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Media CTO Survey 2024

18.11.2024

This report explores the leadership challenges and technology investment priorities of 26 leading CTOs from major media organisations.

IBC 2024: Demand vs Supply

26.09.2024

The new IBC 2024: Demand vs Supply report evaluates how well the market is responding to the needs of customers in the media and entertainment industry.

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The State of Media Technology Security 2024

09.09.2024

How are media and entertainment companies protecting themselves from cyber security threats?

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Supply Chain Today: Key insights from the Media Supply Festival 2024

13.06.2024

This report condenses 54 insights that came from the Media Supply Festival 2024's 18 sessions.

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NAB 2024: Demand vs Supply

29.04.2024

We look at the latest solutions at NAB2024 for Co-Pilot AI, Accessibility, Content Integrity and Next Gen Adtech.

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DPP European Broadcaster Summit 2024

11.04.2024

A summary report outlining the key insights that emerged from the European Broadcaster Summit 2024.

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AI in Media: What does good look like?

19.02.2024

Explore real life uses cases, the expectations, and potentials of AI in media.

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The DPP 2024 Predictions

07.02.2024

What next for AI and transformation in media? Explore the views of industry experts in the DPP 2024 Predictions.

CES 2024: What consumer trends mean for the media industry

18.01.2024

How will trends from the CES 2024 show impact media companies in the year ahead?

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Leaders' Briefing 2023

01.12.2023

Read the summary report to find out about key insights that emerged from the Leaders' Briefing 2023.

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Future Ready Media Organisations

06.11.2023

What are the technology investments and strategies of Future Ready Media Organisations? Explore how broadcast companies are preparing for future success.

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Hybrid Working in the Media Industry

09.10.2023

Where has the media sector settled in its post-pandemic recovery? Read DPP's hybrid working report to find out.

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IBC 2023: Demand vs Supply

28.09.2023

How well is the market responding to the needs of the customer community? The second report in the Demand vs Supply series, the DPP has reported from IBC 2023.

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Supply Chain Today: The Key Insights

14.06.2023

This report summarises 45 insights that came from the Media Supply Festival 2023's 15 sessions.

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MMP: Content Protection

18.05.2023

What are the best practices to thwarting illegal consumption?

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MMP: Content Monetisation

18.05.2023

Explore the approaches media companies and their technology partners are using to maximise monetisation of video content.

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MMP: Rights Management

18.05.2023

Understand the challenges and opportunities of effective rights management.

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Demand vs Supply: What's the score? (NAB 2023)

10.05.2023

How well are technology suppliers meeting the demands of their customers in the media industry? For the first time, the DPP has reported from the NAB show.

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DPP European Broadcaster Summit 2023

18.04.2023

A summary report outlining 18 key design principles that were agreed at the European Broadcaster Summit 2023.

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The Future of Localisation

20.02.2023

The DPP has spoken with more than 50 experts from content creators, streaming platforms, localisation service providers, and technology vendors, to find out whether we're on the brink of an automated localisation revolution.

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The DPP 2023 Predictions

02.02.2023

Market turbulence will be what we remember most from 2023. Discover what all eight predictions are for this year.

CES 2023: What consumer trends mean for the media industry

18.01.2023

The only report that looks at the CES show from a media industry perspective.

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Leaders' Briefing 2022

05.12.2022

Read the summary report to find out about the key themes that emerged from the Leaders' Briefing 2022.

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How To Buy Better

16.11.2022

How To Buy Better reveals the true picture about customer and vendor relationships.

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The Truth About Standards

18.10.2022

Exploring trends in interoperability, from formal standards to open source.

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Making The News

12.09.2022

The third and final report in the DPP's Tomorrow's News series.

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The News Business

02.09.2022

What does it take to make news and make money?

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What's The News?

11.07.2022

What are the major trends in topical content consumption? How are consumers consuming news, what does this mean for content delivery, and how and why are news operations therefore likely to change?

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The DPP Media Supply Manifesto 2022

09.06.2022

Find out about the key themes, challenges, and changes that unfolded at the DPP Media Supply Festival 2022.

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DPP European Broadcaster Summit

11.04.2022

A summary report of the DPP's first ever European Broadcaster Summit.

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The Integration Opportunity

30.03.2022

Discover the potential benefits of integrating applications, data, and organisational silos.

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Delivering Seamless Integration

30.03.2022

Explore the common architectures for integration.

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Integration Expertise

30.03.2022

Investigate one of the most important questions: who is best placed to deliver successful integration?

