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DPP Exclusive

17 September 2020

We’ll explore analytics, efficiency, the health of the media economy and much more at this invitation-only summit for 50 senior leaders from the membership of the DPP.

DPP Exclusive Webinar

DPP Exclusive

30.09.2020

‘Burrito economics’ has become a useful shorthand for truly understanding manufacturing costs. But are we any nearer understanding the value relationship between consumers, their content, and how we manufacture and deliver it?

Supply Chain DPP Exclusive Web Event Video

DPP Advisory Group

10 March 2020

A group of representatives from the DPP membership, which meets quarterly to help us build a better DPP for you

Advisory Group

DPP Tech Network

16 March 2020

DPP members meet to discuss IMF technology development, implementation, and AS-11 file delivery.

Tech Tech Network

One Minute DPP - October 2020

01.10.2020

The DPP Tech Leaders’ Briefing returns, more Design for Tomorrow, and another DPP Innovation Week, plus everything else DPP in under one minute!

DPP Update One Minute DPP

DPP Tech Network: June

8 June 2020

The DPP Tech Network is a group of individuals who would like to be informed about, or take part in, DPP technical projects.

Tech Tech Network Webinar

DPP Tech Network: October

5 October 2020

DPP members meet to hear the latest updates from DPP technical projects, and participate in discussion around them

Tech Tech Network

DPP Advisory Group: June

2 June 2020

A group of representatives from the DPP membership, which meets quarterly to help us build a better DPP for you.

Advisory Group Webinar

DPP Advisory Group: December

2 December 2020

A group of representatives from the DPP membership, which meets quarterly to help us build a better DPP for you.

Advisory Group Webinar

DPP At Home: Remote Working

7 May 2020

In this special webinar, we invite the participants in our COVID-19 research piece to discuss the findings so far.

DPP At Home Research Webinar

DPP Test Lab

The DPP Test Lab offers guidance and certification to companies who produce products that implement DPP specifications and recommendations.

One Minute DPP - November 2020

05.11.2020

Countdown to the DPP Tech Leaders’ Briefing, catch up with Design for Tomorrow, and everything else DPP in under one minute!

DPP Update One Minute DPP

One Minute DPP - March 2020

05.03.2020

A new look, a new website, and all the latest news in a monthly digest from the DPP

DPP Update One Minute DPP

One Minute DPP - Jun 2020

04.06.2020

Catch up with DPP events on demand, and get involved in some exciting new research and development projects

DPP Update One Minute DPP

One Minute DPP - Aug 2020

05.08.2020

The move to remote working, building back better and celebrating innovation, plus everything else DPP in 60 seconds

DPP Update One Minute DPP

One Minute DPP - Sept 2020

03.09.2020

How to make the cloud work for you, building back better with Key Design Principles, plus everything else DPP in 60 seconds

DPP Update One Minute DPP

One Minute DPP - Jul 2020

02.07.2020

Pitch new & exciting products to customers, start to Design for Tomorrow, discover new AI solutions and learn more about IMF for Ads, plus everything else DPP in under one minute!

DPP Update One Minute DPP

DPP Hackathon: the results!

10.12.2019

Learn who participated in the inaugural DPP virtual hackathon around the IMF MM API, and of course, who won.

IMF Tech Versioning Implementation DPP Explore

DPP Tech Network

Stay informed about our technical work with the DPP Tech Network

Tech

One Minute DPP - May 2020

07.05.2020

Read our two latest reports on Supply Chain and supplying to VOD. And find out how the industry is coping in lockdown.

DPP Update One Minute DPP

One Minute DPP - April 2020

02.04.2020

Our COVID-19 webcast on demand, our 5th birthday, plus a new research project!

DPP Update One Minute DPP

Major Change for the DPP

26.03.2015

The DPP has today announced it will become a new entity, Digital Production Partnership Ltd (DPP Ltd), from 1 April.

Transformation DPP Update

DPP Online Events

Learn about the DPP's online events, and watch back recordings of our recent events.

Web Event Video Webinar

DPP Event Strands

We hold a variety of different events each year – from small and exclusive to large and open. Find out more about different types of DPP event here.

DPP At Home Tech Leaders' Briefing Exec Dinner DPP Exclusive DPP Explore Networking

DPP Innovation Week 2020

Replay videos from DPP Innovation Week 2020, and find out more about the companies that took part.

Tech Webinar

DPP Guide to Digital Archiving

27.10.2015

"Which media should I store & where? How will I know it’s safe? How long should I keep it & how will I find it again? How much will it cost me?"

Production Workflows

DPP launches news metadata guidance

22.05.2018

The DPP has announced the release of a new implementation guide: DPP Metadata Exchange for News.

Tech Recommendation News Metadata

DPP to develop Compliance Programme

06.03.2014

The DPP is working to create a Compliance Programme that will ensure manufacturers meet the AS-11 DPP standard.

Tech AS-11 File Delivery Certification Implementation

DPP Tech Network: March 2020

17.03.2020

Tech Network meetings provide DPP members with an overview of current DPP technical projects. Members can download the slides from the latest meeting here.

Tech Tech Update

When DPP met KitPlus TV

07.07.2020

Dick Hobbs from KitPlus TV interviews DPP MD Mark Harrison, about the background of the DPP, what good operating practices will look like post-pandemic, and the future of AI in media.

IMF Cloud File Delivery DPP Update AI Video Design for Tomorrow Membership

DPP Launches Quality Control Guidelines

13.03.2014

The DPP has released a set of standardised UK Quality Control Requirements

Tech File Delivery QC

DPP Innovation Week: Media Workflow

09.09.2020

Learn how to supercharge your cloud workflows with these new and exciting media workflow tools by revisiting this DPP Innovation Week event.

IMF Tech Cloud Sustainability Workflows Versioning Web Event Video Innovation Week

DPP Innovation Week: OTT Distribution

10.09.2020

Optimise your OTT workflows using next generation technology pitched by the most innovative companies in this DPP Innovation Week event.

