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I’m Kauser Kanji and I work with broadcasters, content owners, streamers and vendors on their OTT products, technologies and commercial strategies.
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What If Trump Slaps a Tariff on Non-US TV Shows?
It started with steel and washing machines, then moved on to cars and Chinese electronics. But what if the next wave of US protectionism – major new announcements expected tomorrow - targets [...]
OTT Question Time S5, Ep 7 – Amazon Prime, Disney+ & Netflix Ad Strategies
In its recent Q3 report, Netflix reported that its AVOD tier was proving to be extremely popular: ads memberships were up 35% quarter-on-quarter and, in the countries where it was available, the [...]
OTT Question Time S5, Ep 6 – The Dynamics & Future of Film & HETV Financing
Ben Keen, the renowned OTT industry analyst, recently published a report about the state of UK film financing for the British Screen Forum. In it he outlined some of the trends he’d [...]
OTT Question Time S5, Ep 5 – OTT Service Feels
When you think, or talk, about various OTT services, what reactions do they evoke? Are they functional (catching up with Strictly Come Dancing on BBC iPlayer)? Transactional (Prime Video comes with my [...]
OTT Question Time Online, Season 5, Ep 4 – Olympics Debrief
Everything about the Olympics and Paralympics is at a gargantuan scale. The logistics, the venues, the ticket sales. The sponsors, the travel, the security. The inspiration, anticipation and the sheer spectacle of [...]
OTT Question Time Online S5, Ep3 – The Value of Content
One of the things that made the old TV model so successful was the relative scarcity of content. If you missed something when it was broadcast you’d have to wait for it [...]
50 VOD Professionals 2024
** 2024 list now live! **
Nominated by you, adjudicated by a specialist panel, tell us about the most influential people working in the UK’s OTT industry over the past 12 months.
Featuring Amazon, Apple, the BBC, BritBox, Channel 4, DAZN, Everyone TV, Google, ITV, Metaphysic, Netflix, NOW, Pluto TV, Samsung, Sky, STUDIOCANAL, TiVo, Virgin Media, Warner Bros Discovery, YouTube and a range of independent streamers, vendors and service-providers.
