Trohanis, Managing Director, National Markets, Major Accounts - The Associated Press
Danny Fishman, Co-Founder - EXCELLERATE
Ben Huang, VP, Marketing - Ericsson
Samir Ahmed, CTO - M-GO

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