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Disruption, Consolidation and taking risks in the media industry

18.02.2021

Kitplus talk market disruption, consolidation and taking risks with DPP CEO, Mark Harrison.

Predictions Transformation Opinion DPP Update Video Membership Insight

Once Upon an Acquisition: The Argonon, Nemorin (and DPP) story

17.12.2020

How a chance meeting helped two DPP member companies create exciting new business opportunities.

Transformation Production Opinion Networking Membership

2020 Visions - The View from the DPP

23.11.2020

At this special RTS event the DPP reflected on the key milestones of the last decade, and the probable trends for the next.

Predictions Transformation Opinion DPP Update Web Event Video Membership

When DPP met KitPlus TV

07.07.2020

Dick Hobbs from KitPlus TV interviews DPP MD Mark Harrison, about the background of the DPP, what good operating practices will look like post-pandemic, and the future of AI in media.

IMF Cloud File Delivery DPP Update AI Video Design for Tomorrow Membership

Innovation Showcase: November

4 November 2025, 16:00 GMT

An opportunity for the DPP and for our members to share and discuss the use cases of the latest technical innovations and how they're being adopted effectively within the media and entertainment industry.

Tech Tech Update

ONLINE

Your DPP: Quarterly Update (October)

7 October 2025, 16:30 GMT

Your DPP is an opportunity to get (re)acquainted with your DPP membership, and to find out what we have coming up and how you can get involved.

Your DPP: Quarterly Update

ONLINE

DPP Advisory Group: September

30 September 2025, 16:30 GMT

A group of representatives from the DPP membership which meets biannually to help us build a better DPP for you.

Advisory Group

ONLINE

Your DPP: Quarterly Update (July)

8 July 2025

Your DPP is an opportunity to get (re)acquainted with your DPP membership, and to find out what we have coming up and how you can get involved.

Your DPP: Quarterly Update

ONLINE

Innovation Showcase: June

17 June 2025

An opportunity for the DPP and for our members to share the latest technical updates and participate in a discussion around them.

Tech Tech Update

ONLINE

Your DPP: Quarterly Update (April)

29 April 2025, 16:30 GMT

Your DPP is an opportunity to get (re)acquainted with your DPP membership, and to find out what we have coming up and how you can get involved.

Your DPP: Quarterly Update

ONLINE

Policies and Terms

Terms & Conditions and Policies of the DPP

DPP Advisory Group: March

6 March 2025, 16:30 GMT

A group of representatives from the DPP membership, which meets biannually to help us build a better DPP for you.

Advisory Group

ONLINE

DPP at HPA Tech Retreat 2025

Free downloads, available to attendees of the HPA Tech Retreat 2022

DPP Update

Innovation Showcase: February

11 February 2025, 16:00 GMT

Tech Tech Update

ONLINE

Your DPP: Quarterly Update (January)

14 January 2025, 16:30 GMT

Your DPP is an opportunity to get (re)acquainted with your DPP membership, and to find out what we have coming up and how you can get involved.

Your DPP: Quarterly Update

ONLINE

Media companies are more focused on change than ever before

11.12.2024

Multiple speakers also emphasised the need for operational effectiveness due to increased pressures to reduce costs.

News Insight Operational Effectiveness Generative AI Business Change

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Innovation Showcase: October 24

29 October 2024, 16:00 GMT

An opportunity for the DPP and for our members to share the latest technical updates and participate in a discussion around them.

Tech Tech Update Innovation Showcase

ONLINE

DPP Advisory Group: October

22 October 2024, 16:30 GMT

A group of representatives from the DPP membership, which meets quarterly to help us build a better DPP for you.

Advisory Group

ONLINE

Your DPP: Quarterly Update (October)

1 October 2024

Your DPP is an opportunity to get (re)acquainted with your DPP membership, and to find out what we have coming up and how you can get involved.

Your DPP: Quarterly Update

ONLINE

DPP Tech Update: July

11 July 2024, 16:00 BST

DPP members meet to hear the latest updates from DPP technical projects, and participate in discussion around them.

Tech Tech Update

ONLINE

DPP Advisory Group: June

18 June 2024, 16:30 BST

A group of representatives from the DPP membership, which meets quarterly to help us build a better DPP for you.

