DPP Podcast

What does "premium" really mean when YouTubers fill cinemas, box office is just 5% of the content economy, and audiences decide what really has value? Recorded at a recent DPP event held at the British Consulate General in Los Angeles, we brought together studio leaders, creator economy pioneers, and industry vendors to explore what premium storytelling really means from the audience's point of vi...

New York is buzzing: World Cup soccer, the NBA Finals, and the DPP Media Supply Festival 2026 are in town. In this special episode recorded at the event, Mark Harrison speaks with leaders from AMC Networks, Thomson Reuters and SDVI — as well as DPP CEO Rowan de Pomerai — to explore AI tools in the newsroom, measuring real supply chain transformation, and what it really means to be entering the Age...

Not many people get invited to talk about media at the Vatican one day and digital transformation in Amsterdam the next. But that's exactly what happened to DPP Founder and Chief Content Officer Mark Harrison. In this episode of the DPP Podcast, Mark shares a selection of vignettes from his audio diary. These were recorded during his trip to Rome for the Vatican media arm's Dicastery for Communica...

Recorded at the SDVI Media Supply Chain Council in London in May 2026, SDVI Chief Marketing Officer Geoff Stedman sits down with the DPP Podcast to explore how broadcasters and media companies are really using AI in their supply chains, why the focus has shifted from cost-for-value to speed-to-value , and what that means for FinOps, metadata, QC, and cloud migration. Geoff also weighs in on the re...

In this episode of the DPP Podcast we digest some of the major themes that were discussed by the industry leaders who developed the DPP 2026 Predictions , and we ask what it really means for the media industry that 'Agentic AI will make hyperpersonalisation a reality' . Hear from Caroline Cardozo , VP, Global Head of Product at Vizrt , about why "good enough" quality is both a threat and a huge op...

NVIDIA's Anaïs Hayes and Jamie Allan speak with the DPP's Rowan de Pomerai and Mark Harrison, in London and Las Vegas respectively, to explore the three waves of AI reshaping media and entertainment: cost reduction, revenue growth, and experience transformation. Anaïs explains how AI has moved from isolated experiments to being embedded across the production lifecycle, from virtual sets and open s...

As Las Vegas fills with 150,000 visitors for CES 2026, DPP Founder Mark Harrison walks the halls as part of his research for the DPP Tech Trends 2026 report. And on his 17th visit to CES he asks if anything taking place in early January in Las Vegas really matters for the media and entertainment industry? From industrial robot demos and buzzing health-tech halls to the notable no-shows of some maj...

Budgets are tight, OpEx is rising, and everyone is talking about AI — but what will Media CTOs actually be prioritising in 2026? In this episode of the DPP podcast, Edward Qualtrough is joined by Cognizant's Peter Elvidge, Channel 4 Technology & Distribution Director Grace Boswood, and Anshul Kapoor from Google Cloud to unpack the insights from the DPP Media CTO Survey 2025  including the real...

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 Chief Executives at major technology providers serving the media and broadcast industry. And on stage in London at the DPP Leaders' Briefing 2025 , Mediagenix CEO Fabrice Maquignon and Dalet VP of Product Management, Mathieu Zarouk, discussed the financi...

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 the way. Discover how Fox is leveraging AI in its Fox One streaming service, and find out how Norwegian tech companies are providing solutions to US news providers. Show Notes DPP CEO Rowan de Pomerai speaks with: Melody Hildebrandt , Fox — CTO [1mi...

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 spoke to industry leaders about what these vendor ecosystems can ultimately provide for customer media organisations — while we also hear from a player which is successfully taking a different approach and consolidating where they see others decentra...

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 Qualtrough to explore the real-world impact of Agentic AI in media operations. Discover how Agentic AI-driven automation is streamlining image creation and selection at Hearst Networks EMEA, freeing up teams and delivering faster, more scalable results...

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 Supply Festival in New York in June 2025, where the DPP's Mark Harrison spoke with Creator Economy experts Kaya Yurieff from The Information , and Creator Economy NYC's Brett Dashevsky for a comprehensive exploration of how content creators are becomi...

Join Mark Harrison and industry leaders as they explore the rapidly evolving media landscape, reflecting on conversations from the DPP Media Supply Festival 2025 in New York. Discover insights into emerging content creation trends, competing with the challenge from YouTube and creator platforms, AI's transformative potential, and how media companies are adapting to unprecedented technological and...

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 in 2021. In this episode of the DPP Podcast, report author and DPP CEO Rowan de Pomerai speaks with contributors to the outputs, all of them media industry experts, to explore the transformative landscape of media distribution, delving into cloud te...

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 initiative exploring the business objectives, technology investment priorities and leadership challenges of Chief Technology Officers and equivalent tech leaders at major media organisations. In this episode of the DPP Podcast we hear from three media...

The DPP European Broadcaster Summit 2025 closed with a live recording of the DPP podcast featuring Broadcaster Technology Leaders from Sky Deutschland, RTL and TV2 Kosmopol reflecting on the conversations and main messages from the event. What did they have to say about encouraging suppliers to approach them and ask tough questions, the technologies that are driving change at European broadcasters...

The DPP European Broadcaster Summit 2025  — which brought together representatives from 30 European media companies with the vendor community — closed with a live recording of the DPP podcast featuring Supplier Business Leaders from Microsoft and Avid, reflecting on the conversations and main messages from the event. What technologies have been the biggest drivers of transformation, how much chang...

The DPP 2025 Predictions report published in February 2025 shows an industry grappling with a new phase of artificial intelligence development and implementation in media, competition from the creator economy, stark cyber threats, an innovation recession, and a bullishness about the data monetisation opportunity. And these statements aren't made by the DPP themselves, but are instead produced by m...

The DPP hosted its Innovation Briefing event at the beginning of 2025, where Founder and Chief Content Officer, Mark Harrison, presented to an audience of media professionals what the latest technology innovations and consumer trends mean for those working in broadcast, entertainment and media. In particular, what's just hype and what are the things that really matter? In this episode of the DPP P...

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,...

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 Notes In this episode of the podcast, DPP CEO Rowan de Pomerai is joined by: Buzz Hays...

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 del...

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 post...

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 De...