2022 Fall Summit Has Completed | 2023 Fall Summit to be Held August 30 - 31 2023
The OTT.X Fall Summit is for companies engaged in distribution of entertainment content to the consumer through TVOD, SVOD, AVOD & FAST. Leaders of OTT channels and networks, digital retailers, MVPDs, platforms, content providers, and service and technology providers will gather for both a buyer-seller market and an exchange of knowledge and thought leadership. Activities will include two days of conference programming and workshops/breakouts, exhibitor booths and tabletops, one-on-one pre-scheduled business meetings, networking breakfasts, lunches and Industry Cocktail Parties.
SPEAKERS
KEYNOTE
Chris McGurk
Chairman & CEO
Cinedigm
Zach Alter
Head of West Coast Sales
TMB
Alex Arenas
Director of US Media Entertainment and Toys
The NPD Group
Linda Abrams
Vice President of Sales
Zype
Thomas Ashley
CEO
Galxy TV
Andrew Baritz
VP: Advertising Sales & Operations
OTTera
David Bloom
Senior Contributor
Forbes
Stephen Brooks
President
Latido Networks
Hollie Choi
Executive Director
Entertainment ID Registry Association (EIDR)
Jason Cohen
CEO
MyBundle.TV
Ted Cohen
Managing Partner
TAG Strategic
Bryan Crocker
Chief Operating Officer
Multicom Entertainment Group
Brian Cullinane
Chief Revenue Officer
VideoElephant
David Di Lorenzo
SVP Kids & Family
Future Today
Colin Dixon
Founder & Chief Analyst
nScreenMedia
Cameron Douglas
OTT.X Chairman
VP, Home Entertainment
Fandango
Berkin Ecevit
Sales and Business Development Director
SPI International
Christopher Eckman
VP, Digital Operations & Information Technology
The Africa Channel
Michele Edelman
Head of Growth
Premiere Digital Services
Bruce Eisen
Attorney
Eisen Law PC
Thomas Engdahl
Executive Vice President
Vidillion
Rose Ferraro
Chief Revenue Officer
TMB
Mark Fisher
President & CEO
OTT.X
Jude Fitzmorris
Head of Product and Engineering, Prime Video Acquisition Technology
Amazon
Linc Gasking
In Stealth
Stealth Startup
Tomas Gennari
CEO
BB Media
Jason Gish
President, Film & Television
Testronic
Tristan Gregson
Director of Licensing & Distribution
BitMAX
Philippe Guelton
President
Crackle Plus
Strath Hamilton
CEO
TriCoast Studios
Steve Harnsberger
Founder & CEO
Universal Search & Discovery
Craig Heiting
Head of Strategic Business Development
Wurl
Jeremy Justice
Director, Product Management
Gracenote
Jason Kassin
Founder & CEO
FilmTrack
Halleh Kianfar
Vice President, Product Management, Gracenote Video
Gracenote
Laurie Knight
Senior HR Consultant
Peoplescape
Anthony Layser
VP, Content Partnerships & Programming
XUMO
Marc Liebmann
Chief Revenue Officer
SymphonyAI Media
Heather Luttrell
Head of Monetization
Cinedigm
Yolanda Macias
Chief Content Officer
Cinedigm
Michael Maponga
CEO
AfroLandTV
Marija Masalskis
Advertising research lead
Omdia
LaShawn McGhee
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer
Revry TV
Stuart McLean
CEO
FAST Studios
Anthony Mesa
VP, Sales
ViewLift
Matt Montemayor
SVP of Sales & Partner
Canela Media
John Mongiardo
President
Here Media
Belinda Morris
Founder
Peoplescape
James Muldrow
Vice President, Product Management
Comscore
Vince Muscarella
Vice President, Sales
Whip Media
Scott Olechowski
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer
Plex
Erick Opeka
Chief Strategy Officer
Cinedigm
Jason Peterson
Chairman & CEO
GoDigital Media Group
Teresa Phillips
Co-Founder & CEO
Spherex
Joshua Pine
Chief Revenue Officer
XL8.ai
Katherine Pond
Group VP, Platform, Content & Partnerships
VIZIO
Andrew Rosenman
Global Product Marketing Lead - CTV/Video
Equativ
Craig Seidel
Chief Technology Officer
Pixelogic Media
Matthew Singerman
President
KFA Consulting
Sridhar Sinnasamy
Head of Sales (North America)
Amagi
Jonathan Skogmo
Founder
Jukin Media
Brian Stevenson
Co-Founder CEO and Chairman
Sheena Mae Stories
Chris Tanquary
Senior Director of Business Development, Distribution & IP
VIZIO
Gal Turjeman
CEO
Castify.ai
Heather York
VP, Marketing
VITAC
Mike Vorhaus
CEO
Vorhaus Advisors
SCHEDULE
DAY 1
AUGUST 31, 2022
MORNING CONFERENCE SESSIONS
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Event Details
Sponsored By:
Whip Media will present data on the most anticipated Fall TV shows – across platforms – including an early look at viewership and engagement for HBO’s “House of the Dragon.” Understanding audience viewing intent is crucial to developing marketing strategies, recognizing early-adopter audiences, and how it could impact the competitive streaming landscape.
