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Photo highlights from the DPP Media Supply Festival 2025

As media supply chains grow more complex, the need for smarter, more connected solutions has never been greater.

Now in its fifth year, the Media Supply Festival brought together content companies, cloud providers, integrators, and startups to share best practices and work together to define tomorrow’s media supply chain.

Thank you to all our speakers and attendees who joined and made the Festival a success.

And thank you to our sponsors. The 2025 Media Supply Festival was enabled by Headline Sponsor SDVI Corporation, Supporting Sponsors EIKON Group, Prime Focus Technologies, Tedial, Telestream, and VUBIQUITY, Contributing Sponsors Grass Valley, Mediagenix, Premiere Digital Services, Registration and Lanyard Sponsor Amazon Web Services, WiFi Sponsor Venera Technologies, and Digital Sponsor Storj.

Here are some moments captured during the two-day event.

The morning of Day 1 featured the following sessions:

  • The Year in Supply Chain with SDVI
  • Media’s Known Unknowns: Five predictions that make the future uncertain with DPP
  • Supplying the Supply Chain: The state of production with ProdPro
Larry Kaplan, President & CEO of SDVI

Larry Kaplan, President & CEO of SDVI

Mark Harrison, DPP Founder and Chief Content Officer

Mark Harrison, DPP Founder and Chief Content Officer

Alex LoVerde, CEO of ProdPro

Alex LoVerde, CEO of ProdPro

After a short networking break, our next sessions included:

  • The Creator Economy: What it really means for media with The Information and Creator Economy NYC
  • From Zero to 15 Billion: The birth of Blinx with Blinx
  • Selling News: Future proofing PA Media with PA Media
Kaya Yurieff, Creator Economy Reporter at The Information

Kaya Yurieff, Creator Economy Reporter at The Information

Brett Dashevsky, Founder of Creator Economy NYC

Brett Dashevsky, Founder of Creator Economy NYC

Fadi Radi, Chief Creative Officer at blinx

Fadi Radi, Chief Creative Officer at blinx

Ranj Begley, CRO & MD at PA Media

Ranj Begley, CRO & MD at PA Media

Once lunch had finished, we proceeded with the following sessions:

  • The Future of Monetisation: Facts and fictions with CIMM, Paramount, Nielsen Global Media, and FOX
  • Serving Up Seamless Workflows with ATP Media and Tedial
Rowan de Pomerai, DPP CEO

Rowan de Pomerai, DPP CEO

Jon Watts, Managing Director at CIMM

Jon Watts, Managing Director at CIMM

Colleen Fahey Rush, EVP & Chief Research Officer at Paramount

Colleen Fahey Rush, EVP & Chief Research Officer at Paramount

Brian Fuhrer, SVP, Product Strategy & Thought Leadership at Nielsen Global Media

Brian Fuhrer, SVP, Product Strategy & Thought Leadership at Nielsen Global Media

Kym Frank, SVP, Ad Sales Research at FOX

Kym Frank, SVP, Ad Sales Research at FOX

Phil Madden, Head of Media Management at ATP Media

Phil Madden, Head of Media Management at ATP Media

Julian Fernandez-Campon, CTO at Tedial

Julian Fernandez-Campon, CTO at Tedial

After another quick networking break, the afternoon of Day 1 featured:

  • Executive Interview with Jon Wilson, Grass Valley
  • Executive Interview with Mahesh Ramachandran, Reuters
Jon Wilson, CEO of Grass Valley

Jon Wilson, CEO of Grass Valley

Mahesh Ramachandran, CTO at Reuters

Mahesh Ramachandran, CTO at Reuters

Day 2 of Media Supply Festival 2025 began with the following sessions:

  • Managing and Monetising an Effective Archive with Premiere Digital Services and Lionsgate
  • Science or Art? Strategies for content monetisation with Mediagenix and Vubiquity
  • The Future of Streaming with Streaming Video Technology Alliance (STVA)
Geoff Bloder, CTO at Premiere Digital Services

Geoff Bloder, CTO at Premiere Digital Services

Mark Sgriccia, SVP, Content Operations & Strategy at Lionsgate

Mark Sgriccia, SVP, Content Operations & Strategy at Lionsgate

Eric Carson, Managing Director, Americas at Mediagenix

Eric Carson, Managing Director, Americas at Mediagenix

James Finlay, SVP, Global Packaging at Vubiquity

James Finlay, SVP, Global Packaging at Vubiquity

Jason Thibeault, CEO of Streaming Video Technology Alliance

Jason Thibeault, CEO of Streaming Video Technology Alliance

Following a networking break, the event featured the sessions below:

  • Building Versant with Versant
  • The Practical and the Possible: Where we are with AI with EIKON Group, A+E Global Media, and Gemba AI
  • Executive Interview with Dan Castles, Telestream
Kyle Strickland, SVP Business Operations & Product at Versant

Kyle Strickland, SVP Business Operations & Product at Versant

Jon Gardner, CIO at EIKON Group

Jon Gardner, CIO at EIKON Group

Kristyn DiPane, Director of Localisation at A+E Global Media

Kristyn DiPane, Director of Localisation at A+E Global Media

Tom Hoffman, Founder / Principal Consultant at Gemba AI

Tom Hoffman, Founder / Principal Consultant at Gemba AI

Dan Castles, CEO at Telestream

Dan Castles, CEO at Telestream

After lunch, Media Supply Festival 2025 concluded with these final sessions:

  • Risk and Reward: Implementing AI with BYU Broadcasting and Prime Focus Technologies
  • Transformational Leadership: Outsourcing and optimisation at AMC with AMC Networks
  • Supply Chain Today 
David Ericson, Director Digital Media & Technology (CTO / CIO) at BYU Broadcasting

David Ericson, Director Digital Media & Technology (CTO / CIO) at BYU Broadcasting

Ankur Jain, Business Head, North America at Prime Focus Technologies

Ankur Jain, Business Head, North America at Prime Focus Technologies

Christina Barlowe-Villano, SVP, Business & Technology Transformation at AMC Networks

Christina Barlowe-Villano, SVP, Business & Technology Transformation at AMC Networks

Robyn Goldman, Director - Supply Chain Technologies at AMC Networks

Robyn Goldman, Director - Supply Chain Technologies at AMC Networks