A Breakfast Briefing to explore the key technology trends for media emerging from the markets, consumer behaviour, and the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show.
The report combines analysis of the global technology market, with the latest consumer trends, plus insights from CES, to create the definitive guide to how technology will impact media in the year ahead.
New DPP Media Tech CEO Survey research reveals the perspectives of Chief Executives at major technology providers serving the media and broadcast industry.
An invitation-only event at which the DPP and Prime Focus Technologies bring together senior executives from major media organisations to discuss key trends in media.
An invitation only event at which the DPP and Prime Focus Technologies bring together senior executives from major media organisations to discuss key trends in media.
An invitation-only event at which the DPP and Prime Focus Technologies bring together senior executives from major media organisations to discuss key trends in media.
This document outlines a subset of technical requirements for the delivery of programmes using the AMWA AS-11 UK DPP HD file format. It is focused on delivery for UK broadcasters.
An invitation only event at which the DPP and Prime Focus Technologies bring together senior executives from major media organisations to discuss key trends in media.
An invitation only event at which the DPP and Prime Focus Technologies bring together senior executives from major media organisations to discuss key trends in media.
An invitation only event at which the DPP and Prime Focus Technologies bring together senior executives from major media organisations to discuss key trends in media.
DPP research The State of Media Technology Security 2024 explores how content providers and industry technology providers are responding to growing cyber threat.
August 2024 episode of the DPP Podcast features Mediagenix product and marketing leaders discussing the 'human-in-the-loop' approach to product strategy and development.
The State of Media Technology Security 2024 will investigate how industry suppliers and media companies are responding to the evolving threat landscape
Kristan Bullett, CEO of Humans Not Robots, on how technology suppliers and buyers can adopt sustainable practices and to contribute to shaping the industry's future
More than 20 leading European media organisations from 14 countries will participate in the third European Broadcaster Summit, where they will share key messages with industry partners.
An invitation only event at which the DPP and Prime Focus Technologies bring together senior executives from major media organisations to discuss key trends in media.
12 media companies contributed to in-depth survey interviews to explore future preparedness. Discover which tech investments are leading to actual business benefits in 'Future Ready Media Organisations'?
An invitation only event at which the DPP and Prime Focus Technologies bring together senior executives from major media organisations to discuss key trends in media.
At the Media Supply Festival 2023, industry leaders discussed how artificial intelligence was becoming a foundational technology for content providers and tech suppliers.
This report summarises 45 insights that came from our 15 sessions at the DPP Media Supply Festival 2023 in New York. The annual event takes the temperature on the strategies and technologies that are powering the content supply chain.
The Consumer Electronics Show is the biggest trade show in the world. And each year there are certain technologies that are the stars of the show. But is their prominence a genuine reflection of their importance – or merely hype?
ITV's Zoe Carter and Dalet's Ewan Johnston join CTO Rowan de Pomerai for episode 9 of the DPP podcast to digest themes from the Leaders' Briefing 2021.
The EBU's annual rendezvous for experts dealing with IP-based media production infrastructure, IT networks and storage solutions for broadcast media content.
Every year, the HPA Tech Retreat brings together a world-class roster of well-known and emerging leaders in engineering, technology, creativity and business.
The DPP unpacks the trends from this year’s CES and combines them with a broader analysis of the technology market, to reveal a business-led tech revolution - from which consumers will be the beneficiaries.
The purpose of the DPP Tech Leaders’ Briefing is to generate focused business intelligence, and this year didn’t disappoint. A unique picture of the business direction being set by leading decision makers is presented in the summary report.
Senior executives from major media organisations shared exclusive intelligence about their priorities for the year ahead at the DPP Tech Leaders' Briefing 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.
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 Network meetings provide DPP members with an overview of current DPP technical projects. Members can download the slides from the latest meeting here.
The industry continues to split discussions about technology and business practice, but this discourse needs to change, says DPP managing director Mark Harrison.
Join top Creator and Studio communities to explore the innovations revolutionising how content is made, managed, and monetised. Understand the new tools and business models reshaping the media economy.
The DPP Innovation Showcase is a one hour online forum where DPP members present their latest technological innovations and the way it improves their business.
Join the DPP in person in New York for the only industry event that brings together customers and suppliers to explore the latest in media supply chain technology and ideas.