Speaker
Vince Muscarella, Vice President, Sales, Whip Media
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Panel Discussion | Insights from Today’s Industry Leaders
Introduced By:
Moderator
David Bloom, Senior Contributor, Forbes
Speakers
Cameron Douglas, VP, Home Entertainment, Fandango
Philippe Guelton, President, Crackle Plus
Katherine Pond, Vice President of Business Development, VIZIO
Erick Opeka, Chief Strategy Officer, Cinedigm
AFTERNOON CONFERENCE SESSIONS
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Predicting OTT Content Performance
Sponsored By:
In the race to spend less and monetize more, predictive analytics is a powerful OTT growth driver. For anyone looking to optimize revenue, this session presents practical steps to move from data chaos to AI-powered intelligence so you can measure, predict, and influence the revenue your content generates.
Speaker
Marc Liebmann, Chief Revenue Officer, SymphonyAI Media
Event Details
Panel Discussion | Distributing and Windowing Content Across Business Models
Moderator
Colin Dixon, Founder & Chief Analyst, nScreenMedia
Speakers
Bryan Crocker, Chief Operating Officer, Multicom Entertainment Group
Anthony Layser, VP, Content Partnerships & Programming, XUMO
Yolanda Macias, Chief Content Officer, Cinedigm
John Mongiardo, President, Here Media
Brian Stevenson, Co-Founder CEO and Chairman, Sheena Mae Stories
Event Details
Research Roundup
Presented By
- 5:00 PM | The Great Migration to Streaming Originals | The NPD Group – Understanding the shifting content inventory mix and its resulting effect on viewership is critical as you navigate licensing deals and fine-tune your distribution strategy. During this session we will quantify the viewership impact from more services focusing their content mix on original programming.
- Speaker | Alex Arenas, Director of US Media Entertainment and Toys, The NPD Group
- 5:10 PM | Streaming’s Agile Approach to Win Over Customers | Comscore – From original vs. syndicated content lineups to more affordable price points to ad-supported vs. non-ad-supported models, streaming services are experimenting with new approaches to win over customers while remaining profitable. This session will provide a comprehensive overview of how streaming models are changing, what’s driving this shift, and the role social media has in winning over customers in this new media landscape.
- Speaker | James Muldrow, Vice President, Product Management, Comscore
- 5:20 PM |NFTs, Blockchain, and The Metaverse – What do Americans know and think? | Vorhaus Advisors – Vorhaus Advisors conducted a US national survey representative of the entire US adult population with 2,000 respondents in late 2021. Mike Vorhaus will present the data from this survey regarding what people know about these topics and how interested they are in them.
- Speaker | Mike Vorhaus, CEO, Vorhaus Advisors
- 5:30 PM | The New TV | Omdia – Connected TV apps were a critical driver of SVOD service adoption in the 2010s and a major contributor to the consumer migration from traditional TV to online video. The 2020s are set to be the decade that advertisers follow consumers into connected TV. Over the next five years connected TV advertising alone, i.e. excluding video ad revenue from mobile and PC, will be rapidly catching up to linear TV advertising. This session will discuss how CTV, FAST and AVOD are shaping the new TV landscape.
- Speaker | Marija Masalskis, Advertising research lead, Omdia
- 5:40 PM | Anatomy of a Profitable Internet TV Service | nScreenMedia – It is becoming increasingly difficult to succeed in InternetTV if you rely on an owned and operated app with one business model. In this session, we will look at the potential to grow your business with alternative business and distribution models. We’ll also look at how much revenue an Internet TV service can earn if it takes advantage of all the opportunities available to it.