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Cyber Security Secrets

15.03.2022

Find out what our group of cyber security experts wish they had known on the first day of the job.

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The DPP 2022 Predictions

07.02.2022

In 2022, our experts say that the media industry is determined to grow despite setbacks. Find out what the other key predictions are.

CES 2022: What consumer trends mean for the media industry

17.01.2022

Discover which trends from CES 2022 are relevant to your business.

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Leaders' Briefing 2021

10.12.2021

Exclusive business intelligence from 31 major media organisations to help you enhance your business in 2022.

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Streaming at Scale

18.10.2021

Examine the different elements of a large scale streaming solution, from video delivery to subscriber management and user experience.

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Cloud Playout

18.10.2021

Investigate the different use cases for playout and why media companies are moving it into the cloud.

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Cloud Post Production

18.10.2021

Delve into the different phases of post production, and the different cloud-based tools that can be used in each.

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Automating Media

18.10.2021

Explore the deployment and potential of automation, and how it's enabling the direct to consumer revolution.

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Cloud Technology

18.10.2021

A guide to key technological terms for The Cloud for Media 2021 series.

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Working Live

19.07.2021

Explore how recent developments that have revolutionised live production, including the coronavirus pandemic, have impacted workforces.

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The Business of Live

30.06.2021

Discover what an explosion of live content means for the professional media industry, and how it has become the ultimate direct to consumer product.

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Making Innovation Pay

27.04.2021

What do we mean by innovation? And how can media companies be effective at identifying and delivering it? This series of three reports reveals the answers as well as the next, largely untapped, focus for media industry innovation.

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Live Remote Production

08.04.2021

Explore the brand new agreed definitions of live remote production models, and discover which will dominate in the long term.

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The DPP 2021 Predictions

03.02.2021

The events of 2020 gave this year’s predictions a real edge. But what were our experts’ key predictions for 2021? Discover why market disruption will push the media industry towards greater risk taking over the next 12 months.

CES 2021: What consumer trends mean for the media industry

21.01.2021

What do trends from this year’s Consumer Electronics Show mean for media? Discover a business-led tech revolution - from which consumers will be the beneficiaries.

Tech Leaders' Briefing 2020

10.12.2020

Actionable business intelligence from 30 major media companies to help you grow your business in 2021.

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Commercial Relationships

10.11.2020

Find out why forward looking customers and suppliers are all prepared to exchange long-term arrangements for less secure but better adapted commercial models.

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Distribution

27.10.2020

Discover the six key success factors for forward looking distribution businesses. Consumer demand drives new content distribution strategies, so content providers must now achieve flexible, responsible, and user-centric content delivery.

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Content Creation

14.10.2020

Essential reading for production companies and their suppliers. Do you have the resilience and ingenuity to succeed in an uncertain future?

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Burrito or Bust: Is understanding value now the key to success?

06.10.2020

Explore some fundamental questions about the media industry’s ability to align its cost base with the value of what it makes.

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Libraries and Archives

29.09.2020

Managing Media Inventory, the third report in our Design for Tomorrow series, identifies the key success factors for the design of future facing content collections and repositories.

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Content Preparation

15.09.2020

Discover the six key success factors for the design of content preparation operations in an unpredictable media market in Building the Agile Media Factory, the second report in our Design for Tomorrow series.

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Key Design Principles

25.08.2020

Discover the five Key Design Principles for any organisation determined to build back better from the turmoil of 2020, and equip your company to succeed, even when the future is unknown.

The Cloud for Media

17.08.2020

Our 2020 report provides an authoritative guide to migrating media organisations to the cloud, the steps required, and practical advice for success.

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Will Covid-19 Change The Way We Work?

21.07.2020

In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, the media industry moved to remote working quickly and well. But what happened next? We uncover a rollercoaster of anxiety and uncertainty in this special report.

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Home Truths No.20 - Ways of Working: Views from a Crisis

20.05.2020

Why doesn’t remote working feel the same as flexible working? What kinds of workplaces do we need now, and in the future? And how can we do more, not less?

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Supplying the VOD Revolution

30.04.2020

An extensive piece of research into the global supply of content to VOD platforms, identifying pain points and exploring formats and standards. What practical steps can be taken to reduce complexity and enhance efficiency in this vital artery of our industry?

Next Gen Supply Chain

16.04.2020

Will companies with next generation supply chains have a competitive advantage? We explore what major content companies adopting software defined, cloud led supply chains could mean for the media industry.

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Next Gen Production

06.02.2020

From a small digital agency to a Hollywood studio, how are production companies using the cloud as a key production tool? And are they gaining a competitive advantage?

