
Fireside Chat: Mastering YouTube: Best Practices for TV & Film Content Owners
Fireside Chat: Mastering YouTube: Best Practices for TV & Film Content Owners
Discover how to unlock YouTube’s full potential for TV and film at this exclusive Fireside Chat with Aux Mode CEO Adam Rumanek and Media Play News’ T.K. Arnold. From rights management to audience growth and monetization, learn the strategies content owners need to stand out and succeed in today’s streaming landscape.
YouTube has become one of the most powerful platforms for distributing, monetizing, and growing audiences for film and TV content but standing out takes more than uploads, it requires smart rights management, audience growth tactics, and a clear monetization strategy.
Join Adam Rumanek, Founder & CEO of Aux Mode, in conversation with T.K. Arnold, Editorial Director of Media Play News, for an exclusive Fireside Chat on all things YouTube at the 2025 OTT.X Summit on October 22nd.

Speakers
- Interviewed By: Thomas K. Arnold, Publisher & Editorial Director, Media Play News
- Adam Rumanek, Chief Executive Officer, Aux Mode
Unpack the latest strategies and best practices that content owners need to thrive on YouTube in today’s multi-platform entertainment ecosystem.
From getting started the right way to protecting your rights when others upload or use your content, this session will walk you through the tools and tactics that matter most.
Whether you oversee distribution, manage digital workflows, or are building long-form programming for streaming, gain a clear roadmap to optimize your YouTube presence and turn it into a powerful driver of both revenue and reach.
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Learn more about the industry leading executives that will be joining "Fireside Chat: Mastering YouTube: Best Practices for TV & Film Content Owners"

Adam Rumanek
Chief Executive Officer, Aux Mode
Entrepreneur. Author. Internet programmer. Since selling his first Internet company in the year 2000, Adam has created industry-lauded programs and companies in web, content, big data and next-generation technology. For over a decade, Adam has collaborated globally with corporations, governments, and NGOs, helping enable them to maximize the business potential of digital media platforms. In 2012, the eruption of YouTube – and the exponential population explosion of YouTubers – alerted Adam to the need for a Multi Channel Network (MCN) to help manage and protect users.
His solution, and his next start-up venture, he named Aux Mode. Adam is Google and YouTube Certified, 5 degrees, and is also the author of ‘How to Make Money on YouTube’ that can be found on iTunes. Adam is a regular speaker worldwide on digital rights management and content strategies online.

Thomas K. Arnold
Publisher & Editorial Director, Media Play News
Thomas K. Arnold is an award-winning journalist, writer and editor who has been covering the home entertainment industry for nearly three decades. Prior to launching Media Play News in January 2018, he was the Publisher and Editorial Director of Home Media Magazine, the home entertainment industry’s weekly trade publication. He joined Video Store Magazine, Home Media‘s predecessor, in 1991.
Arnold is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, summits and other events, including CES, Digital Hollywood, and events produced by trade associations DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group and OTT.X. He has written for Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, USA Today, and the Los Angeles Times, and appeared on television to talk about home entertainment issues on CNN’s “Showbiz Tonight,” “Entertainment Tonight,” and the G4 network’s “Attack of the Show.” Arnold is an alumnus of San Diego State University, where he majored in Business Management and minored in Journalism.