The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) is kicking off its
conference calendar for the year with the OTT Summit – The Future of Video
Streaming as global streaming subscriptions surpass 1 billion.
The OTT Summit will cover all angles of Asia’s OTT industry across
four key themes:
The Changing Face of Business Models: With a year of COVID
lockdowns behind us, will 2021 be a seminal year for the industry?
Content and Monetisation: Do different content propositions lend
themselves to different monetisation models? What can we learn from the world
of gaming?
Premium Video Advertising: Will the recovery be in 2021? And as
budgets continue to be moved from linear to digital, do advertisers understand
the opportunity of premium video in the streaming era?
Investing in Technology: How can we pull together all the
necessary pieces required to deliver a world class experience for consumers,
harnessing technology rather than letting it hinder us?
Opening the Summit this year is Matthew Ball, the Managing
Partner of Epyllion Industries. Ball will be providing a global perspective of
the video industry, its impact on Asian markets and how streamers can position
themselves for greater success. Other key speakers joining the OTT Summit this
year include:
Euan Smith, Group COO and CEO, TV, Astro
Gulshan Verma, SVP & Head, Advertising, Disney+ Hotstar
Sutanto Hartono, MD, PT Elang Mahkota Teknologi (EMTEK)
Quark Henares, Head, Globe Studios
Rohit Jain, MD, Lionsgate South Asia and Networks - Emerging
Markets Asia, Lionsgate o Anil Nihalani, Head of Digital Products &
Technology, Mediacorp
Anita Munro, Chief Investment Officer, Mindshare APAC
Tony Zameczkowski, VP, Business Development, Asia, Netflix
Manish Verma, Head of Technology, SonyLIV
Emily Wee, VP of Content & Operations, TM Net
Helen Sou, Chief Business Officer - Asia, Viu
Lesley Simpson, Country Manager, WeTV and iflix Indonesia
Gold Sponsors for OTT Summit include Brightcove, Google, Irdeto,
TV5MONDE, Xandr, while Alibaba Cloud, Encoding.com, iWedia, Kaltura, Lionsgate,
Mediacorp, MediaKind, NETFLIX, PubMatic, SmartLabs, Synamedia, Vindicia,
WarnerMedia, and Zixi are Silver Sponsors.
Alongside the OTT Summit, AVIA will be hosting Piracy Over the Top, a companion event focused on streaming pirated services. According to AVIA, streaming piracy is now the biggest competitive threat to the video industry.
The OTT Summit will be held virtually from 29 March to 1 April,
9:30 – 12:30pm SGT, while Piracy Over the Top will take place on 29 March, 3 –
6pm SGT.
For full event details, visit www.ottsummit.asia.