Tech Cloud Workflows Distribution Supply Chain Web Event Video VOD Innovation Week

DPP Launches Live Technical Standards

04.10.2012

The DPP has today unveiled its Technical Standards for delivery of Live Television programmes.

Tech Distribution Delivery Requirements Live

DPP Innovation Week: Media Processing

09.09.2020

Are you interested in AI/ML for captions, asset tagging, AQC and more? Then rewind the Media Processing DPP Innovation Week event to find new tools.

Tech Cloud UHD AI Metadata QC Web Event Video Innovation Week

Broadcasters support DPP Security mark

12.09.2018

We’re delighted to announce that 30 suppliers have now been awarded the DPP Committed to Security marka

Tech Security

DPP and NABA launch IMF Application Constraint DPP (JPEG2000) published by SMPTE

23.08.2019

The DPP in collaboration with NABA has today announced the publication of the second SMPTE Technical Specification (TSP) for the IMF for broadcast and online use cases.

IMF Tech Specification Versioning

DPP Explore: IMF For Advertising

28.07.2020

IMF for Advertising - is it the future, and how can technology help? Find out in the video of this exclusive DPP webcast featuring speakers from Google, Mirriad, Clearcast & Adstream, explaining several technical proof of concepts.

Advertising IMF Tech Versioning DPP Explore Web Event Video

DPP Innovation Week: Business Services

11.09.2020

In case you missed it, these Business Services will help elevate your business to a more secure, sustainable, and efficient workplace.

Tech Cloud Sustainability Transformation Workflows Security AI Supply Chain Web Event Video Innovation Week

DPP Innovation Week: Audiences & Data

10.09.2020

The only thing more important than your content is your audience. Catch up on how to target, engage and analyse viewers from this DPP Innovation Week event.

Advertising Tech Cloud Distribution Metadata Supply Chain Web Event Video Innovation Week

DPP Innovation Week landing page

Catch up on new and exciting products and services, understand the market and form partnerships by watching speed pitches from DPP members.

Tech Webinar

2020 Visions - The View from the DPP

23.11.2020

At this special RTS event the DPP reflected on the key milestones of the last decade, and the probable trends for the next.

Predictions Transformation Opinion DPP Update Web Event Video Membership

DPP Guide to UHD Production Workflows

26.01.2016

What are the key considerations when producing UHD content? Productions teams can learn about current industry best practice, enabling a proactive approach

Production Workflows UHD

DPP Innovation Week: Remote Production - Live

07.09.2020

The first DPP Innovation Week event featured new and innovative remote production tools specifically designed for Live Production environments.

Tech Cloud Production Live Connectivity Web Event Video Innovation Week

RTS London: 2020 Vision: A view from the DPP

11 November 2020

At this special RTS event the DPP will reflect on the key milestones of the last decade, and the probable trends for the next.

Predictions Transformation DPP Update External Webinar

DPP Innovation Week: Live IP Video

10.09.2020

Solve the many complex challenges involved in exchanging content over IP, by catching up with this DPP Innovation Week event.

Tech Cloud Distribution IP Metadata Live Connectivity Web Event Video Innovation Week

DPP guidance makes IMF implementation easier

17.07.2019

The DPP has today released four documents to support the industry’s deployment of IMF for Broadcast & Online.

IMF Tech Versioning Recommendation Implementation Guidance

DPP Innovation Week: Remote Production - Prerecorded

07.09.2020

From cloud-based studios to remote editing, discover what’s new and exciting in the world of remote production tools by rewatching this DPP Innovation Week event.

Tech Cloud Production Workflows AI Web Event Video Innovation Week

DPP Committed to Security Programme Updates

15.06.2020

We've reviewed & updated the DPP Committed to Security programme checklists and guidance

Tech Security Certification DPP Update Guidance

DPP and SMPTE launch IMF specification

16.08.2018

The DPP has announced the release of a new technical specification to support the mastering and international exchange of content

IMF Tech Specification Versioning

DPP Announces File-Based Technical Standards

26.01.2012

The DPP has unveiled its new Technical and Metadata Standards for File-Based Programme Delivery in the UK.

Tech AS-11 File Delivery Metadata Delivery Requirements

DPP Launches Committed to Security Programme

15.09.2017

The DPP today announced the launch of an important new programme designed to help suppliers demonstrate their commitment to best security practice.

Tech Security Certification

DPP launches industry-wide sustainability initiative

14.11.2019

The DPP today launched a major new initiative to promote environmentally sustainable practices among suppliers and content providers.

Tech Sustainability Certification

How green is our DPP house?

24.03.2020

A few months ago we revealed the DPP’s Committed to Sustainability score. What does our progress look like and how can our experiences help you?

Sustainability Opinion

DPP agrees requirements for News Exchange

15.04.2016

The DPP and its News Exchange working group has been busy collaborating on the development of a minimum metadata specification for exchanging news content between UK Broadcasters and agencies.

Tech News Metadata Business Requirements

DPP Unveils Industry Average Sustainability Score

14.02.2020

19 companies have completed the Committed to Sustainability programme.

Sustainability Certification

DPP & SMPTE will fast-track IMF for broadcast

13.07.2017

The DPP today announced that it will partner with SMPTE to develop a specification for a new version of the IMF.

IMF Tech Specification Versioning

News Organisations Collaborate Through the DPP

13.12.2019

For a number of years we have been working with news organisations to facilitate collaboration and information exchange.

Tech News Metadata

DPP helps accelerate industry move to UHD

27.01.2016

The DPP has today announced a technical standard for the delivery of Ultra High Definition (UHD) programmes.

Tech DPP At Home Production Workflows UHD Implementation

DPP Unveils UK File-based Delivery Date

14.09.2013

The DPP has announced today, in a dedicated DPP session at IBC, that UK broadcasters BBC, ITV and Channel 4 will move to file-based programme delivery from 1 October 2014.

