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Supply Chain Today: The Key Insights

14.06.2023

This report summarises 45 insights that came from the Media Supply Festival 2023's 15 sessions.

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Supply chain transformation comes from optimising key business processes rather than technology

14.06.2023

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.

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DPP at The Supply Chain Breakfast - Paris

27th March, 9:05 - 9:15am CEST

DPP CTO Rowan de Pomerai will be presenting industry trends in cloud-based supply chains at Ateliere's 'The Supply Chain Breakfast' in Paris.

Cloud Supply Chain Trends

SDVI's Reinventing the Media Supply Chain: London Edition

14 June 2022

Join SDVI, Telestream, and Codemill, in collaboration with AWS, for an informative half-day lunch and workshop on the latest innovations in the media supply chain.

Supply Chain Networking External

IN PERSON

Organisational change is now the key to supply chain modernisation

09.06.2022

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.

Supply Chain Media Supply Festival

Calls for media companies and supply chain to rehearse collective cyber response

27.04.2022

Expert contributors to Cyber Security Secrets call for collective effort to mitigate cyber incident which could impact multiple organisations.

Security

Making integration work and the 'postmodern' media supply chain?

13.04.2022

DPP's Making Integration Work report series draws parallels between media workflows and the IT industry’s approach to enterprise resource planning suites.

Insight Making Integration Work

Tackling Scope 3 emissions - How media organisations are building a sustainable supply chain

31.03.2022

Leaders from RTL Nederland, Atos, Red Bee and Deluxe share advice on tackling Scope 3 emissions.

Sustainability Leaders' Network

DPP Leaders' Network: Sustainable Supply Chain

At this event we looked at real world examples of how vendors are working together to help deliver both their own sustainability goals, and those of their customers.

Webinar Leaders' Network

DPP Leaders' Network: Sustainable Supply Chain

9 March 2022

We'll look at real world examples of how vendors are working together to help deliver both their own sustainability goals, and those of their customers.

Webinar Leaders' Network

ONLINE

Digital Supply Chain Alliance - Update Meeting

16 December 2021

Hear the latest updates from the Digital Supply Chain Alliance.

Supply Chain

Media leaders look to supply chain partners to better integrate modular, best-of-breed services

15.12.2021

In the DPP Leaders’ Briefing 2021 summary report, content providers challenged supplier ecosystem to help tackle biggest tech challenges and deliver for customers.

Supply Chain Leaders' Briefing

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.

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Next Gen Supply Chain: a matter of life or death?

4 June 2020

As the media industry rebuilds from crisis are next gen supply chains now necessary for survival?

Supply Chain Webinar

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

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Next Gen Supply Chain

16.04.2020

Will companies with next generation supply chains have a competitive advantage? We explore what major content companies adopting software defined, cloud led supply chains could mean for the media industry.

Cloud Transformation Research Supply Chain

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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

Media Supply Festival 2024

30-31 May 2024, New York

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.

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IN PERSON

Technical Insight

This special series of work explores the reality of media in the cloud today, and sheds light on the challenges that remain.

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This special series of work explores the reality of media in the cloud today, and sheds light on the challenges that remain.

Tech Cloud Transformation Distribution AI Supply Chain The Cloud For Media

Photo highlights from the DPP Media Supply Festival 2023

04.06.2023

The DPP's third Festival brought together content companies, cloud providers, integrators, and startups to explore the revolution in content preparation and delivery.

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MMP: Rights Management

18.05.2023

Understand the challenges and opportunities of effective rights management.

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Localisers must balance innovation and efficiency with craft and creativity, says DPP’s new localisation report

21.02.2023

DPP's new localisation report will help readers understand localisation, explore the evolving demand, and the potential for automation in the localisation supply chain.

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The Future of Localisation

20.02.2023

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.

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The DPP Media Supply Manifesto 2022

09.06.2022

Find out about the key themes, challenges, and changes that unfolded at the DPP Media Supply Festival 2022.

