Videos from OTT Question Time Live 2025
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OTT Question Time Live 2025 was hosted at our usual home – London’s magnificent British Museum – on 28 and 29 January 2025.
Nearly 70 speakers – across 15 fireside chats, 10 panels and 2 presentations – joined 200+ delegates at Europe’s premium OTT industry event.
They included leaders from Amazon, Arte (France), the BBC, BBC Studios, Bedrock, BritBox International, Channel 4, Everyone TV, France Televisions, Google, Hearst Networks, ITV, Japan Digital Entertainment, Kantar Media, The National Theatre, NBCUniversal, OpenAI, Paramount, Pluto TV, STUDIOCANAL, Tubi, Vue, Warner Bros Discovery, YouTube and ZDF Studios as well as the new MD of NOW.
OTT Question Time Live 2025 – The Big Consolidation
With first-hand experience running major streaming platforms, our all-star panel of Jonas Engwall, CEO of Bedrock, Victoria Davies, MD & Consultant at Accelerate Consulting, Simon Danker, founder of Glandore Media, and Lydia Fairfax, founder & MD of Triple Crown Consulting, brings unparalleled insight into the forces reshaping the OTT landscape. Consolidation is no longer [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2025 – BBC iPlayer Adapting for Audiences of the Future
We started OTT Question Time Live 2025 with a discussion about future audiences and, neatly, we end with one now too with our final keynote from Kerensa Samanidis, GM of BBC iPlayer. In conversation with Ben Keen, Samanidis tells us that within an increasingly competitive and evolving digital environment, the [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2025 – Embracing Future Audiences
How is our industry attracting new, younger audiences when we’re already competing with platforms like TikTok, YouTube, and gaming? To capture their attention, we need to understand where they spend their time, what engages them, and how TV and video can fit into their daily habits. This session, [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2025 – Japan Anime – It’s Real and It’s Spectacular
Anime is one of the biggest growth areas in OTT, says Larry Mahl, President of Japan Digital Entertainment. Japan media franchises, manga, games and anime are the most significant sources of popular IP outside of English language film and TV. Think Pokemon, One Piece, Mario, Attack on Titan, Demon Slayer, Gundam, Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, Transformers, Sonic, Alice in Borderland. [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2025 – ITV’s Approach to Ad Innovation in the Streaming Era
Experiments, prototypes, pilots, happy accidents; From Dynamic Weather targeting to KERCHING via the UK’s largest off-platform Retail Media proposition, in the last 3 years ITV has pioneered a path for broadcaster innovation in advertising. ITV’s director of Advanced Advertising, Rhys McLachlan, talks to Marion Ranchet and lifts the lid on their [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2025 – Streaming Wars Update
At last year’s show, Ben Keen boldly declared Netflix the winner of the Streaming Wars. But a year on, with YouTube’s dominance in ad revenue, creator content, and global reach, many are questioning if Netflix’s crown is secure — or if YouTube is poised to emerge victorious. [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2025 – The Journey of ITVX
Since its launch in December 2022, ITVX has experienced a 35% increase in viewer hours, surpassing other major streaming platforms in the UK, including BBC iPlayer, Netflix, Disney+, Channel 4, and Amazon Prime. In June 2024, ITVX set a new monthly record with 375.8 million streams, marking a [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2025 – All Things Content
Liz Bales, CEO of BASE (the British Association of Screen Entertainment) is joined by an all-star panel of Tushar Jindal, Amazon Prime Video’s Head of Content UK & Ireland, Katheryn Needham, MD of STUDIOCANAL UK, Tim Richards, CEO of Vue Entertainment, and Ewa Voigt, Director of Digital Distribution & International Licensees at Warner Bros [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2025 – The Economics of Free Streaming
AVOD is no longer a side hustle for streamers — it’s a core driver of revenue and strategy. With BBC Studios, Yospace, Channel 4, and Amagi on stage, this session dives deep into the dynamics of ad-supported streaming. What’s behind the sustained growth of AVOD, and how are [...]
OTT Question Time Live 2025 – The Power of New-stalgia
With the advent of streaming, consumers today have unprecedented access to films and television series of yesteryear. Discoverability and accessibility have not only further extended the life cycle of nostalgic content, but tipped the scales of what is considered “new.” Join Tubi’s Executive Vice President and Managing Director [...]
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