Tech AS-11 File Delivery Transformation Implementation

Home Truths No.16 The DPP 2019 Predictions

31.01.2019

Which 8 key themes will dominate the media industry in 2019? Find out what DPP members predict, and what we got right, and wrong, in 2018

DPP At Home Transformation Workflows AI

First DPP File-Based UK Delivery: Emmerdale

27.09.2012

Emmerdale becomes the first British television production to adopt the DPP’s new Technical and Metadata Standards for file-based programme delivery.

AS-11 File Delivery Metadata Implementation

DPP Announces Tech Standards for HD Commercials

13.01.2016

The DPP has today announced Common Technical Delivery Standards for High Definition Commercials/Sponsorship and Promotions/Presentation material.

Advertising Tech Delivery Requirements

DPP Tech Leaders' Briefing 2020

The DPP Tech Leaders’ Briefing is the pre-eminent business intelligence event for the media industry, bringing together the supplier and content provider community.

Tech Leaders' Briefing Webinar

Home Truths No.11 The DPP 2018 Predictions

06.02.2018

In 2017 we drew up the first ever DPP predictions. It's time to find out what we got right, what we got wrong, and the next big things for 2018

DPP At Home Predictions Transformation

DPP Unveils UK's First Common Delivery Stds

10.03.2011

The DPP has today unveiled common technical standards for tape delivery of HD and SD TV programmes to all major UK broadcasters.

Tech Delivery Requirements

Home Truths No.7 The DPP 2017 Predictions

07.02.2017

The first ever DPP 2017 Predictions, drawn up in consultation with subject matter experts from the whole media supply chain

DPP At Home Production

DPP Tech Leader's Briefing 2020 - Day One

16 November 2020

Featuring UK Broadcasters, and North American Networks Part One.

Tech Leaders' Briefing

DPP Tech Leader's Briefing 2020 - Day Three

18 November 2020

Featuring a special keynote and the view from the European broadcasters.

Tech Leaders' Briefing

DPP Tech Leader's Briefing 2020 - Day Four

19 November 2020

Featuring Global Publishers and the North American Networks Part Two.

Tech Leaders' Briefing

DPP Tech Leader's Briefing 2020 - Day Two

17 November 2020

Featuring content providers from the Sport and News communities.

Tech Leaders' Briefing

The DPP in 2020: helping to build intelligent businesses

23.10.2019

How will smart media companies make their business decisions in 2020? How will a broadcaster’s CTO decide which new technology areas are worthy of their team’s attention?

Opinion Tech Leaders' Briefing IP Supply Chain

NABA and the DPP pave the way for J2K

19.07.2019

The introduction of the Interoperable Master Format (IMF) within the media industry has brought a revolution to media workflow processes for film and television.

IMF Tech Specification Versioning

DPP launches its Tech Leaders’ Briefing 2020

02.10.2020

The only event at which senior technology and operations executives from leading media companies share their strategic priorities with the industry, taking place online 16-19 November 2020.

Transformation Tech Leaders' Briefing Supply Chain

DPP & AMWA offer testing/certs for all AS-11 specs

18.04.2016

The DPP and the AMWA announced today they would provide a comprehensive service for the testing and certification of all HD and UHD international specifications belonging to the AS-11 family.

Tech AS-11 Specification UHD Certification

DPP and the AMWA Launch Joint Compliance and Certification Programme

13.09.2014

A robust process for product testing and certification which will provide manufacturers the opportunity to put their products through an external assurance check against the DPP’s criteria.

Tech AS-11 Certification Metadata

Why DPP technology work isn’t about technology

28.06.2019

Change is perhaps the only constant in our industry. And the landscape has certainly changed a lot in the last few decades.R

Tech Transformation Opinion Implementation

How will the Coronavirus impact the work of the DPP?

13.03.2020

Like every other business, we’re having to rethink how the DPP will operate in the months ahead. Here are a few things we thought you might like to know.

DPP Update

DPP opens Committed to Security Programme to all

16.10.2017

The DPP has extended its Committed to Security Programme to the whole media industry – including companies which are not Members of the DPP.

Tech Security Certification

DPP Innovation Week to kickstart new business relationships

29.07.2020

DPP Innovation Week is an opportunity for DPP members to showcase their latest innovations, and for technology users to learn about what's new, without needing to do hours of research.

Tech Cloud Production Workflows DPP Update Supply Chain Networking Innovation Week

DPP launches AMWA AS-11 X1 UHD specification

23.10.2018

The DPP has today announced the release of a new technical specification to support broadcasters delivering (UHD) programmes

Tech AS-11 Specification File Delivery UHD

DPP sees trends that could blindside the industry

27.02.2019

The DPP warns the professional media industry that it’s in danger of missing highly disruptive new global trends.

Predictions Research Opinion

DPP launches new report showcasing cloud-led production

06.02.2020

The DPP has today released a groundbreaking new report exploring how production companies are now using the cloud as a key production tool.

Tech Production Research

The DPP creates unique assessment of AI in media

08.01.2019

The DPP has published a new report for its Members that looks in detail at how AI is being applied in the media industry, and where future potential lies

Tech DPP At Home Transformation Workflows AI Metadata

DPP adds auxiliary track for sign-interpretation to IMF

04.12.2019

The DPP has today released two documents that extend the functionality of the Interoperable Master Format (IMF) through the development of an Auxiliary Image Sequence Plug-in.

IMF Tech Versioning Recommendation

What do 75% of members get from the DPP?

18.07.2019

Every year we run a survey to check in with the whole DPP membership and find out how we’re doing.

Opinion Business Benefits

Take five to celebrate the DPP's fifth birthday

01.04.2020

Five years ago today the DPP was born. And it's been growing ever since. Join us in celebrating our birthday!

DPP Update Video

DPP and Digital Catapult launch AI in Media Challenge

05.06.2020

An exclusive new initiative to enable the next generation of media AI solutions, created in partnership with Digital Catapult

Tech AI Metadata Business Requirements

DPP explores a fully IP future for content delivery

31.01.2020

Delivering the IP Future sheds light on the technologies that will enable the media and entertainment industry to deliver an all-IP future for content distribution.