Supply Chain Media Supply Festival

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The Cloud for Media

This special series of work explores the reality of media in the cloud today, and sheds light on the challenges that remain.

Tech Cloud Transformation Distribution AI Supply Chain The Cloud For Media

The Cloud for Media Summary

Access the key takeaways from each report in this special series of work that explores the reality of media in the cloud today, and sheds light on the challenges that remain.

Tech Cloud Transformation Distribution AI Supply Chain The Cloud For Media

DPP publishes Recommendation DPP008 Business to Business Metadata Exchange

13.01.2022

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.

Recommendation Supply Chain Tech Update Tech Network

DPP008 Business to Business Metadata Exchange Appendix A

Appendix A of DPP008 - AS-11 UK DPP HD Mapping Into MDDF Schemas.

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DPP008 Business to Business Metadata Exchange

This recommendation aims to reduce friction in the media supply chain at the points of content interchange, specifically around the exchange of metadata.

Tech File Delivery Recommendation Metadata Supply Chain

Media Supply Festival 2021

The festival brought together content companies, cloud providers, integrators, and startups to explore software-defined content supply chains.

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Media Supply Festival Day 2 - Building for Success

8 September 2021

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.

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Media Supply Festival Day 1 - The Media Factory Today

7 September 2021

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.

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Culture Shock: How COVID Changed the Supply and Demand of Streaming

31 March 2021

StoryFit examine the entertainment landscape for non-obvious shifts in both supply and demand of movies and TV shows.

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DPP enables unique innovation engagement between suppliers and customers

16.03.2021

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.

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Tech Leaders' Briefing 2020

10.12.2020

Actionable business intelligence from 30 major media companies to help you grow your business in 2021.

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DPP Tech Leaders’ Briefing 2020 reveals the key priorities of major media organisations

10.12.2020

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.

Transformation Research Tech Leaders' Briefing Supply Chain Business Requirements

Commercial Relationships: Embedding value

03.12.2020

Replay this Design for Tomorrow event about why shorter, consumption based contracts build better relationships between customers and suppliers.

Transformation Research Supply Chain Web Event Video Design for Tomorrow

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

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

Commercial Relationships

10.11.2020

Find out why forward looking customers and suppliers are all prepared to exchange long-term arrangements for less secure but better adapted commercial models.

Transformation Research Supply Chain Design for Tomorrow

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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.

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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

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.

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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.

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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

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.

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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

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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

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.

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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 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

Libraries and Archives

29.09.2020

Managing Media Inventory, the third report in our Design for Tomorrow series, identifies the key success factors for the design of future facing content collections and repositories.

Transformation Workflows Research Metadata Supply Chain Design for Tomorrow

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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.

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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

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.

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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

Content Preparation

15.09.2020

Discover the six key success factors for the design of content preparation operations in an unpredictable media market in Building the Agile Media Factory, the second report in our Design for Tomorrow series.

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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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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

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.

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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

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

The Cloud for Media

17.08.2020

Our 2020 report provides an authoritative guide to migrating media organisations to the cloud, the steps required, and practical advice for success.

Tech Cloud Transformation Research Supply Chain Implementation

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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.

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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...

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Will Covid-19 Change The Way We Work?

21.07.2020

In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, the media industry moved to remote working quickly and well. But what happened next? We uncover a rollercoaster of anxiety and uncertainty in this special report.

Cloud Transformation Production Workflows Research Supply Chain Connectivity

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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

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

Supplying the VOD Revolution

22.05.2020

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

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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

Supplying the VOD Revolution

30.04.2020

An extensive piece of research into the global supply of content to VOD platforms, identifying pain points and exploring formats and standards. What practical steps can be taken to reduce complexity and enhance efficiency in this vital artery of our industry?

Tech File Delivery Workflows Versioning Research Distribution Supply Chain Implementation

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

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 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

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

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

New roles for Harrison and de Pomerai at DPP

02.04.2024

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.

DPP Update News

What's coming up

If you'd like to get involved with our upcoming projects and events, here is our calendar for the year.

