About the DPP
Find out more about the DPP, and why your company should be part of it.
What is the DPP?
The DPP is the international association for media and technology.
We provide member companies with the insight and connections they need to do business better.
The DPP is an essential organisation in our industry. It excels at bringing industry leaders together to discuss challenges and find solutions. If you have not yet become a member, you may be left behind!
Simon Zsebök, ZDF Studios
The DPP is where broadcasters, content creators, and tech companies share ideas and understand trends — to ensure they're fit for the future.
We believe that openness, collaboration, and shared insight are key to success in a complex media environment in which no company can do everything itself.
Who's in the DPP?
The DPP has over 500 member companies, including around 150 content companies.
See all membersHow can the DPP help me?
To understand the key benefits of DPP membership, please download the membership information pack relevant for your company:
What makes the DPP unique?
The DPP is neutral. We don’t campaign or lobby for any part of the industry - our interest is in helping everyone to succeed.
We understand the industry. We are a team with real world experience of making and delivering content – both for content companies and suppliers.
And when you become a DPP member company we treat all your employees as DPP members. So we are an unbeatable personal development resource for your people.
What are the DPP’s values?
The DPP is a small organisation, but we make a big impact in the industry. Our values underline the way we work.
We’re proud to be a diverse team, and we believe diversity, equity and inclusion are essential not only socially and ethically, but for effective business. The DPP is delighted to be a sponsor of Rise – an advocacy group to support women working in the broadcast technology sector.
We are committed to environmental sustainability in our work, our behaviours, and our events. We also want every other media company to be able to show its commitment, so we created our DPP Committed to Sustainability programme. It's a unique initiative that doesn’t require its companies to be the best - just to be determined to get better.
And the DPP is a community. We care passionately about our members, and how we work and communicate. We are always responsive, solution focused, business aware and relevant. Our communications are clear and easy to understand. We are open, collaborative, inclusive and accessible.
What does the DPP do?
When your company is a member of the DPP, you become part of a remarkable community.
We will help you build incredible connections, and bring you unparalleled insight and business engagements that come from spending time with your customers, suppliers and peers.
Our outputs fall into three main categories:
Beyond membership
Your company can build its brand through the DPP by partnering with us as a sponsor on individual projects, reports and events. You'll be associated with the highest quality materials and activities in the industry - consumed by the people that matter.
And if you want something more bespoke, we can do that too. Member companies engage us to host and facilitate events, give expert presentations, undertake specialist research, and provide consultancy.
Contact Jess for details.
Member Benefits
DPP members have access to a wealth of benefits. Take a moment to become (re)acquainted with your membership with our short video and one-page introductory summary.
And don't forget: every member of staff at member companies has access to the DPP. So please share this page with your colleagues!
Formation of the DPP
In 2011 three broadcasters – ITV, Channel 4, and the BBC – decided to collaborate informally to speed up the move to end-to-end digital working. This endeavour was called the Digital Production Partnership – and subsequently reduced to the DPP.
The DPP brought together colleagues from across the industry – in production, post-production, technology, and distribution. This collaboration led to the definition of a common specification for the delivery of content in file format.
In October 2014 all UK broadcasters adopted the new DPP delivery format and removed video tape from their processes.
It was a fine achievement. But what caused most attention was the fact that the DPP was able to facilitate discussion, collaboration, and agreement between different parts of the media supply chain. Once that had begun, no one wanted it to end.
That’s why the DPP was formalised as a membership organisation in 2015.
The next phase
In the years that followed, the DPP grew and evolved. It became highly international - expanding into the USA, continental Europe, and beyond - and its focus extend beyond broadcasting to all forms of audio visual content. Hundreds of companies from around the world became members of the DPP.
The DPP today
With over 500 member companies, major events in cities across America and Europe, and engagements with all types of media companies, some might think that the DPP is unrecognisable from its early incarnation. It provides much broader analysis of industry trends, offers a far greater network of member companies, and covers a wider range of topics. Yet the core focus remains the same: we believe that at points of technology, workflow, and business change, the companies that succeed are those that come together, share ideas, stay informed, and effectively plan for the future.
In October 2022 the DPP became fully independent. The original shareholders - ITV, Channel 4, and the BBC - recognised the need for the DPP to serve the whole industry not just the UK broadcast market. So they relinquished their Board positions - but they continue to be highly engaged member companies.
This change in ownership structure has enabled the DPP to continue its development as an international organisation committed to delivering value to companies of all kinds, from across the whole media supply chain.
You can learn more about our current Board, and the DPP team. Or find out about membership of the DPP.
Our team
Rowan de Pomerai
CEO
Savithri Devadas
Head of Operations and Programme Management
Michelle Dobel
Membership Manager
Theo Fountain
Marketing & Communications Executive
Jessica Goode
Head of Member Engagement
Abdul Hakim
Head of Business Development
Mark Harrison
Founder & Chief Content Officer
Kelvin Jones
Chief Operating Officer
Michelle Lustig
HR Director
Anh Mao
Content Manager - Special Projects and Events
Corinna Mason
Campaign Manager
Edward Qualtrough
Editorial Director
David Thompson
Technology Strategist
Our board
Chair
Helen Stevens
Operations Officer, Content Supply & Distribution, ITV
Executive Directors
Rowan de Pomerai
CEO, DPP
Mark Harrison
Founder & Chief Content Officer, DPP
Kelvin Jones
Chief Operating Officer, DPP
Non Executive Directors
Margaret Craig
Veteran Tech CEO
Danny Meaney
Founder & CEO, UP Ventures Group
Get in touch
To find out more about the DPP, or to discuss how you can get involved, contact Abdul.