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Home Truths No.19 - 2020 Predictions

04.02.2020

How is globalisation creating opportunities, and challenges, in the media supply chain? Plus more 2020 predictions from DPP members

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Delivering the IP Future

30.01.2020

Which technologies will enable the media and entertainment industry to deliver an all-IP future for content distribution?

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CES 2020

16.01.2020

How do trends from the world’s most famous technology show affect the media and entertainment industry, and how have they changed over the last decade?

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Tech Leaders' Briefing 2019

17.12.2019

Grow your business with actionable business intelligence from 32 major customers - broadcasters, content platforms and social and technology giants

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Business Benefits of IMF for Advertising

06.09.2019

How will component-based workflows bring efficiencies across the advertising supply chain and unlock new commercial opportunities using IMF?

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Home Truths No.18 – The Localisation Challenge

01.09.2019

How do the relationships between media companies around the localisation and versioning processes required for international distribution need to change?

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Do Brands Hold the Key to the Future of Content?

30.07.2019

Content funding models are being disrupted. Who’s calling the shots? Creators, advertisers, consumers – or all three?

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Home Truths No.17 – Preparing for an IP Future

06.06.2019

What are the challenges posed by the transition to full IP distribution of content to consumers? How can we ensure smooth delivery of a fully IP future?

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Survey Report: Blindsided

27.02.2019

Are you in danger of missing highly disruptive trends? Find out what new trends in technology, global media markets and consumer behaviours mean for media

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Home Truths No.16 The DPP 2019 Predictions

31.01.2019

Which 8 key themes will dominate the media industry in 2019? Find out what DPP members predict, and what we got right, and wrong, in 2018

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CES 2019

17.01.2019

Discover the trends from CES 2019 that will have profound implications for media companies, in the context of a decade’s worth of CES trend data

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Home Truths No.15 AI For Real

08.01.2019

How is AI being applied in the media and where does future potential lie? Where is the real business value and what are the opportunities?

Home Truths No.14 Communicating Security

18.12.2018

Who’s the weakest link in the chain? Find out why only by listening to the ‘customer’ can security experts really understand how to minimise risk.

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Technology Leaders' Briefing 2018

04.12.2018

Actionable business intelligence from 17 major technology customers - broadcasters, platforms and technology giants. Their top 3 priorities revealed.

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Meet The IMF Pioneers

16.10.2018

How are some of the world’s biggest broadcasters implementing IMF for Broadcast & Online in their workflows?

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Home Truths No.13 The Future of Video Advertising

08.10.2018

What are the challenges to the advertising model as both advertising & video move online &, increasingly, to mobile? Will a whole new model emerge?

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The Production Business

12.07.2018

The first ever survey of how production companies produce, completed by 57 production companies of all sizes and kinds

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Home Truths No.12 Building The Media Cloud

06.06.2018

What would it take to create ideal cloud environments for media? We explore the requirements for building the media industry cloud

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The Business Benefits of IMF

10.04.2018

This guide helps influencers and decision makers from content supply companies understand the financial and operational benefits of adopting IMF

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Survey Report: Why we get trends wrong

26.02.2018

Do media professionals have blind spots when it comes to the technologies they believe really matter? More effective technology trend analysis.

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Home Truths No.11 The DPP 2018 Predictions

06.02.2018

In 2017 we drew up the first ever DPP predictions. It's time to find out what we got right, what we got wrong, and the next big things for 2018

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Survey Report: CES 2018

18.01.2018

Unique insight into the world’s most famous technology show by analysing not only the show itself, but how it relates to previous CES events

Meet the UK Broadcasters 2017

27.11.2017

We explore the three current key priorities of each of the CTOs from the major UK broadcasters; and their specific messages to the supplier community

Survey Report: Are we fit for Cyber War?

22.11.2017

Are you proactive in establishing good security practice? Experts discuss the maturity of security thinking in the media sector

A Producer's Guide to File Delivery

05.10.2017

Guidance on the end-to-end file delivery process from file creation (AS-11) and metadata insertion through to QC and delivery

Home Truths No.10 Automation

28.09.2017

What happens when the media industry is no longer in control of the future of media? And where will machine learning and AI take the industry next?

10 Things You Need to Know About Going Live Online

24.08.2017

Which online platforms do professional content producers need to consider? How to get set up and deliver your content effectively online

Home Truths No.9 Building the New Supply Chain

04.07.2017

How does supply chain thinking apply to media companies? What does the new media supply chain look like? And what are the key principles?