What's coming up at the DPP

Generative AI has raised expectations of AI’s potential, finds the DPP’s new AI report

19.02.2024

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.

Tech AI Insight Generative AI AI in Media: What does good look like?

Technology

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

Tech

Content Delivery

Driving best practice in business-to-business content exchange across the supply chain

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DPP appoints Jess Goode as Head of Member Engagement

16.01.2024

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.

DPP Update News

Sponsorship

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

About the DPP

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

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Executive Dinners

DPP Executive Dinners are back!

Are the 5 rules of AI still golden?

31.10.2023

In 2021, DPP CTO Rowan de Pomerai outlined his "5 Golden Rules of Media AI". But after a year of immense AI progress, do the 5 rules still apply?

Tech AI Automation

DPP Sustainability Knowledge Exchange 2023

18th October - 16:00 BST

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.

Sustainability Networking Workshop

ONLINE

ZDF Surveys

An outline of the benchmarking work that the DPP is performing with ZDF.

Why aren't we talking more about the strikes?

24.08.2023

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?

Opinion News

5 steps to optimise content monetisation

24.07.2023

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.

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Artificial intelligence now a foundational technology for media

29.06.2023

At the Media Supply Festival 2023, industry leaders discussed how artificial intelligence was becoming a foundational technology for content providers and tech suppliers.

Tech AI Media Supply Festival Broadcasters Vendors

Media Supply Festival 2023

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.

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Media Supply Festival 2023 - Grace Boswood

At this years DPP Media Supply Festival CEO Mark Harrison sat down with Grace Boswood, Technology Director at Channel 4

Media Supply Festival 2023 - Mike Kralec

At this years DPP Media Supply Festival CEO Mark Harrison sat down with Mike Kralec, SVP, Chief Technology Officer at Sinclair Broadcast Group.

Media Supply Festival 2023 - Phil Wiser

At this years DPP Media Supply Festival DPP CTO Rowan de Pomerai spoke with Phil Wiser, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Paramount

Media Supply Festival 2023

1-2 June 2023, New York

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.

Cloud Production Distribution Software Media Supply Festival

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Join industry leaders at Media Supply Festival 2023 in New York

16.05.2023

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.

Media Supply Festival

Automation, for the people - Localisation innovations augment human expertise with technology transformation

15.05.2023

In the DPP podcast, SDVI CMO Geoff Stedman discusses the DPP's The Future of Localisation work with report author Rowan de Pomerai.

The Future of Localisation

At this event we explored the evolving demand for localised and versioned content and the potential for automation in the localisation supply chain.

Tech Automation Future of Localisation Innovation

Security

Promoting cyber security best practice in the media industry

Tech Security Certification

It’s time for efficiency, say speakers at DPP Leaders’ Briefing

05.12.2022

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.

Workflows Research Leaders' Briefing Operational Effectiveness

‘Future standards process must be more agile’, says the DPP’s new standards report

18.10.2022

The DPP sets out to discover the right balance of standardisation to meet the needs of the modern media industry.

Insight Standards Interoperability

DPP Leaders' Briefing 2022 brings together media and technology innovators

17.10.2022

The DPP Leaders' Briefing 2022 is an exclusive conference and networking opportunity bringing together content providers and media suppliers.

Leaders' Briefing

The DPP becomes an independent organisation

03.10.2022

Building on its success as a membership organisation, the DPP has announced plans to become fully self-sufficient.

DPP Update News

Double standards? DPP previews The Truth About Standards to member organisations

15.09.2022

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.

Standards

Media Supply Festival 2022

At the Festival, over 160 customers and suppliers were brought together to explore the transformation of media supply processes.

Cloud Production Distribution Software Media Supply Festival

Media Supply Festival 2022

18-19 May 2022

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.

Cloud Production Distribution Software Media Supply Festival

IN PERSON

Sustainability seeds sewn into DPP's trends, predictions and leadership work

08.04.2022

Going green has been a central theme from broadcasters and media suppliers in the DPP's latest events and insight reports.

