CES Innovation Insights for 2026
CES Innovation Insights for 2026
Get an inside look at standout trends emerging from this year’s CES Innovation Awards program with judge Allan McLennan. This session offers OTT.X members an early preview of the technologies poised to influence streaming and digital entertainment in 2026.
Before the show floor opens, take an exclusive look at the breakthrough technologies being showcased in the 2026 CES Innovation Awards.
The CES Innovation Awards is an annual program recognizing excellence in design and engineering across consumer technology.
Join longtime Innovation Awards judge, Allan McLennan, for an early preview of standout submissions from this year’s program and insights on what they signal for the future of streaming, CTV, and digital entertainment.
Key Discussion Takeaways:
- A first look at trends emerging inside the CES Innovation Awards pipeline
- Technologies and categories poised to impact content, platforms, and consumer behavior
- Signals that may define opportunity areas for 2026 and beyond
From next-gen interfaces and AI-powered media tools to advancements in display, mobility, and smart living, unpack the technologies that may redefine consumer expectations in 2026.
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Allan McLennan
Founder & Chief Executive, PADEM Media Group
Allan brings to the table over three decades of proven and evolving business management and creative leadership across the global media and entertainment landscape. His work has placed him in the Fortune 500, where he has deployed offerings on five continents and in 17 countries, providing services to over a billion households and devices through technology providers, studios, broadcasters, and advertisers worldwide (i.e., Ericsson, Microsoft, Siemens, Disney, Spielberg/Amblin, Apple, Comcast, Deluxe, Sony, NBCU, DreamWorks, Amazon Studios, BBC, Sky, ProSiebenSat, Globecast, Disney, Rai, et al.) and more.
This experience has placed Allan in leadership positions, including recent president of a thirty-year-old Burbank/Hollywood post production/localization studio—2G Digital Post; North American Head of M&E with 110k employee global SI (Atos); founding president of data leader (NASDAQ: RENT); EVP of television platform technology; co-creator of one of the first global streaming services (Media Station); co-founder of 3D multiuser worlds with Steven Spielberg; and co-producer of an Emmy-submitted television series, which was entirely shot on mobile phones and exclusively aired on the U.S. Sundance channel. This is all in addition to founding and leading PADEM Media Group through eighteen years as an exceptional global business and technology consulting/analyst group.
He holds an MBA in International Strategy (team and behavioral economics), is an extensive global speaker on media ecology, and is a guest lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. His book, Authority, which he co-authored, rose to the position of #4 on the WSJ Bestsellers list on being and becoming an "authority." He’s the co-creator of five foundational patents for targeted advertising and personalization, and he is a contributing member of industry-leading organizations such as SMPTE, ATAS, HPA, and PGA. He sits on the executive media board of IET (Institute of Engineering & Technology, London) and the board of trustees of CEI (Center of Education Innovation, NYC).
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