Tech Research Distribution IP

DPP determines that consumer demand drives content distribution strategies

27.10.2020

Viewers now demand content on their terms, on their devices, and with a first class user experience throughout. Distribution: Delivering for audiences identifies six key success factors for forward looking distribution businesses.

Tech Transformation Research Distribution Design for Tomorrow VOD

DPP launches major project to support media industry recovery

03.07.2020

Design for Tomorrow, our next major research project, will be an in-depth look at the key principles that will increase resilience and growth in the post Coronavirus media economy.

Transformation Research Supply Chain Design for Tomorrow

DPP provides the design principles to help companies succeed in an uncertain future

25.08.2020

A new DPP report, Key Design Principles, provides practical guidance, and five foundational components, for any organisation determined to build back better from the turmoil of 2020.

Transformation Research Design for Tomorrow

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DPP charts the path to the cloud for media companies

17.08.2020

This latest DPP report gives an unprecedented industry-wide view of the opportunities and challenges of building media workflows in the cloud.

Tech Cloud Transformation Research Supply Chain Implementation

DPP identifies key success factors for an agile media factory

15.09.2020

Content Preparation, the second report in our Design for Tomorrow series, identifies the key success factors for the design of content preparation operations in an unpredictable media market.

Tech Transformation Research Supply Chain Design for Tomorrow

New DPP report asks: Is understanding value now the key to success?

06.10.2020

A new DPP report poses fundamental questions about the media industry’s ability to align its cost base with the value of what it makes. It summarises a roundtable discussion at the DPP’s leadership event, DPP Exclusive.

Tech Transformation Research Opinion Supply Chain DPP Exclusive

The DPP reveals the greatest risks to a full IP future

06.06.2019

The DPP today released an important new report which looks at the challenges posed by the transition to full IP distribution of content to consumers.

Tech DPP At Home Distribution IP

DPP spots game-changing trends for media and entertainment at CES 2020

16.01.2020

The DPP has published its renowned annual report on the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Cloud Predictions Transformation Research AI

DPP 2020 predictions reveal how global media trends are impacting at the local level

04.02.2020

The DPP today published its annual media industry predictions, in partnership with DPP member company Imagen.

DPP At Home Predictions Opinion

Unique DPP research project documents the stress and uncertainty of lockdown

21.07.2020

In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic the story commonly told is that the media industry moved to remote working quickly and well; and this is true. But no-one has reported what happened next - until now...

Cloud Transformation Production Workflows Research Supply Chain Connectivity

DPP reveals key success factors for maximising the value of content libraries

29.09.2020

Achieve the resilience and responsiveness now required of a modern media company, maximise the value of your archives, and ensure they’re fit for an uncertain future.

Transformation Workflows Research Metadata Supply Chain Design for Tomorrow

DPP report exposes chaos in the supply of content for Video on Demand

30.04.2020

Supplying the VOD Revolution defines a reference workflow for the supply of content from distributors and aggregators to platforms. It exposes the pain points felt by implementers of these workflows, and explores the web of standards and formats in use today.

Tech Cloud Research Distribution

DPP & Signiant research into remote working during pandemic reveals an industry in confusion

20.05.2020

At this extraordinary moment in history, we wanted to capture in real time how people felt - from start of lockdown, to the gradual return to more familiar working.

DPP At Home Research

Shorter, consumption based contracts build better relationships between customers and suppliers, says DPP

10.11.2020

The way the media industry has done business in the past is no longer fit for purpose. Explore the commercial relationships needed for media businesses of the future in the final Design for Tomorrow report.

Transformation Research Supply Chain Design for Tomorrow

Why we’re proud to only score 2 out of 5 on the DPP Committed to Sustainability Programme

30.01.2020

Last year, at our flagship Tech Leaders’ Briefing conference, we launched the DPP Committed to Sustainability Programme.

Sustainability Certification DPP Update

Content creation has been changed forever by the events of 2020, says new DPP report

14.10.2020

This Design for Tomorrow report explores how the events of 2020 have impacted the world of production, and how companies will now need to set up for success in the future.

Transformation Production Research Next Gen Production Design for Tomorrow

Why is it important for Red Bee to support the DPP Committed to Sustainability Programme?

16.09.2020

A sustainability blog from the Green Bee Team at Red Bee

Sustainability Opinion

Burrito or Bust: Is understanding value now the key to success?

06.10.2020

Explore some fundamental questions about the media industry’s ability to align its cost base with the value of what it makes.

Tech Transformation Research Opinion Supply Chain DPP Exclusive

IMF for Advertising

21 July 2020

We'll explore the current state of advertising, look at a plan for the future of advertising, and at several technical proof of concepts.

Advertising IMF Tech DPP Explore Webinar

Home Truths No.20 - Ways of Working: Views from a Crisis

20.05.2020

Why doesn’t remote working feel the same as flexible working? What kinds of workplaces do we need now, and in the future? And how can we do more, not less?

DPP At Home Research

AI in Media Challenge

29 July 2020

Your opportunity to discover the startup and tech community's AI solutions to real business problems expressed by content providers.

Tech AI DPP Explore Webinar

Home Truths No.19 - 2020 Predictions

04.02.2020

How is globalisation creating opportunities, and challenges, in the media supply chain? Plus more 2020 predictions from DPP members

DPP At Home Predictions Transformation

The Team

Meet the team that runs the DPP.

DPP Update

Exploring the IMF Media Management API

07.11.2019

Watch the recap from our recent DPP Explore event that explained the IMF MM API, and launched our new virtual hackathon.

IMF Tech DPP Explore

Media executives call for greater collaboration around localisation

01.11.2019

The DPP released a new report to its members today on the localisation and versioning processes required for the international distribution of content.

DPP At Home Versioning

Home Truths No.18 – The Localisation Challenge

01.09.2019

How do the relationships between media companies around the localisation and versioning processes required for international distribution need to change?

DPP At Home Cloud File Delivery Transformation Workflows Versioning

Home Truths No.17 – Preparing for a post broadcast world

06.06.2019

What are the challenges posed by the transition to full IP distribution of content to consumers? How can we ensure smooth delivery of a fully IP future?