The DPP has released Making Data Pay, a new research series exploring how media companies are using data to drive better decisions, stronger engagement, and improved commercial outcomes.
A unique leadership engagement conference which brings together senior executives from major European content providers and their supplier community to explore common challenges.
This executive summary highlights the key findings from the Making Data Pay research, outlining how media organisations approach data today and where the main challenges remain.
An opportunity for the DPP and for our members to share and discuss the use cases of the latest technical innovations and how they're being adopted effectively within the media and entertainment industry.
ISE is growing while broadcast shows are shrinking. Is AV Broadcast is now shaping the future of production? And what does this mean for Media and Entertainment industry?
An opportunity for the DPP and for our members to share and discuss the use cases of the latest technical innovations and how they're being adopted effectively within the media and entertainment industry.
Demand vs Supply provides a unique snapshot of the media and entertainment industry’s two largest trade shows, charting how customer needs are evolving, and how suppliers are responding.
The report explores how the market is responding to the needs of customers through key themes that shaped the conversation at IBC 2025: Agentic AI, AV Broadcast, and Data Driven Content.
We are delighted to announce that nxtedition will be the Headline Sponsor for the DPP Leaders’ Briefing 2025, happening on the 18-19 November at Convene Sancroft, St Paul’s in London.
Now in its fifth year, the Media Supply Festival brings together content companies, cloud providers, integrators, and startups to share best practices, real use-cases, and future visions for the way we create, manage, and distribute content.
The DPP is pleased to announce the publication of version 2.0 of the AS-11 X6 commercial, sponsorship, and informercial delivery documents. These documents continue to evolve the DPP’s pioneering work to improve end-to-end digital working for broadcasters.
The DPP Innovation Showcase is a one hour online forum where DPP members present their latest technological innovations and the way it improves their business.
Discover the highlights from Media Supply Festival 2025, where customers and suppliers in the media supply chain came together to share the latest insights.
Join the DPP in person in New York for the only industry event that brings together customers and suppliers to explore the latest in media supply chain technology and ideas.
The DPP's fourth European Broadcaster Summit brought together senior executives from major European content providers and their supplier community to explore common challenges.
A unique leadership engagement conference which brings together senior executives from major European content providers and their supplier community to explore common challenges.
An opportunity for the DPP and for our members to share and discuss the use cases of the latest technical innovations and how they're being adopted effectively within the media and entertainment industry.
An invitation only Breakfast Briefing to explore the key technology trends emerging from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and what they mean for media and entertainment.
The DPP's Mark Harrison moderates a special online webinar from Grithaus Agency that will equip suppliers with expert advice on how to plan for success at the 2025 NAB Show.
The Media CTO Survey report aims to inform the media industry more about the challenges of the CTO role, leadership strategies, approaches to recruitment and procurement, and technology investment priorities.
The DPP has launched today the version 7.0 of the AS-11 programme delivery documents to support broadcasters and content providers delivering HD programmes.
As an active participant in the DPP Committed to Sustainability programme, Limecraft has demonstrated its dedication to making a meaningful environmental impact.
At this special event, in partnership with Signiant, we hosted a breakfast alongside high quality networking and five short, sharp thought leadership sessions.
At the end of May, the DPP Media Supply Festival returned to New York. The event brought together experts and practitioners from media and technology companies from across the USA and beyond to share ideas and insights about today’s - and tomorrow’s - media supply chain.
Join the DPP in person in New York for the only industry event that brings together customers and suppliers to explore the latest in media supply chain technology and ideas.
DPP Technology Strategist David Thompson visits NAB 2024 to research Co-Pilot AI, Next Generation AdTech, Content Integrity and Increasing Accessibility, and analyse whether industry solutions are satisfying customer demands
The DPP has transferred the role of CEO from Mark Harrison to Rowan de Pomerai, with Mark Harrison now taking the role of Founder and Chief Content Officer.
A unique leadership engagement conference which brings together senior executives from major European content providers and their supplier community to explore common challenges.
In the last five years, technology has advanced, AI use cases have evolved, and generative AI has emerged. This new report aims to take a step back and analyse the present state of AI in media through a measured and practical way.
Jess will work directly with the executive team to lead the DPP’s member success programme, helping member companies to get the most out of the DPP’s activities.
