DTG Summit 2016 – Display Daily

Sky Reimagines How We Watch TV

by Tom Allen

SkyQ is Sky’s new multi-room service for customers who want the most up-to-date pay-TV experience (Sky Overhauls STB, Prepares for UltraHD). As well as all the features of Sky+, SkyQ features a choice of …

All 4 Original Content

by Tom Allen

4oD was Channel 4’s catch-up service until last March, when it was rebranded to ‘All 4’. Keith Underwood, director of strategy and technology at the broadcaster, discussed the decision, and what it meant. Channel …

How Does King Cnut Impact the TV Market?

by Tom Allen

David Crawford, MD of Arqiva, presented a discussion with the interesting title of ‘King Cnut; John Logie Baird; Ken Olsen; Netflix”, where he discussed the lessons that must be learned from other industries. “Where …

Freesat Discusses Innovation in FTA TV

by Tom Allen

A presentation on free-to-air (FTA) TV was given by Matthew Huntington – appropriately, as he is the CTO of FTA satellite platform, Freesat. FTA TV requires many players to work together. Freesat had run …

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Enabling the Future of Personal Media

by Tom Allen

Graham Mills was the next speaker; he is the co-founder and chair of Personal Media Platforms. This is a collaborative project, with three key goals. It hopes to enable the personal media industry to: …

What Happens Next in UK TV?

by Tom Allen

The second panel of the day was called ‘What happens next in the UK TV market?’ It was moderated by Ed Corn, an associate director at MTM. Speakers were Sascha Prueter (head of Android …

Content Creation Must Change with Consumption

by Tom Allen

There is a special guest at the DTG Summit every year, and in 2016 that was Nathalie Nahai, the ‘web psychologist’. Although not directly involved in the media, she used her experience to speak …

Fragmentation and Standardisation Challenge Media Industry

by Tom Allen

The first panel of the day was titled ‘Threats to the UK media and tech industry’. It was chaired by MD of Decipher Nigel Walley. Panelists were Channel 4 CTO Orpheus Warr; media consultant …

Everything Tends Towards Order – Except Broadcast

by Tom Allen

In early May we visited the annual Digital Television Group (DTG) Summit in London, which brings together stakeholders to discuss the UK TV industry. Now in its 10th year, the event was once again …

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Is the End in Sight for the Couch Potato?

by Tom Allen

We attended the Digital Television Group (DTG) Summit in London in mid-May, which this year was themed around the topic of ‘tomorrow’s consumer’. Charles Dawes – senior director of international marketing for discovery firm …

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