Advisory Group

ONLINE

Media companies are assessing how changing business models will affect the supply chain

13.06.2024

At the end of May, the DPP Media Supply Festival returned to New York. The event brought together experts and practitioners from media and technology companies from across the USA and beyond to share ideas and insights about today’s - and tomorrow’s - media supply chain.

AI Insight Media Supply Festival Media Supply Chain

European Broadcaster Summit shows convergence of broadcast into an IT and software world

11.04.2024

DPP European Broadcaster Summit 2024 summary report shows how media companies and suppliers are looking to approach key industry challenges.

Cloud Transformation IP AI DPP European Broadcaster Summit

New roles for Harrison and de Pomerai at DPP

02.04.2024

The DPP has transferred the role of CEO from Mark Harrison to Rowan de Pomerai, with Mark Harrison now taking the role of Founder and Chief Content Officer.

DPP Update News

DPP Tech Update: March

12 March, 15:30 GMT

An opportunity for the DPP and for our members to share the latest technical updates and participate in a discussion around them.

Tech Tech Update

ONLINE

DPP Advisory Group: February

8 February 2024, 16:30 GMT

A group of representatives from the DPP membership, which meets quarterly to help us build a better DPP for you.

Advisory Group

ONLINE

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DPP Advisory Group: December

7 December 2023, 16:30 GMT

A group of representatives from the DPP membership, which meets quarterly to help us build a better DPP for you.

Advisory Group

ONLINE

Media organisations are totally focused on business effectiveness, finds DPP Leaders’ Briefing

04.12.2023

The keyword at the Leaders’ Briefing 2023 was AI, but the key theme was business effectiveness.

Insight Leaders' Briefing Operational Effectiveness

DPP Tech Update: October

24 October, 4:00pm BST

DPP members meet to hear the latest updates from DPP technical projects, and participate in discussion around them.

Tech Tech Update

ONLINE

DPP research finds IBC 2023 was about modularity, not Gen AI

29.09.2023

The DPP has published its assessment of how well vendors at IBC 2023 met the current needs of their customers.

IBC Generative AI Optimising Video Streaming Modular Asset Management Simplifying Automation

DPP Tech Update: July

13th July, 4:00pm BST

DPP members meet to hear the latest updates from DPP technical projects, and participate in discussion around them.

Tech Tech Update

ONLINE

DPP Advisory Group: July

11 July 2023

A group of representatives from the DPP membership, which meets quarterly to help us build a better DPP for you.

Advisory Group

ONLINE

Supply chain transformation comes from optimising key business processes rather than technology

14.06.2023

This report summarises 45 insights that came from our 15 sessions at the DPP Media Supply Festival 2023 in New York. The annual event takes the temperature on the strategies and technologies that are powering the content supply chain.

Transformation Supply Chain Insight Media Supply Festival Media Supply Chain

The DPP reveals how supply is meeting demand at NAB2023

10.05.2023

For the first time, the DPP has published a unique market assessment from the NAB show.

Cloud Workflows AI Insight FAST NAB

European broadcasters and vendors are evolving closer relationships, finds the DPP

19.04.2023

New for this year, this post event report provides a summary of 18 key design principles that were agreed at the European Broadcaster Summit 2023.

Insight Workshop DPP European Broadcaster Summit Key Design Principles

DPP Advisory Group: March

21 March 2023

A group of representatives from the DPP membership, which meets quarterly to help us build a better DPP for you.

Advisory Group

ONLINE

The Consumer Electronics Show is now a business tech show, says DPP

19.01.2023

CES 2023 is the only report that examines consumer trends from a media industry perspective.

Tech Sustainability Insight CES B2B Gaming

It’s time for efficiency, say speakers at DPP Leaders’ Briefing

05.12.2022

This year’s event saw a significant strategic shift. After years of emphasis on building new direct to consumer services, the priority now is efficiency.

Workflows Research Leaders' Briefing Operational Effectiveness

DPP Tech Network: October

31 October 2022

DPP members meet to hear the latest updates from DPP technical projects, and participate in discussion around them.

Tech Tech Network

ONLINE

The DPP becomes an independent organisation

03.10.2022

Building on its success as a membership organisation, the DPP has announced plans to become fully self-sufficient.

