OTT Leadership Summit

OTT is the future of television, and this summit is a deep dive into how broadcasters, cable & satellite operators, MVPDs, vMPVDs, and content rights holders can unlock the value of OTT and TV Everywhere. Because business and technology factors work hand-in-hand to create a successful OTT service, we’ll look at the entire OTT ecosystem to provide a thorough understanding of the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. We’ll also unveil fresh OTT research to give you actionable data and help you thrive in this increasingly competitive market.

Registration Includes

OTT Leadership Summit may be registered for separate OR is included with our All Access and Full Two-Day Conference Pass Option. For more information on registration please click here.

  • Access to all OTT Leadership Summit conference sessions
  • Access to the Streaming Media West keynotes
  • Access to the Discovery Track
  • Light continental breakfast and morning and afternoon breaks
  • Lunch on Tuesday
  • VIP Mixer on Monday plus the Happy Hour in the Expo and Beer Garden on Tuesday
  • Admission to the Streaming Media West Expo

Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsorship opportunities are available. Click here to learn more. 

 

Tuesday, Nov 13

Track OTT: OTT Leadership Summit

 

OTT101. Building a Better OTT Mousetrap: Creating Video Services That Consumers Want

Tuesday, November 13: 10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

As the options for viewing video continue to grow, it becomes increasingly important for programmers and service providers to understand consumer interests: What content do they want to watch? What product features are important? What devices do they use? How much are they willing to pay? And how do these behaviors and priorities vary by consumer segment? This session explores findings from Altman Vilandrie & Co.’s annual consumer video survey, including consumer preferences for specific programs, interest in live sports, video watching through social media, willingness to pay, problems with streaming, account sharing and piracy, and other areas of critical importance to our industry. It includes a panel discussion featuring top executives from the TV industry.

Moderator:

, Partner, Altman Solon


Speakers:

, SVP, Distribution, Fox Networks

, Principal Strategist, Dillon Media Ventures

, Vice President, Studio Sales, Vubiquity

, VP Engineering, Crunchyroll

 

OTT102. OTT Moves Toward Microservices

Tuesday, November 13: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Even companies that are not yet actively operating on a microservices architecture are looking for vendors who at least have a strategy to cater to it for the future. This session examines the core benefits (including redundancy, dev ops, scalability, and self-healing), the different approaches (including containerization and orchestration via Docker, Kubernetes, and Mesos, as well as native microservices models like Erlang), and the complexities of migrating a generic architecture to a microservices architecture.

Moderator:

, Chief Business Development Officer, Norsk by id3as


Speakers:

, CEO & Co-Founder, Bitmovin, USA

, Director of OTT and IPTV Solutions, Marketing, Harmonic

, Senior Software Engineer, Netflix

, Chief Technology & Strategy Officer, MediaKind

, Vice President of Edge Strategy & Solution Architecture, Limelight Networks

 

OTT103. Locked Out & Locked Up: The State of Streaming Piracy & What You Can Do to Protect Your Content

Tuesday, November 13: 1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

As video streaming has grown, so too has piracy. Industry sources estimate that as many as 10% of broadband subscribers pirate live streams through technologies like Kodi boxes that are sold online from countries where it is difficult to litigate or police copyright violations. So how can you protect live streaming content? This session explores various methods and technologies in use by some of today's biggest streaming companies to mitigate stream piracy and protect live content.

Moderator:

, CEO, Streaming Video Technology Alliance


Speakers:

, Vice President of Edge Strategy & Solution Architecture, Limelight Networks

, CTO, Verimatrix

, SVP, Content Protection and Technology Strategy, Twentieth Century Fox

, Sr. Director Anti-Piracy Litigation, Kudelski Group

 

OTT104. The Future of Server-Side Ad Insertion

Tuesday, November 13: 2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

According to an IAB study, more than half of online viewers prefer free ad-supported content to pay-per-view or subscription, and the best way to reach them is with server-side ad insertion (SSAI). SSAI goes undetected by ad blockers, supports personalization, and provides additional revenue for broadcast content that’s also delivered over-the-top. Come hear how this versatile technology used for live broadcast is now starting to see adoption for VOD and livelinear. If you're delivering ad supported content, you won't want to miss this session.

