Conferences

@3IT: Innovation Center for immersive imaging technologies of the Frauenhofer Institut Keynote and event moderation: Alain Polgar

Panelists: Studio Hamburg: Johannes Züll Geschäftsführer NDR: Roman Schmelter Distributionsmanager ARD Aktuell Sony: TBC Organization, keynote and moderation: Alain Polgar

As the Video on Demand market choice for the viewer Video on Demand Under the moderation of Stuart Thomson Editor of DigitalTV Europe together with the other panelits Bonnier Broadcasting Sweden: Sam Ekman - Head of TV4Play Orange France: Loic Shorter – Group Entertainment Lead Design

Many industries are being disrupted by the on-going digital transformation and the emergence of new competitors. Only in a few others does it happen so fast and so intense. The combination of viewer habit change toward mobile and on demand video consumption enabled by IP streaming technology with the strategy of US tech and media giants directly targeting European consumers put traditional business models and the much smaller and regional European media groups at risk.

Technology investments in the TV4.0 era: How are they impacted by business model modifications? The diagnostic is easy to summarize but most difficult to solve:

• Content costs are skyrocketing
• Linear channel revenue from carriage fees and adds is diminishing
• Revenue from non-linear distribution is still marginal
• In most countries public funding is frozen or diminishing

The Technology Innovation Days organised with 3IT the Innovation Center for immersive imaging technologies of the Frauenhofer Institut in Berlin ahead of the Berlinale have become an important yearly event for broadcasters, media production, technology vendors and researchers in the broadcast media space.

10th Franco Bavarian Dinner: Over the last few years a new wave of mergers and acquisitions is going on between French and German companies from start ups and service companies to global players. They all have in common the challenge of post merger integration. If not properly anticipated and acted on it puts the process and the expected value creation at stake.

No day passes without the annoucement of a new attack, of personnal data being stollen, of ramsomware putting business at risk. The example of the TV station TV5 monde that was entirely taken of air as a result of an attack that this day the origin and motivations are unkown is stricking. A single infected E Mail and a staff member inadvertely clicking on a link followed months of preparation by the attaquants had devastating consequences for the operation.