DPP At Home Transformation Workflows IP

2019 Predictions say new business models are key

31.01.2019

The DPP has released its latest set of annual predictions, created by industry experts drawn from its membership.

DPP At Home Predictions Transformation

Home Truths No.15 AI For Real

08.01.2019

How is AI being applied in the media and where does future potential lie? Where is the real business value and what are the opportunities?

DPP At Home Transformation Workflows AI

Home Truths No.14 Communicating Security

18.12.2018

Who’s the weakest link in the chain? Find out why only by listening to the ‘customer’ can security experts really understand how to minimise risk.

DPP At Home Transformation Security

Home Truths No.13 The Future of Video Advertising

08.10.2018

What are the challenges to the advertising model as both advertising & video move online &, increasingly, to mobile? Will a whole new model emerge?

Advertising DPP At Home Transformation

Home Truths No.12 Building The Media Cloud

06.06.2018

What would it take to create ideal cloud environments for media? We explore the requirements for building the media industry cloud

DPP At Home Cloud Transformation Workflows

Home Truths No.10 Automation

28.09.2017

What happens when the media industry is no longer in control of the future of media? And where will machine learning and AI take the industry next?

DPP At Home Cloud Transformation Connectivity

Home Truths No.9 Building the New Supply Chain

04.07.2017

How does supply chain thinking apply to media companies? What does the new media supply chain look like? And what are the key principles?

DPP At Home Transformation

Home Truths No.8 - The Need For Speed

10.05.2017

How will businesses transform in the next 5 years? And how could the very shape of the industry be disrupted?

DPP At Home Transformation

Home Truths No.6: Could Content Data Make You Rich?

26.10.2016

What are the opportunities for efficiency and revenue that could come from making better use of data collected throughout the content creation chain?

DPP At Home

Home Truths No.5 Putting Trust in the Cloud

23.09.2016

What does it takes to build trust in new, cloud-based services? How do you mitigate the impact of security breaches – and in the process improve your business operations?

DPP At Home Cloud Connectivity

Home Truths No.4 VR- Who Needs It?

10.05.2016

What will be the impact of immersive technologies? DPP members believe it wil be on the creation of experiences - particularly for VR and 360° Video

DPP At Home VR

Home Truths No.3 UHD - For Real

25.01.2016

Major change is never about technology; it’s about users. So what will drive take-up of UHD? And what do producers and consumers really want from it?

DPP At Home Predictions UHD

Home Truths No.2 Trust Me - I'm A File

26.10.2015

How can content be guaranteed safe in a new world of file-based working? How can sellers reduce anxiety and deliver the benefits of new technologies?

DPP At Home Security

Home Truths No.1 Reaching Nirvana - Over IP

13.07.2015

Do we know what IP production and broadcast really mean? Where are we on the technology journey? And what exactly are the business benefits?

DPP At Home IP Connectivity

UK Broadcasters Announce Partnership

27.01.2011

The UK’s major public service broadcasters have signed up to the Digital Production Partnership (DPP).

Transformation DPP Update

Media Processing

2 September 2020

Are you interested in AI/ML for captions, asset tagging, AQC? All this and more in the Media Processing DPP Innovation Week event.

Tech Cloud UHD AI Metadata QC Networking Innovation Week

Live IP Video

4 September 2020

This DPP Innovation Week event is all about exchanging content over IP, and the tools and services that can help you to solve the many complex challenges in this area.

Tech Cloud Distribution IP Metadata Live Connectivity Networking Innovation Week

Downloads

Find all the DPP's downloadable technical documents and other assets.

Technology

Find all of the DPP's technology projects and updates here.

Tech

AWS EMEA Media & Entertainment Symposium

10 November 2020

DPP CEO, Mark Harrison, joins AWS and senior industry leaders across EMEA to discuss the pace of change, experiences of cloud-based media workloads, and the ‘art of possible’.

Tech Cloud Transformation External Webinar

Contact

Get in touch with the DPP.

Privacy

Your privacy is important to us. Learn how the DPP manages your information.

OTT Distribution

3 September 2020

Optimise your OTT workflows using next generation technology from the most innovative companies in this DPP Innovation Week event.

Tech Cloud Workflows Distribution Supply Chain Networking VOD Innovation Week

We've moved!

Media Workflow

2 September 2020

Learn how to supercharge your cloud workflows with these new and exciting media workflow tools in this DPP Innovation Week event.

IMF Tech Cloud Sustainability Workflows Versioning Networking Innovation Week

Could brands hold the key to the future of media?

30.07.2019

A new report from the DPP raises important questions about whether the current content explosion could hit a funding crisis.

Advertising Predictions Transformation

Business Services

4 September 2020

And finally, the Business Services that will help elevate your business to a more secure, sustainable, and efficient workplace complete DPP Innovation Week.

Tech Cloud Sustainability Transformation Workflows Security AI Supply Chain Networking Innovation Week

Audiences & Data

3 September 2020

The only thing more important than your content is your audience. This DPP Innovation Week event explores how to target, engage and analyse viewers.

Advertising Tech Cloud Distribution Metadata Supply Chain Networking Innovation Week

Remote Production - Live

1 September 2020

The first DPP Innovation Week event will feature new and innovative remote production tools specifically designed for Live Production environments.

Tech Cloud Production Live Connectivity Networking Innovation Week

Events

Find out about all the DPP's upcoming events.

Membership

Remote Production - Prerecorded

1 September 2020

From cloud-based studios to remote editing, discover what’s new and exciting in the world of remote production tools at this DPP Innovation Week event.

Tech Cloud Production Workflows AI Networking Innovation Week

Do Brands Hold the Key to the Future of Content?

30.07.2019

Content funding models are being disrupted. Who’s calling the shots? Creators, advertisers, consumers – or all three?

Advertising Predictions Transformation

Membership

Explore the companies that make up the DPP's membership.

Insight

Find all the DPP's research and insight reports here.