At the DPP's 8th annual Leaders' Briefing, senior executives from 33 major media organisations shared exclusive intelligence about their 2024 priorities.
The DPP explored Hybrid Working in the Media Industry in an in-depth research report; here are five things that managers need to know about the impact on an organisation's work and workforce.
The DPP's 8th annual Leaders' Briefing brought together senior executives from over 30 major media organisations, who shared exclusive intelligence about their priorities for the year ahead.
What are the technology investments and strategies of Future Ready Media Organisations? Explore how broadcast companies are preparing for future success.
The DPP online Sustainability Knowledge Exchange was where experts from major broadcasters and leading media technology suppliers provided updates about their sustainability plans, shared ideas about upcoming initiatives, and explained how they are working towards reducing their environmental impact.
Join the DPP for this exclusive online Sustainability Knowledge Exchange, where experts from major broadcasters and leading media technology suppliers will provide updates about their sustainability plans, share ideas about upcoming initiatives, and explain how they are working towards reducing their environmental impact.
The research explores the state of hybrid working in the media industry post pandemic by surveying 80 media and technology companies and gathering information from three workshop sessions with more than 50 subject matter experts.
How well is the market responding to the needs of the customer community? The second report in the Demand vs Supply series, the DPP has reported from IBC 2023.
The DPP's special pre IBC event provided a great breakfast, high quality networking and four short, sharp thought leadership sessions for senior leaders in Amsterdam this September
The writers' and actors' strikes in the States have brought production to a halt again. So how can one part of the media industry be so apparently unconcerned?
In its Making Media Pay series, the DPP explored how media companies around the world are looking to maximise the revenue generation from their valuable media assets. Here, we summarise 5 key steps to optimise content monetisation.
The 2023 festival brought together over 200 leaders from the customer and vendor communities to explore the strategies and technologies that are powering today's content supply chain.
At this event we examined the key technologies underpinning today’s content monetisation, through advertising and direct billing, across platforms and devices.
The DPP's third Festival brought together content companies, cloud providers, integrators, and startups to explore the revolution in content preparation and delivery.
Join the DPP in person in New York for the only industry event that brings together customers and suppliers to explore the latest in media supply chain technology and ideas.
Data analytics and exploitation is one of the threads which ties together Rights Management, Content Monetisation and Content Protection in the DPP's Making Media Pay series.
The DPP Media Supply Festival 2023 from June 1-2 is the only industry event that brings together customers and suppliers to explore the latest in media supply chain technology and ideas.
How well are technology suppliers meeting the demands of their customers in the media industry? For the first time, the DPP has reported from the NAB show.
An invitation-only event where the DPP and FPT Software bring together senior executives to discuss and explore how media companies and key technology partners are orienting themselves and their technology to make the most of the opportunity for targeted, personalized, and tracked advertising.
The DPP's second exclusive conference event brought together broadcasters from across Europe to share and discuss key messages with their supplier community.
The DPP's second exclusive conference event bringing together broadcasters from across Europe to share and discuss key messages with their supplier community.
An invitation only event at which the DPP, in partnership with Akamai, is gathering senior executives from across the industry to explore how technology, operations, engineering and broadcast leaders are developing multicloud strategies which keep a check on cloud costs and consumption.
DPP's new localisation report will help readers understand localisation, explore the evolving demand, and the potential for automation in the localisation supply chain.
The DPP has spoken with more than 50 experts from content creators, streaming platforms, localisation service providers, and technology vendors, to find out whether we're on the brink of an automated localisation revolution.
This year’s event saw a significant strategic shift. After years of emphasis on building new direct to consumer services, the priority now is efficiency.
At the DPP's 7th annual Leaders' Briefing, senior executives from over 30 major media organisations shared exclusive intelligence about their priorities.
In The Truth About Standards, the DPP exposes what media companies really think about standards and standards bodies. Book a bespoke briefing to learn about what it all means for your organisation.
More than any other content type, news is experiencing disruption in formats and outputs. In Making The News, experts were brought together to examine the technology and workflow changes necessary to keep up.
What are the major trends in topical content consumption? How are consumers consuming news, what does this mean for content delivery, and how and why are news operations therefore likely to change?
What's The News? found that current trends in mobile and social media - and the shifts towards these platforms - has dramatically changed how news is being consumed.