Meet The… Online Pioneers

20.06.2017

Facebook, Fulwell 73 and Silverback Films reveal the new creative processes behind their creation of the best premium content for online distribution

Home Truths No.8 - The Need For Speed

10.05.2017

How will businesses transform in the next 5 years? And how could the very shape of the industry be disrupted?

Survey Report: The Business Benefits of IP Production

28.03.2017

The first ever assessment of where companies can expect to see the greatest ROI from committing to IP-based production

Survey Report: Connectivity Supply to Production

14.03.2017

Identify the kind of connectivity provision appropriate to your production campany’s needs, with an indication of costs and type of service

Home Truths No.7 The DPP 2017 Predictions

07.02.2017

The first ever DPP 2017 Predictions, drawn up in consultation with subject matter experts from the whole media supply chain

Survey Report: CES 2017

19.01.2017

Unique insight into the world’s most famous technology show. We analyse not only the show itself, but how it relates to previous CES events.

Survey Report: Decoding CES

19.01.2017

What were the most significant trends from CES over the last 7 years? And what do they tell us about the future of technology and the media?

Meet The… Rising Stars

17.01.2017

Find out about the ways in which new DPP member start-up companies are busy disrupting existing business models

10 Things You Need to Know About Location Workflows

06.12.2016

What are the roles, activities and technologies that give everyone the best chance of managing the pressures of location working successfully?

Meet The… UK Broadcasters 2016

02.11.2016

What types of relationships do broadcasters want as they migrate away from a hardware-centric operation to a software and cloud-driven world?

Home Truths No.6: Could Content Data Make You Rich?

26.10.2016

What are the opportunities for efficiency and revenue that could come from making better use of data collected throughout the content creation chain?

Survey Report: New Content Creators

17.10.2016

The first ever qualitative research into the operational models of new content creators and their suppliers

Home Truths No.5 Putting Trust in the Cloud

23.09.2016

What does it takes to build trust in new, cloud-based services? How do you mitigate the impact of security breaches – and in the process improve your business operations?

10 Things You Need to Know About Cyber Security

01.08.2016

What are the cyber security challenges faced by productions, and where do they come from? Practical tips on how to protect your content.

Survey Report: Connectivity & Production

14.06.2016

How do production companies use connectivity? What do they spend? What quality do they get? And what role could connectivity could have in their future?

Home Truths No.4 VR- Who Needs It?

10.05.2016

What will be the impact of immersive technologies? DPP members believe it wil be on the creation of experiences - particularly for VR and 360° Video

DPP Guide to UHD Production Workflows

26.01.2016

What are the key considerations when producing UHD content? Productions teams can learn about current industry best practice, enabling a proactive approach

Home Truths No.3 UHD - For Real

25.01.2016

Major change is never about technology; it’s about users. So what will drive take-up of UHD? And what do producers and consumers really want from it?

DPP Guide to Digital Archiving

27.10.2015

"Which media should I store & where? How will I know it’s safe? How long should I keep it & how will I find it again? How much will it cost me?"

Home Truths No.2 Trust Me - I'm A File

26.10.2015

How can content be guaranteed safe in a new world of file-based working? How can sellers reduce anxiety and deliver the benefits of new technologies?

10 Things You Need to Know About Connectivity

04.08.2015

An introductory guide to the basics of connectivity and how the particular requirements of our industry translate into services you might consume.

10 Things You Need to Know About Ultra High Definition

31.07.2015

What is UHD? What do the technical terms mean? And how it will affect TV production? Designed for the non-techical reader

Home Truths No.1 Reaching Nirvana - Over IP

13.07.2015

Do we know what IP production and broadcast really mean? Where are we on the technology journey? And what exactly are the business benefits?

File Delivery: The Story So Far

17.05.2015

What made the DPP’s implementation of file delivery in the UK, on 1st October 2014, such an extraordinary example of pan-industry collaboration?

10 Things You Need to Know About Digital Storage

13.09.2014

Where and how could you store your new digital content? And how can you make it safe, retrievable and affordable for the long term?

The Creative Revolution

01.05.2013

"How are digital technologies changing creativity? Is the partnership between creativity and technology being strained by change – or invigorated?"

The Coming Storm?

01.03.2013

How are cloud technologies and processed being applied to broadcast technologies and key media business areas?

The Bloodless Revolution

01.05.2012

Practical tips for anyone delivering an end-to-end digital production. Plus, a checklist to help ensure the smoothest route through the production jungle.

The Reluctant Revolution

01.09.2011

What are the barriers to end-to-end digital for production? And how could changes in the market, technology and processes tear those barriers down?

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