DPP Update News

The rise of social and mobile represents a power shift to audience and platforms

11.07.2022

What's The News? found that current trends in mobile and social media - and the shifts towards these platforms - has dramatically changed how news is being consumed.

News Content Delivery Tomorrow's News

DPP Advisory Group: June

28 June 2022

A group of representatives from the DPP membership get together to help us build a better DPP for you.

Advisory Group

ONLINE

DPP Tech Network: June

20 June 2022

DPP members meet to hear the latest updates from DPP technical projects, and participate in discussion around them.

Tech Tech Network

ONLINE

Organisational change is now the key to supply chain modernisation

09.06.2022

At the 2022 DPP Media Supply Festival, over 160 customers and suppliers were brought together to explore the transformation of media supply processes. The DPP Media Supply Manifesto 2022 summarises the key themes, challenges, and changes that unfolded.

Supply Chain Media Supply Festival

European broadcasters look for strategic relationships to help enable transformation

11.04.2022

At the DPP European Broadcaster Summit, broadcasters from across Europe came together to share and discuss key messages with their supplier community. This report provides a summary of the themes that emerged.

DPP European Broadcaster Summit

Integration Expertise

30.03.2022

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

Workflows Insight Software Making Integration Work Integration

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DPP Tech Network: February

14 February 2022

DPP members meet to hear the latest updates from DPP technical projects, and participate in discussion around them.

Tech Tech Network

ONLINE

The media industry is determined to reset for the future despite setbacks, DPP members predict

07.02.2022

How will the media industry grow and adapt to rapid change and colossal demand for content in turbulent economic conditions? Find out in the DPP 2022 Predictions.

Predictions Sustainability Transformation Workflows Research Virtual Production

DPP Advisory Group: February

2 February 2022

A group of representatives from the DPP membership, which meets quarterly to help us build a better DPP for you.

Advisory Group

ONLINE

‘This is the year sustainability went into production’, says the DPP’s new CES report

17.01.2022

CES 2022: What consumer trends mean for the media industry unwraps the trends from this year’s exhibition and compares them against 13 years of previous CES analysis.

Tech Cloud Predictions Sustainability Research

DPP podcast episode 9 with ITV and Dalet - Getting Agile outside of IT, and how tech transformation is fuelling business innovation

11.01.2022

ITV's Zoe Carter and Dalet's Ewan Johnston join CTO Rowan de Pomerai for episode 9 of the DPP podcast to digest themes from the Leaders' Briefing 2021.

Transformation Podcast Leaders' Briefing

Culture, engagement and nurturing employees the focus to tackle workforce challenges

20.12.2021

Values, workforce, skills, engagement and diversity are critical and profound part of business transformation agenda, DPP Leaders’ Briefing 2021 shows.

Leaders' Briefing

Media leaders look to supply chain partners to better integrate modular, best-of-breed services

15.12.2021

In the DPP Leaders’ Briefing 2021 summary report, content providers challenged supplier ecosystem to help tackle biggest tech challenges and deliver for customers.

Supply Chain Leaders' Briefing

DPP Leaders' Briefing 2021 reveals workforce as top priority for media organisations

10.12.2021

The DPP Leaders' Briefing 2021 summary report presents an exclusive picture of where the media industry is heading.

Transformation Research Business Requirements Leaders' Briefing

DPP Tech Network: November

1 November 2021

DPP members meet to hear the latest updates from DPP technical projects, and participate in discussion around them.

Tech Tech Network

ONLINE

DPP Advisory Group: October

20 October 2021

A group of representatives from the DPP membership, which meets quarterly to help us build a better DPP for you.

Advisory Group

ONLINE

DPP Tech Network: July

12 July 2021

DPP members meet to hear the latest updates from DPP technical projects, and participate in discussion around them

Tech Tech Network

DPP Advisory Group: June

15 June 2021

A group of representatives from the DPP membership, which meets quarterly to help us build a better DPP for you.