Moderator:

, Consultant, Reality Software and Contributing Editor, Streaming Media


Speakers:

, Product Marketing Manager, Brightcove

, Sr. Research Analyst, Media & Communications, S&P Global Market Intelligence

, Sr. Director, Video & Audio Products, IAB Tech Lab

, Head, Digital Product and Business Operations, Scripps Networks

, Consultant, Friend Advising

 

OTT105. OTT Spotlights

Tuesday, November 13: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Get up-to-speed on the latest OTT platforms and enabling technologies. Details announced soon!

How One Next-Generation Codec Transformed Sky's Ability to Deliver a Complete Pay TV Service Over-the-Top
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

In April, Sky Italia became the first Sky subsidiary to offer its full pay TV service including full HD live sport to the same set top boxes over unmanaged IP, while maintaining ARPU. The service has performed well whilst other OTT services struggle with QoS problems. This session will explain how PERSEUS Plus made this possible and compare the readiness of codecs (HEVC, AV1, PERSEUS) to transform the business viability of all streaming services in the US and beyond?

Speaker:

, CEO & Co-Founder, V-Nova

 

Wednesday, Nov 14

Track OTT: OTT Leadership Summit

 

OTT201. The State of Data in Video: Toward an Automated Future

Wednesday, November 14: 10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

What do you want to do with your data? For too long, the industry has framed data as a means to an end—collect data, compute analytics, interpret, decide, and react. Today, we propose a new mentality: data as an end in itself. Join our panel as we dive deep into the questions video distributors need to ask in order to build a real-time feedback loop to guide their distribution strategies: How does data latency influence its usefulness? What can distributors do to unify their disjointed datasets and systems? What are some examples of automated processes already employed by companies today, and what kind of data infrastructure will it take to develop more automated processes within the video technology stack going forward?

Moderator:

, CEO & Co-Founder, Datazoom and Women in Streaming Media


Speakers:

, CTO, OWNZONES Entertainment Technologies

, Principal Strategist, Dillon Media Ventures

, CRO, Promethean

, Product Manager, Video Services, Pluralsight

 

OTT202. Case Study: Sky News, the Royal Wedding, & Machine Learning

Wednesday, November 14: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

In February 2018, Sky News set out to achieve an ambitious objective: Deliver the Royal Wedding as the world’s first live machine learning viewer experience at scale. Sky News wanted to give viewers the ability to identify and learn more about celebrities in an automated fashion in near real time—all while lacking the official guest list invite. The Sky News Royal Wedding: Who's Who app—built in collaboration with Amazon Web Services, GrayMeta, and UI Centric, and using Amazon Rekognition—allowed Sky News viewers to watch real-time updates of celebrity wedding guests as they entered St. George Chapel. Learn about the workflow and how it can be applied to sports, government, and other future events.

Speaker:

, Chief Commercial Officer, GrayMeta

 

OTT203. Myths of OTT Engagement: What Works & What Doesn’t in Personalization

Wednesday, November 14: 1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Using real production data from major OTT TV operators to analyze the effect of user interface personalization on engagement KPIs, this presentation busts some of the myths surrounding viewer engagement. Does changing the position of a TV series or movie in the user interface affect views, ratings, and engagement? Does the order in which carousels are presented in the UI affect their conversion rate? Can we use machine learning to isolate clusters of users that respond to UI personalization from those who are indifferent?

Speaker:

, VP of Technical Services, ContentWise

 

OTT204. Session time changed to 11:30am

Wednesday, November 14: 3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Session time changed to 11:30am. 

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