The DPP's 8th annual Leaders' Briefing, the media conference and networking event of the year, brought together the supplier and content provider community.
41 senior executives from 33 major media organisations shared exclusive intelligence about their priorities for the next year. No other industry event provides so much focused insight in one place, all tailored to suppliers and content providers.
Here are some photo highlights from across the two days:
Day 1 kicked off with a fantastic keynote session featuring Google Cloud's Juliet Bramwell and Malika Malik exploring how the media industry can adopt AI responsibly.
Juliet Bramwell - Google Cloud
Malika Malik - Google Cloud
Malika Malik - Google Cloud
The morning then continued with Global Content Providers Part 1 featuring Warner Bros. Discovery's James Crossland, ITV Studios' Abigail Hughes, and YouTube's Rob Pilgrim. This was followed by a Q&A hosted by Vubiquity's Raman Abrol.
Rob Pilgrim - YouTube
Abigail Hughes - ITV Studios
James Crossland - Warner Bros. Discovery
Q&A hosted by Raman Abrol - Vubiquity
Just before lunch we heard from ZDF's Robert Amlung, Yle's Sanna Tornivaara, RTE's Brian Wynne and Deirdre Temple as well as SVT's Adde Granberg. Ateliere Creative Technologies' Ryan Kido then hosted a Q&A.
Robert Amlung - ZDF
Sanna Tornivaara - Yle
Deirdre Temple - RTE
Brian Wynne - RTE
Adde Granberg - SVT
Q&A hosted by Ryan Kido - Ateliere Creative Technologies
The Topical Content Creators session on day 1 featured Marc Schipper from GB News, Pete Clifton from PA Media, and Julia Hatfield from Thomson Reuters.
These three companies are at the forefront of the use of new technology and ways of working to scale their businesses.
Marc Schipper - GB News
Julia Hatfield - Thomson Reuters
Pete Clifton - PA Media
It was great to see a busy Business Lounge and Exhibition Zone!
Executives who spoke in the North American Networks session were from companies at the heart of the American media industry - A+E Networks, Sinclair, and Tubi Media Group. The Q&A was hosted by Benjamin Desbois, COO at Backlight.
David Klee - A+E Networks
Del Parks - Sinclair
Paul Cheesbrough - Tubi Media Group
Q&A hosted by Benjamin Desbois - Backlight
And the final two sessions on day 1 featured:
- Caretta Research's Rebecca Jackson
- The Walt Disney Studios' Barrie Godwin
- TikTok's Natalina Manni
- BBC Studios' Tim Bertioli and Emma McCarthy
Rebecca Jackson - Caretta Research
Natalina Manni - TikTok
Barrie Godwin - The Walt Disney Studios
Tim Bertioli and Emma McCarthy - BBC Studios
We had a fantastic start to day 2 with a second Topical Content Creators session featuring The Associated Press, DAZN, and IMG Studios which included a Q&A session hosted by Ross Videos' David Ross.
This was followed by an exclusive Executive Interview with Warner Bros. Discovery's Leah Hooper Rosa.
Tom Giles and Danielle Reilly - IMG Studios
Paul Shanley - The Associated Press
James Pearce - DAZN
Q&A hosted by David Ross - Ross Video
Leah Hooper Rosa - Warner Bros. Discovery
Day 2 continued with European Content Providers Part 2 where representatives from A+E Networks EMEA, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), and TV2 Denmark spoke about their three priorities for next year.
Morten Brandstrup - TV2 Denmark
Kari Holmen - NRK
Matt Westrup and Julie Mitchelmore - A+E Networks EMEA
After lunch we heard from Mediaset's Monia Vanotti, Sky's Cristina Gomila, and RTL Deutschland's Ida Shahnazari and Andre Prahl. The Q&A was hosted by Amagi's David Walker.
Monia Vanotti - Mediaset
Cristina Gomila - Sky
Andre Prahl and Ida Shahnazari - RTL Deutschland
Ida Shahnazari - RTL Deutschland
Q&A hosted by David Walker - Amagi
Global Content Providers Part 3 on day 2 featured Amazon Studios' Schawn Belston, Peloton's Tim Goff, and MediaCorp's James Hollis - from LA, London as well as Singapore! Google Cloud's Imogen Wall lead the Q&A afterwards.
Schawn Belston - Amazon Studios
Tim Goff - Peloton
James Hollis - MediaCorp
Q&A hosted by Imogen Wall - Google Cloud
And finally, ITV's Zoe Carter, ITN's Jon Roberts and BBC's Sinead Greenaway and Morwen Williams spoke at the last session of the Briefing. The final Q&A was hosted by Signiant's Margaret Craig.
Zoe Carter - ITV
Jon Roberts - ITN
Sinead Greenaway - BBC
Morwen Williams - BBC News
Q&A hosted by Margaret Craig - Signiant
We finished the whole event with a celebratory drinks reception.
Huge thank you to all our members who attended - see you next year!