Broadcast File Delivery

DPP specifications revolutionised file-based content delivery

Advertising Tech AS-11 Specification File Delivery Metadata Implementation Delivery Requirements QC

Document Formats

A summary of the technical document formats published by the DPP.

Tech

News & Views

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Tech Leaders' Briefing 2019

13 & 14 November 2019

The DPP Tech Leaders’ Briefing is the pre-eminent business intelligence event for the media industry.

Metadata for News Innovation Day

07.02.2019

Watch the summary from the DPP's Metadata for News Innovation Day.

Tech News Metadata Implementation

How do you like your IMF in the morning?

27.09.2019

A report from the DPP’s IMF Breakfast Briefing at IBC 2019

Advertising IMF Tech Versioning Implementation

Sponsorship

Explore sponsorship opportunities with the DPP, to associate your brand with our events and insight.

PBS to adopt AMWA AS-11 X9 specification

03.04.2019

The DPP, in collaboration with the NABA and AMWA, is delighted to announce the adoption of AMWA AS-11 X9: MXF Program Contribution – NABA DPP HD (AVC)

Tech AS-11 Specification File Delivery Delivery Requirements

Meet The… Rising Stars

17.01.2017

Find out about the ways in which new DPP member start-up companies are busy disrupting existing business models

Cloud Predictions Transformation

Environmental Policy

The DPP takes sustainability seriously. Learn how we are cutting our environmental impact.

Sustainability

Looking Beyond Lockdown

22.05.2020

Mark Harrison's keynote on how our industry could look after the current crisis.

Predictions Transformation Web Event Video

Lockdown: it’s emotional

24.04.2020

Early findings from DPP research show the human face of the crisis.

Transformation Opinion

File Delivery: The Story So Far

17.05.2015

What made the DPP’s implementation of file delivery in the UK, on 1st October 2014, such an extraordinary example of pan-industry collaboration?

File Delivery Transformation Production Workflows

Tech Leaders’ Briefing 2019 Highlights

06.02.2020

Did you attend the industry event of the year? Here are a few highlights from the DPP Tech Leaders’ Briefing 2019.

Tech Leaders' Briefing

Looking beyond lockdown

12 May 2020

DPP MD Mark Harrison will give a keynote on how our industry could look after the current crisis

Transformation External Webinar

CES 2019 shows profound trends for media

17.01.2019

Today the DPP published its annual report on the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to its Member companies.

Cloud Predictions Transformation UHD Research AI

IMF For Real

11.04.2019

Bright and early on Tuesday morning, a dedicated group of enthusiastic DPP members turned out at our NAB breakfast briefing.

IMF Tech Versioning Implementation

All aboard for IMF at IBC

09.07.2019

At IBC this year we’ll be continuing the DPP’s mission to deliver business insights and real world implementations of IMF for Broadcast & Online

IMF Tech Versioning Implementation

Meet The IMF Pioneers

16.10.2018

How are some of the world’s biggest broadcasters implementing IMF for Broadcast & Online in their workflows?

File Delivery Transformation Workflows Versioning

Why 1st October Delivered More Than Just Files

01.10.2014

The DPP was founded on a simple premise: broadcasters are the ones best placed to make digital easier.

Tech AS-11 File Delivery Transformation Implementation

AI In Media Challenge

30.07.2020

At the DPP AI in Media Challenge we heard pitches from the startup and tech community about AI solutions to real business problems expressed by content providers.

Tech AI Web Event Video

Mind the security gap

18.05.2020

Find out how member company Overcast HQ has benefited from taking part in the DPP Committed to Security Programme

Tech Security Certification Opinion

Unlocking new opportunities with IMF for Advertising

22.10.2019

The DPP today announced the development of a proof of concept to demonstrate how component-based workflows using IMF can be applied to advertising use cases.

Advertising IMF Tech Transformation Versioning

How Coronavirus is impacting the media industry

26 March 2020

A live webcast from the DPP and the IABM, bringing together broadcasters, production companies and vendors to share their knowledge and experience regarding the impact of COVID-19 on the media industry.

Public Webinar

Upcoming Research

DPP insight reports provide valuable intelligence on the most important topics in media and technology. More information about our upcoming research can be found here.

Cloud Transformation Workflows Research

Thinking Out Cloud

15 September 2020

Experts from across the media ecosystem discuss the key principles that should underpin your cloud strategy, and its practical implementation, in this exclusive DPP webinar.

Tech Cloud Transformation Supply Chain Webinar

Adding descriptive metadata to IMF for Ads

03.04.2020

The DPP IMF for Advertising project group have been exploring the business benefits of making improvements to workflows in the video advertising supply chain.

Advertising IMF Tech Workflows Versioning Metadata Business Benefits

Why IMF Matters for Broadcast & Online

10.05.2019

Two years ago, the DPP set out to make IMF a reality for both our members and the industry as a whole, through technical work and implementation support.

IMF Tech Versioning Supply Chain Implementation

When will tech mean business?

10.10.2019

The industry continues to split discussions about technology and business practice, but this discourse needs to change, says DPP managing director Mark Harrison.

Tech Transformation Opinion

Media Tech Hub Offer

MediaTech Hub Conference is a B2B event on media technologies, taking place live in Babelsberg, and online on 11-12 November 2020. DPP members receive a 20% discount on all ticket types.

Tech

Devoncroft Executive Summit Offer

MediaTech Hub Conference is a B2B event on media technologies, taking place live in Babelsberg, and online on 11-12 November 2020. DPP members receive a 20% discount on all ticket types.

Tech

Will IMF replace AMWA AS-11?

30.08.2019

The DPP is famous for making the transition to file-based delivery a reality, by developing a family of specifications built on AMWA AS-11.

IMF Tech AS-11 File Delivery Versioning

Security

Promoting cyber security best practice in the media industry

Tech Security Certification

Unlocking creativity in crisis

22.05.2020

Catch up on how productions are surviving and thriving in lockdown with this video of our online event.

Production Workflows Next Gen Production Video Web Event Video

Securing Creativity 2020

30.07.2020

What should your security priorities be post-pandemic? We heard from experts who are already looking at the new approaches to protection, privacy and piracy in this exclusive webcast.