Advisory Group

DPP Tech Network: April

26 April 2021

DPP members meet to hear the latest updates from DPP technical projects, and participate in discussion around them

Tech Tech Network

DPP launches Live and Remote Production research project

10.03.2021

Going Live & Remote is a major research project exploring the recent explosion in the creation of live content by distributed work teams

Tech Cloud Transformation Production Workflows Research Live Insight Going Live and Remote

DPP Advisory Group: March

9 March 2021

A group of representatives from the DPP membership, which meets quarterly to help us build a better DPP for you.

Advisory Group

Market disruption will push the media industry towards greater risk taking in 2021, predicts the DPP

03.02.2021

How will a media industry focused on survival and redefinition become more adaptable and accepting of risk in order to both survive and thrive throughout 2021? Find out in the DPP 2021 Predictions.

Predictions Transformation Research AI

DPP Tech Network: January 2021

At this Tech Network update we discussed recent DPP technical insights, updates to DPP technical projects and projects on the roadmap for 2021.

Tech Tech Network

Smallest CES for a decade marks the start of a technological revolution says the DPP

21.01.2021

The DPP unpacks the trends from this year’s CES and combines them with a broader analysis of the technology market, to reveal a business-led tech revolution - from which consumers will be the beneficiaries.

Tech Predictions Research AI

DPP Tech Network: January

18 January 2021

DPP members meet to hear the latest updates from DPP technical projects, and participate in discussion around them

Tech Tech Network

DPP Tech Leaders’ Briefing 2020 reveals the key priorities of major media organisations

10.12.2020

The purpose of the DPP Tech Leaders’ Briefing is to generate focused business intelligence, and this year didn’t disappoint. A unique picture of the business direction being set by leading decision makers is presented in the summary report.

Transformation Research Tech Leaders' Briefing Supply Chain Business Requirements

DPP Advisory Group: December

2 December 2020

A group of representatives from the DPP membership, which meets quarterly to help us build a better DPP for you.

Advisory Group Webinar

Commercial Relationships: Embedding value

30 November 2020

What kinds of business relationships will we need in the future? Our final Design for Tomorrow webcast explores how suppliers and customers can best support one another.

Transformation Research Supply Chain Business Requirements Webinar Design for Tomorrow

Distribution: Delivering for audiences

29 October 2020

How can consumers gain access to the content they want, when they want, at the quality they want? Our penultimate Design for Tomorrow webcast asks the experts.

Transformation Research Distribution Supply Chain Business Requirements Webinar Design for Tomorrow VOD

Content Creation: Producing ingenuity

15 October 2020

2020 has been traumatic for production. How can the highest risk part of the industry be ready for next time? Find out at this special Design for Tomorrow webcast.

File Delivery Transformation Production Research Supply Chain Business Requirements Webinar Design for Tomorrow

DPP Tech Network: October

5 October 2020

DPP members meet to hear the latest updates from DPP technical projects, and participate in discussion around them.

Tech Tech Network

Libraries and Archives: Managing media inventory

1 October 2020

Content companies need their content inventory to be usable and accessible - from anywhere. Find out how this can be achieved in the next Design for Tomorrow webcast.

Transformation Versioning Research Supply Chain Business Requirements Webinar Design for Tomorrow

DPP Exclusive

30.09.2020

‘Burrito economics’ has become a useful shorthand for truly understanding manufacturing costs. But are we any nearer understanding the value relationship between consumers, their content, and how we manufacture and deliver it?

Supply Chain DPP Exclusive Web Event Video

Content Preparation: Building the agile media factory

24 September 2020

Join us in this Design for Tomorrow webcast to explore the key supply chain processes of content receipt, and preparation for distribution and archive.

File Delivery Transformation Versioning Research Supply Chain Business Requirements Webinar Design for Tomorrow

DPP Exclusive

17 September 2020

We’ll explore analytics, efficiency, the health of the media economy and much more at this invitation-only summit for 50 senior leaders from the membership of the DPP.

DPP Exclusive Webinar

Key Design Principles

27 August 2020

We reveal the common principles that need to inform the design of all media businesses in the wake of the pandemic, in the first of our Design for Tomorrow series.

Transformation Research Supply Chain Business Requirements Webinar Design for Tomorrow

DPP provides the design principles to help companies succeed in an uncertain future

25.08.2020

A new DPP report, Key Design Principles, provides practical guidance, and five foundational components, for any organisation determined to build back better from the turmoil of 2020.