Sustainability

Cyber Security Secrets shows how expert practitioners are tackling cyber threat

15.03.2022

Expert practitioners advise on how you can protect your organisation from cyber threats.

Security Research Insight

European Broadcaster Summit in Berlin will tackle industry’s biggest challenges

10.03.2022

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.

Cloud Sustainability DPP European Broadcaster Summit

CES 2022: Every cloud has to have an edge

15.02.2022

Edge technology is improving to keep pace with innovation by cloud hyperscalers, as devices and services drive consumer technology growth.

Cloud Sustainability

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

‘This is the year sustainability went into production’, says the DPP’s new CES report

17.01.2022

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.

Tech Cloud Predictions Sustainability Research

Next Gen Production Network - Transforming Audio

7 December 2021

This special webcast will explore how an appetite for innovation is impacting the way audio is produced.

Production Next Gen Production Webinar

ONLINE

The DPP partners with Convergent for its Committed to Security Programme

03.11.2021

The DPP announces the launch of a new partnership to enhance and grow the DPP Committed to Security Programme.

Tech Security Implementation

Cloud adoption disrupts established relationships in the media industry, reveals new DPP insight

27.10.2021

The Cloud for Media series explores the present reality of media in the cloud, and sheds light on the challenges that remain.

Research Insight The Cloud For Media

Next Gen Production Network - Who Needs Virtual Production?

15 October 2021

The second session in this two-part guide to shooting in virtual environments will explore when virtual production should be used, what it costs, and how to get the best from it.

Production Next Gen Production Virtual Production

ONLINE

Next Gen Production Network - What is Virtual Production?

14 October 2021

The first session in this two-part guide to shooting in virtual environments will explain the different types of virtual production, how they work, the benefits, and the challenges.

Production Next Gen Production Virtual Production

ONLINE

DPP and SMPTE publish major updates to IMF documentation

04.08.2021

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.

IMF Tech Specification Versioning

DPP Innovation Week - Day 1

12 April 2021

Day 1 will feature supplier pitches for Production and Post Production tools. Plus you'll hear from Signiant CEO, Margaret Craig and special guests.

Tech Cloud Production Networking Innovation Week

DPP publishes guidance for VOD supplier onboarding

24.03.2021

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.

Tech File Delivery Workflows Implementation Guidance VOD

A peek inside the Machine Intelligence Garage

18.03.2021

Cognizant's Peter Elvidge reflects on the recent Machine Intelligence Garage event with the DPP and Digital Catapult

Tech AI

Next Gen Production Network

2 March 2021

After a year that saw a dramatic shift to remote working, we explore what it means to manage in-house editing remotely.

Transformation Production Next Gen Production

Next Gen Production Network

At this event we explored how the pandemic has impacted in-house editing, and what it means to establish a long term solution.

Transformation Production Next Gen Production

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

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 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

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

Content Creation

14.10.2020

Essential reading for production companies and their suppliers. Do you have the resilience and ingenuity to succeed in an uncertain future?

Transformation Production Research Next Gen Production Design for Tomorrow

MEMBERS

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

Supplying the VOD Revolution

19 May 2020

Join us to explore the complexities of delivering content to global VOD platforms.

Tech Workflows Versioning Distribution Webinar

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

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

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

Lockdown: it’s emotional

24.04.2020

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

Transformation Opinion

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

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

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

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

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

MEMBERS

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

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

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

MEMBERS

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

Tech Leaders' Briefing 2019

13 & 14 November 2019

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

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 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

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

MEMBERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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

The Future of Media & Entertainment

17.05.2018

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

Transformation Opinion

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

MEMBERS

Meet the UK Broadcasters 2017

27.11.2017

We explore the three current key priorities of each of the CTOs from the major UK broadcasters; and their specific messages to the supplier community

Transformation

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

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.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

Survey Report: The Business Benefits of IP Production

28.03.2017

The first ever assessment of where companies can expect to see the greatest ROI from committing to IP-based production

Cloud Transformation Production Research IP

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

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