- Speaker | Colin Dixon, Founder & Chief Analyst, nScreenMedia
DAY 2
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
MORNING CONFERENCE SESSIONS
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Bringing Content Metadata into Clear Focus
Sponsored By:
Outside of a relatively small group of specialists within the M&E industry, program metadata is somewhat of a fuzzy topic. Content owners generally understand that normalized and structured metadata is important to the success of their offerings. But they don’t necessarily know how they can leverage the power of third-party metadata to increase program visibility on streaming services or why unique identifiers can help them better manage their own content within internal systems. Through this presentation, Gracenote’s Jeremy Justice will bring content metadata into clear focus and help OTT.X attendees visualize how they can tap into its massive potential.
Speaker
Jeremy Justice, Director, Product Management, Gracenote
Event Details
Panel Discussion | Growing Your Footprint
Moderator
Michele Edelman, Head of Growth, Premiere Digital Services
Speakers
Berkin Ecevit, Sales and Business Development Director, SPI International
Tomas Gennari, CEO, BB Media
Jason Peterson, Chairman & CEO, GoDigital Media Group
Matthew Singerman, President, KFA Consulting
AFTERNOON CONFERENCE SESSIONS
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Research Roundup
Presented By
- 4:50 PM | Are Robots Our Friends? And Other Questions From the Not-So-Distant Future. | Slalom
- Speaker | Ryan McKinstry Principal | Strategy, Slalom
- 5:00 PM | Quantifying the Value of Diversity in Content | Nielsen – As the population of the U.S. continues to diversify across different race, ethnicity, gender and identity dimensions, so does the make-up of entertainment consumers. Viewers today actively seek out TV shows that feature talent mirroring themselves and storylines reflecting their experiences. Under these conditions, the industry has new opportunities to develop and distribute programming that will resonate authentically with diverse audiences. In this session, Gracenote’s Halleh Kianfar will present new insights on diversity in TV content and how engagement changes when viewers see themselves and their experiences in the programming they watch.
- Speaker | Halleh Kianfar, Vice President, Product Management, Gracenote Video, Gracenote
- 5:10 PM | Media and Entertainment Industry Trends Update – A Story of Resilience | Pepperdine University – Dr. Granados will present the preliminaries of Pepperdine’s annual MEDIA Report, underscoring how the industry has come back strong after its pandemic crisis, when whole sectors of the creative economy were shut down. He will also provide an update on the streaming sector and the continuing growth of ad-based streaming.
- Speaker | Nelson Granados, Executive Director, Institute for Entertainment, Media, and Sports, Pepperdine University
SPONSORS
If you are interested in sponsoring this year’s OTT.X Fall Summit, click here or email Steve Apple at sapple@ottx.org.
VIDEOS ON DEMAND
Videos on Demand are free for all conference attendees and OTT.X members. Contact Jose Rodriguez (jrodriguez@ottx.org) to learn how to gain free access. Non-member/attendee price for access to Video on Demand content is $200.
VENUE & HOTEL INFO
VENUE
Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049
COVID Protocols
- Show proof of full vaccination (ages 12+)*
- Wear an N95, KN95, KF94, or surgical mask while indoors (ages 2+)
- Masks will not be required in OTT.X Summit event spaces
HOTEL
Hotel Angelino
170 N Church Ln, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Hotel Angeleno isn't just a hotel, it's a lofty pad where you can drop your bags and tap into the laid-back Los Angeles lifestyle. At the crossroads of UCLA, Santa Monica, Century City and Beverly Hills, your LA experience will be whatever you want it to be. A special room rate is available for OTT.X Summit Attendees.
Price: $189 per night
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WHAT TO EXPECT
Activities will include two days of conference programming and workshops/breakouts, exhibitor booths and tabletops, one-on-one pre-scheduled business meetings, networking breakfasts, lunches and Industry Cocktail Parties.
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
The OTT.X Fall Summit encompasses the entire OTT industry as such we will have leading organizations from all sectors of OTT in attendance. 2021 OTT.X Fall Summit participants included:
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
Registration for the 2022 OTT.X Fall Summit is Open!
For sponsorship inquiries, either click here or email Steve Apple at sapple@ottx.org
NOTES:
- Employees of OTT.X member companies receive FREE admission to the Summit
- Contact jrodriguez@ottx.org to learn how to receive free admission to the summit.
- OTT.X members must register with their member company email address
- In Person Registration grants you access to the livestream for the 2022 OTT.X Fall Summit.
- Purchase of Livestream does not grant in-person access to the 2022 OTT.X Fall Summit
- Non Member Early Bird Rate $350.00 | Expires July 29th, 2022
- Non Member General Admission Rate $500.00