Tech Security Web Event Video

Distribution: Delivering for audiences

05.11.2020

Replay this Design for Tomorrow event exploring how consumers can gain access to the content they want, when they want, at the quality they want.

Transformation Research Distribution Supply Chain Business Requirements Web Event Video Design for Tomorrow VOD

Content Creation: Producing Ingenuity

20.10.2020

Replay this Design for Tomorrow webcast exploring how the highest risk part of the industry, Production, can survive the trauma of 2020 and be ready for next time.

File Delivery Transformation Production Research Supply Chain Business Requirements Web Event Video Design for Tomorrow

Technology Leaders' Briefing 2018

04.12.2018

Actionable business intelligence from 17 major technology customers - broadcasters, platforms and technology giants. Their top 3 priorities revealed.

Transformation Research

How is coronavirus impacting the media industry?

30.03.2020

Watch our webcast, in which broadcasters, production companies and vendors shared their knowledge and experience regarding the impact of COVID-19 on the media industry.

Tech Transformation Supply Chain Video Web Event Video

Next Gen Production Network

Sharing insight, experience, and best practice with companies that create video and those that offer production tools and services

Production Networking Next Gen Production

Supplying the VOD Revolution

22.05.2020

Watch the recording of our recent webinar uncovering the complexity of the VOD content supply chain.

Tech Metadata Supply Chain QC Video Web Event Video

Are next gen supply chains now necessary for survival?

05.06.2020

Watch Next Gen Supply Chain - a matter of life & death? An executive round table web event featuring Discovery, Sky, UKTV, ViacomCBS and Vubiquity.

Tech Supply Chain Implementation Business Requirements Web Event Video

AI in Media Challenge - Technology Briefing

29.07.2020

Ahead of the AI in Media Challenge we held an exclusive event for the solution providers taking part in the Challenge. Find out what they discussed here.

Tech AI Web Event Video

Rise Awards 2020

17 November 2020

Come and celebrate the outstanding talent, skills, expertise and achievements of exceptional women across the broadcast technology and services sectors!

Tech Leaders' Briefing External Webinar

Libraries and Archives: Managing media inventory

07.10.2020

This webcast explored how content companies can design their content inventory to be usable and accessible from anywhere.

Transformation Versioning Research Supply Chain Business Requirements Web Event Video Design for Tomorrow

Thinking Out Cloud

21.09.2020

This webinar brought together experts from across the media ecosystem to discuss the key principles that should underpin your cloud strategy, and its practical implementation.

Tech Cloud Transformation Supply Chain Web Event Video

Can We Build Back Greener?

16.06.2020

Watch this video of our experts from Google, Sky and more, to find out how we can build on the unplanned environmental benefits of the coronavirus pandemic as the crisis subsides.

Sustainability Web Event Video

Content Preparation: Building the Agile Media Factory

28.09.2020

This webcast explored the key supply chain processes of content receipt, and preparation for distribution and archive.

File Delivery Transformation Versioning Research Supply Chain Business Requirements Web Event Video Design for Tomorrow

Can we deliver an all-IP future for content distribution?

26.06.2020

Understanding the true impact of IP technologies for large scale viewing can be difficult. Watch this recent webinar to help decide where to direct your attention and investment.

Tech Distribution IP Implementation Web Event Video

Survey Report: Connectivity & Production

14.06.2016

How do production companies use connectivity? What do they spend? What quality do they get? And what role could connectivity could have in their future?

Production Security Connectivity

Key Design Principles deconstructed

01.09.2020

Watch this discussion of the common principles that need to inform the design of all media businesses in the wake of the pandemic, from our first Design for Tomorrow webcast.

Transformation Research Supply Chain Business Requirements Web Event Video Design for Tomorrow

Content Creation: Producing ingenuity

15 October 2020

2020 has been traumatic for production. How can the highest risk part of the industry be ready for next time? Find out at this special Design for Tomorrow webcast.

File Delivery Transformation Production Research Supply Chain Business Requirements Webinar Design for Tomorrow

Survey Report: Blindsided

27.02.2019

Are you in danger of missing highly disruptive trends? Find out what new trends in technology, global media markets and consumer behaviours mean for media

Predictions Transformation Research

How is the industry using the Committed to Security Programme?

10.03.2020

So far 42 member companies have completed the checklists for production, broadcast, or both. But how are they putting their results into action?

Security Opinion

Libraries and Archives: Managing media inventory

1 October 2020

Content companies need their content inventory to be usable and accessible - from anywhere. Find out how this can be achieved in the next Design for Tomorrow webcast.

Transformation Versioning Research Supply Chain Business Requirements Webinar Design for Tomorrow

Sustainability

Building an environmentally sustainable media industry

Tech Sustainability Certification

Distribution: Delivering for audiences

29 October 2020

How can consumers gain access to the content they want, when they want, at the quality they want? Our penultimate Design for Tomorrow webcast asks the experts.

Transformation Research Distribution Supply Chain Business Requirements Webinar Design for Tomorrow VOD

Commercial Relationships: Embedding value

30 November 2020

What kinds of business relationships will we need in the future? Our final Design for Tomorrow webcast explores how suppliers and customers can best support one another.

Transformation Research Supply Chain Business Requirements Webinar Design for Tomorrow

Content Preparation: Building the agile media factory

24 September 2020

Join us in this Design for Tomorrow webcast to explore the key supply chain processes of content receipt, and preparation for distribution and archive.

File Delivery Transformation Versioning Research Supply Chain Business Requirements Webinar Design for Tomorrow

Key Design Principles

27 August 2020

We reveal the common principles that need to inform the design of all media businesses in the wake of the pandemic, in the first of our Design for Tomorrow series.

Transformation Research Supply Chain Business Requirements Webinar Design for Tomorrow

Distribution

Exploring the future of content distribution over IP

Tech Distribution IP

Tech Leaders' Briefing 2019

17.12.2019

Grow your business with actionable business intelligence from 32 major customers - broadcasters, content platforms and social and technology giants

Cloud Predictions Transformation Research

Business Benefits of IMF for Advertising

06.09.2019

How will component-based workflows bring efficiencies across the advertising supply chain and unlock new commercial opportunities using IMF?