At the 2022 DPP Media Supply Festival, over 160 customers and suppliers were brought together to explore the transformation of media supply processes. The DPP Media Supply Manifesto 2022 summarises the key themes, challenges, and changes that unfolded.
Join the DPP in person in Dulles, USA for the only industry event that brings together customers and suppliers to explore the latest in media supply chain technology and ideas.
DPP's Making Integration Work report series draws parallels between media workflows and the IT industry’s approach to enterprise resource planning suites.
At the DPP European Broadcaster Summit, broadcasters from across Europe came together to share and discuss key messages with their supplier community. This report provides a summary of the themes that emerged.
The DPP's inaugural European Broadcaster Summit will serve as an information exchange for media companies and the technology supply chain, promoting collaboration and engagement.
CES is the most influential tech event in the world - the proving ground for breakthrough technologies and global innovators. Join us as we uncover the key trends for 2022.
CES is the most influential tech event in the world - the proving ground for breakthrough technologies and global innovators. At this event we uncovered the key trends for 2022.
CES 2022: What consumer trends mean for the media industry unwraps the trends from this year’s exhibition and compares them against 13 years of previous CES analysis.
Business to Business Metadata Exchange aims to reduce friction in the media supply chain at the points of content interchange, specifically around the exchange of metadata.
Values, workforce, skills, engagement and diversity are critical and profound part of business transformation agenda, DPP Leaders’ Briefing 2021 shows.
In the DPP Leaders’ Briefing 2021 summary report, content providers challenged supplier ecosystem to help tackle biggest tech challenges and deliver for customers.
The document defines a number of profiles for the exchange of live content over IP networks, maximising interoperability between parties by limiting the number of different profiles in use.
We brought together experts to examine the different elements of a large scale streaming solution, from video delivery to subscriber management and user experience.
The final webcast in our series, 'The Cloud for Media', examines the different elements of a large scale streaming solution, from video delivery to subscriber management and user experience.
In a closed session for content providers, our Leaders' Network share experiences and challenges around how to build effective technology and operations teams.
Spend time at the cutting edge of theory and practice around supply chain. The second day features the Online Demo Zone and more Media Supply Conference sessions.
Be part of a new breed of event for the people building the media factories of tomorrow. Day 1 includes the Online Demo Zone, Supply Chain Live, and the first set of Media Supply Conference sessions.
The DPP has collaborated with SMPTE® on the publication of a new pair of SMPTE Recommended Disclosure Documents resulting in adoption by the BBC this summer.
After a sudden change in ways of working around live outside broadcasts, new content creators are establishing their own ways of working to produce live content. So what are the characteristics of the new live working environment?
The Business of Live explores what an explosion of live content means for the professional media industry and how it has become the ultimate direct to consumer product.
Innovation is an overused and misunderstood word - and yet there has never been more need for it in the media industry. The Making Innovation Pay series defines what we mean by innovation, and how companies can be effective at identifying and delivering it.
Based on input from a range of industry experts, we uncover the best practices in delivering live productions remotely – both for low cost and premium events.
Live Remote Production defines, for the first time anywhere, five architectural models for producing live content. The report then examines the benefits of each model, identifying which will become dominant.
This new guidance sets out commonly agreed best practices that are simple to implement and can drive significant time and cost savings. It is recommended reading for both senders and receivers of VOD content.
Discover new business engagements with DPP Innovation Week, and take part in the first-ever research into effective innovation in the media industry with Making Innovation Pay.
How will a media industry focused on survival and redefinition become more adaptable and accepting of risk in order to both survive and thrive throughout 2021? Find out in the DPP 2021 Predictions.
What do trends from this year’s Consumer Electronics Show mean for media? Discover a business-led tech revolution - from which consumers will be the beneficiaries.
Come and celebrate the outstanding talent, skills, expertise and achievements of exceptional women across the broadcast technology and services sectors!
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.
Find out why forward looking customers and suppliers are all prepared to exchange long-term arrangements for less secure but better adapted commercial models.
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’.
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.
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.
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.
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.
‘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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
The DPP released a new report to its members today on the localisation and versioning processes required for the international distribution of content.
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?
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.
The introduction of the Interoperable Master Format (IMF) within the media industry has brought a revolution to media workflow processes for film and television.
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?
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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