Sarah Izbornicki

In a rapidly evolving landscape where OTT, CTV, and streaming are often confused, clear communication is key. Check out Digiday’s 2024 glossary 📺 #Streaming #DigitalVideo #FutureOfTV

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Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance first manifesto "The Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) has called on legislators to introduce data driven legislation and meaningful non-compliance penalties to combat live content piracy." The problem of #piracy is very real "According to AAPA, in 2021, pay-TV operators incurred losses amounting to €3.21 billion due to piracy, with estimated gains for illegal operators reaching €1 billion in the same year. It says this represents only a fraction of the time." All this money for piracy, all this theft is real, it's jobs that could be going to more people, bigger bonus payments, less layoffs, more taxable income to improve society etc. The list goes on. While I support this as any media professional would, I believe we have to look at the supply-sided problems that drive the demand for piracy. Yes, this is not something people in the #mediaindustry want to discuss. Crime is crime, don't justify it. I don't! But you should understand why people commit crimes, what's the reason and motivation for doing so. That's a key part of stopping it, is prevention. With the media market as fractured as ever, with rights being split between #paytv and #streaming on different platforms requiring different subscriptions, a market failure has been created by making it unaffordable and inconvenient for consumers to get what they want. This is where piracy comes in, as it magically gives you the old pay-tv model of everything in one place at a much lower cost. That's not to condone this, but rather to try and combat it. The media industry should understand that cooperation is key, alliances are key. We've seen a lot of it already, through bundling of SVOD platforms with pay-tv operators, moves towards joined-up #streamingplatforms for live sports. Yet, it's still not enough amongst major streaming platforms themselves. Netflix has said it's not interested, others have looked at bi-lateral alliances, but nothing wholistic. They do so to protect their margin and their market-share. However, they don't realise that they are losing market share to piracy. Piracy is often the biggest competitor to the lead streaming platform or pay-tv platform. So, while they try and protect their legal market share, the illicit market increases its share of the de facto market. So of course, I support the manifesto, greater enforcement of digital regulation, harmonising EU level protections etc. However, more needs to be done to nip piracy in the bud, rather than act against it when it's in full force. I think the alliance needs to look at market failures as to why piracy flourishes as well as strengthen regulations to combat piracy. Prevention is the best protection, and that needs understanding. #television #streamingmedia #media #streamingplatform #tvindustry #video #videocontent #audiovisual #policy

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Universal Music Group’s financial results this week were the company’s 12th consecutive quarter of revenue growth in at least the high single-digits. Impressive, eh? But welcome to life as a public company: when both the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal’s follow-on coverage has focused on how much your share price has fallen in the wake of the results. “Universal Music shares slump 20% after streaming revenue growth slows,” was the FT’s headline. “Universal Music Sheds $13 Billion in Market Cap After Streaming Revenue Disappoints,” was the WSJ take. Both pinpoint the same cause of the slump: the fact that UMG’s revenues from subscriptions and streaming grew 4.1% year-on-year, when analysts had been expecting growth of more than 10%. “Investors bought UMG mostly for low-double-digit growth in paid streaming, in our view, the main basis for the rich valuation UMG trades at,” wrote analysts at Barclays in a note cited by the WSJ. “If paid streaming growth stays lower, we see UMG multiples falling.” Read The Full Story Here: https://lnkd.in/dCanHhwR #FinancialResults #musically #musicnews #readmore

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The trade journal for the broadcast industry, 'Broadcast Magazine,' has asked our founder and CEO Marc Putman to document his activities for one week, thus offering readers a glimpse behind the scenes of the breadth in which OUTtv Media operates within the European media landscape. Monday: Launch of PRIDEtv on PLUTO Today is an important day for us: we are exclusively launching on Paramount's platform PLUTO, the largest FAST* platform and the fastest-growing branch in our media landscape. Here we are introducing our new offering PRIDEtv, a queer programming channel featuring primarily short format content (shorts, music, documentaries, miniseries) in more than 34 countries. Our partners, Your Channels and Media Choice, have worked hard over the past months to implement this technology and make the launch possible. They have processed hundreds of items, created separate feeds for various European countries, and now we are active for the first time across Latin America. Adding FAST to our portfolio not only offers commercial exploitation opportunities but also a new marketing tool to entice viewers into paid conversion to our premium content. My afternoon starts with a Teams call with our international acquisition team to discuss the results of the Cannes Film Festival. We have already acquired several new films and completed deals on the spot, and for some films, we still need to further negotiate and assess the exploitation potential. Among others, we have acquired the impressive Belgian film AMAL, the Brazilian film Perfect Endings, and the Italian TV series The Club. We focus on queer stories that provide a global cultural representation of our LGBTI community. At 2:00 PM, I have a meeting with the European Commission, our international sales partner Brandadvance, and Paramount. To support our technical launch today, we will organize a Rainbow Brunch on Thursday, June 20th, during PRIDE Day at the Lions Festival in Cannes and formally launch the PRIDEtv channels. Together with the cabinet of the Euro Commissioner for Equality, Mrs. Monti, Ellen, Vice President of Paramount and founder of PLUTO, Olivier, and Chris from Brandadvance, we will discuss the speeches and the panel discussion. We have also invited former Eurovision winner and OUTMedia Award winner Conchita Wurst to musically support the launch. After this meeting, I have planned to prepare a presentation for a new lead in Latin America interested in selling our proposition in this region to local operators. In the evening, I will play a game of padel with my Spanish neighbor to burn off the calories from this workday and clear my mind. De Nederlandse versie is te lezen via: https://lnkd.in/dRxru6na

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Unveiling the Power of CTV Blueprint: Optimizing Your OTT Campaign for Success Across Premium Channels When you think Streaming TV, the first thoughts are Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, MAX and Amazon Prime. However rarely does your OTT reporting reflect that. At CTV Blueprint we can help! #ott #ctv #connectedtv #ctvblueprint https://lnkd.in/gddZ5MsN

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