Advertising Transformation Versioning

Survey Report: Are we fit for Cyber War?

22.11.2017

Are you proactive in establishing good security practice? Experts discuss the maturity of security thinking in the media sector

Transformation Security Research

CES 2019

17.01.2019

Discover the trends from CES 2019 that will have profound implications for media companies, in the context of a decade’s worth of CES trend data

Cloud Predictions Transformation UHD Research AI

10 Things You Need to Know About Digital Storage

13.09.2014

Where and how could you store your new digital content? And how can you make it safe, retrievable and affordable for the long term?

File Delivery Transformation Production Workflows 10 Things

The Coming Storm?

01.03.2013

How are cloud technologies and processed being applied to broadcast technologies and key media business areas?

Cloud Transformation Production

Survey Report: Decoding CES

19.01.2017

What were the most significant trends from CES over the last 7 years? And what do they tell us about the future of technology and the media?

Predictions Research

Will companies with next generation supply chains have a competitive advantage?

17.04.2020

Our Next Gen Supply Chain report explores how some major content companies have adopted software defined, cloud led supply chains - and asks what this approach could mean for the media industry more widely

Tech Cloud Workflows Supply Chain

The Business Benefits of IMF

10.04.2018

This guide helps influencers and decision makers from content supply companies understand the financial and operational benefits of adopting IMF

Tech File Delivery Transformation Workflows Versioning

CES 2020

16.01.2020

How do trends from the world’s most famous technology show affect the media and entertainment industry, and how have they changed over the last decade?

Predictions Transformation

Key Design Principles

25.08.2020

Discover the five Key Design Principles for any organisation determined to build back better from the turmoil of 2020, and equip your company to succeed, even when the future is unknown.

Transformation Research Design for Tomorrow

VOD Delivery

Driving best practice in the process of delivering content to VOD

Tech VOD

10 Things You Need to Know About Ultra High Definition

31.07.2015

What is UHD? What do the technical terms mean? And how it will affect TV production? Designed for the non-techical reader

UHD 10 Things

Unlocking Creativity in Crisis

14 May 2020

We explore how productions are surviving and thriving in lockdown

Production Workflows Next Gen Production Webinar

Sign of the Times: Enhancing IMF with Auxilary Image Tracks

16.09.2019

As a UK Public Service Broadcaster, ITV is regulated by Ofcom, which oversees the provision of accessible content on our broadcast platforms.

IMF Tech Versioning

CPL Translator – making sense of compositions

24.06.2019

When a new format comes along, it’s important that there are great tools available to make it easy to explore, test and use.

IMF Tech Versioning Metadata

A free, open API to turbo charge IMF: imf-mm-api

21.06.2019

We promise it’s not just alphabet soup.

IMF Tech Versioning Implementation

Delivering the IP Future

24 June 2020

What are the technologies that will enable the media and entertainment industry to deliver an all-IP future for content distribution?

Tech Distribution IP Webinar

What are 77% of us looking forward to most?

22.06.2020

We reveal what you're all missing when working from home, and how you can maintain and build the networks that help you find new business opportunities and stay informed.

Transformation Research Opinion Supply Chain

Overcoming the challenges of AI in Media

28.09.2020

Our AI in Media work brings together content providers and AI specialists. Find out how you can get involved!

Tech Cloud Workflows Opinion AI News Metadata

How the IMF Delivery Schema could transform your workflows

01.05.2020

What does the schema do? How does it work? And what's next on the development roadmap?

IMF Tech Workflows Versioning Metadata Implementation

Cybersecurity and Content Protection Summit 2020

12 May 2020

Mark Harrison and Abdul Hakim join this CDSA event to discuss setting the standards and systems for remote access, and content security vs. information security

Security External Webinar

Will COVID-19 change the way we work - forever?

27.03.2020

When the pandemic ends, will businesses simply return to the way they worked before? Or will our working practices have been changed forever?

Tech Transformation Research Supply Chain

The two little words we’ll all be saying soon

31.05.2019

I may be the luckiest guy in the media industry.

Transformation Opinion Supply Chain

Design for Tomorrow

No media company will emerge from the pandemic intending to be the same as it was before. The Design for Tomorrow series will identify the key principles for building back better in the post Coronavirus media economy.

Tech Transformation Webinar Design for Tomorrow

The Future of Media & Entertainment

17.05.2018

When no one knows how everything works, everyone needs someone who understands something.

Transformation Opinion

Artificial Intelligence

Applying AI and machine learning in the media industry

Tech AI

Unlocking Opportunities with IMF for Advertising

07.06.2019

TV and Online advertising have started to converge over the last few years. What does this mean for TV ad sales and operations teams?

Advertising IMF Tech Workflows Versioning

Transforming IMF with OPL

16.08.2019

The component of IMF which causes the most questions and occasionally confusion is the “Output Profile List” or OPL.

IMF Tech Versioning

IMF: Changing the Game for Content Versioning

26.04.2019

Technology is making the world seem smaller, yet perhaps now more than ever, audiences want their locality and their culture reflected in the media they consume.

IMF Tech Transformation Versioning

Better TV for Everyone with Addressable Advertising and IMF

04.11.2020

IMF for Advertising increases speed and efficiency, and decreases storage requirements. Find out how you can get involved in live tests of real ads from creative agencies to demonstrate these benefits.

Advertising IMF Tech Workflows Versioning Opinion Implementation

Looking Beyond Lockdown: Will we recognise ourselves?

14.05.2020

What topics was the media industry discussing before the Coronavirus pandemic? And how relevant will they look when we emerge from lockdown?

Predictions Transformation Opinion Supply Chain

IMF in the cloud with AWS

02.08.2019

“It’s time to start”. If you’ve ever been to a Blue Man Concert, you know the significance of this statement.

IMF Tech Cloud Versioning