Transformation Research Design for Tomorrow

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.

Transformation Research Design for Tomorrow

DPP charts the path to the cloud for media companies

17.08.2020

This latest DPP report gives an unprecedented industry-wide view of the opportunities and challenges of building media workflows in the cloud.

Tech Cloud Transformation Research Supply Chain Implementation

DPP launches major project to support media industry recovery

03.07.2020

Design for Tomorrow, our next major research project, will be an in-depth look at the key principles that will increase resilience and growth in the post Coronavirus media economy.

Transformation Research Supply Chain Design for Tomorrow

DPP Tech Network

16 March 2020

DPP members meet to discuss IMF technology development, implementation, and AS-11 file delivery.

Tech Tech Network

DPP Advisory Group

10 March 2020

A group of representatives from the DPP membership, which meets quarterly to help us build a better DPP for you

Advisory Group

DPP 2020 predictions reveal how global media trends are impacting at the local level

04.02.2020

The DPP today published its annual media industry predictions, in partnership with DPP member company Imagen.

DPP At Home Predictions Opinion

When will tech mean business?

10.10.2019

The industry continues to split discussions about technology and business practice, but this discourse needs to change, says DPP managing director Mark Harrison.

Tech Transformation Opinion

How do you like your IMF in the morning?

27.09.2019

A report from the DPP’s IMF Breakfast Briefing at IBC 2019

Advertising IMF Tech Versioning Implementation

Sign of the Times: Enhancing IMF with Auxilary Image Tracks

16.09.2019

As a UK Public Service Broadcaster, ITV is regulated by Ofcom, which oversees the provision of accessible content on our broadcast platforms.

IMF Tech Versioning

Will IMF replace AMWA AS-11?

30.08.2019

The DPP is famous for making the transition to file-based delivery a reality, by developing a family of specifications built on AMWA AS-11.

IMF Tech AS-11 File Delivery Versioning

NABA and the DPP pave the way for J2K

19.07.2019

The introduction of the Interoperable Master Format (IMF) within the media industry has brought a revolution to media workflow processes for film and television.

IMF Tech Specification Versioning

What do 75% of members get from the DPP?

18.07.2019

Every year we run a survey to check in with the whole DPP membership and find out how we’re doing.

Opinion Business Benefits

All aboard for IMF at IBC

09.07.2019

At IBC this year we’ll be continuing the DPP’s mission to deliver business insights and real world implementations of IMF for Broadcast & Online

IMF Tech Versioning Implementation

A free, open API to turbo charge IMF: imf-mm-api

21.06.2019

We promise it’s not just alphabet soup.

IMF Tech Versioning Implementation

Unlocking Opportunities with IMF for Advertising

07.06.2019

TV and Online advertising have started to converge over the last few years. What does this mean for TV ad sales and operations teams?

Advertising IMF Tech Workflows Versioning

Why IMF Matters for Broadcast & Online

10.05.2019

Two years ago, the DPP set out to make IMF a reality for both our members and the industry as a whole, through technical work and implementation support.

IMF Tech Versioning Supply Chain Implementation

IMF For Real

11.04.2019

Bright and early on Tuesday morning, a dedicated group of enthusiastic DPP members turned out at our NAB breakfast briefing.

IMF Tech Versioning Implementation

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

DPP At Home Transformation Workflows AI

MEMBERS

2019 Predictions say new business models are key

31.01.2019

The DPP has released its latest set of annual predictions, created by industry experts drawn from its membership.

DPP At Home Predictions Transformation

The DPP creates unique assessment of AI in media

08.01.2019

The DPP has published a new report for its Members that looks in detail at how AI is being applied in the media industry, and where future potential lies

Tech DPP At Home Transformation Workflows AI Metadata

DPP launches AMWA AS-11 X1 UHD specification

23.10.2018

The DPP has today announced the release of a new technical specification to support broadcasters delivering (UHD) programmes

Tech AS-11 Specification File Delivery UHD

Meet The IMF Pioneers

16.10.2018

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

File Delivery Transformation Workflows Versioning

MEMBERS

Major Change for the DPP

26.03.2015

The DPP has today announced it will become a new entity, Digital Production Partnership Ltd (DPP Ltd), from 1 April.

Transformation DPP Update