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Media services provider Prime Focus Technologies and OpenAI partner Microsoft have been working together to make Co-pilot AI a reality for media and entertainment. As part of the DPP's 'Demand vs Supply' analysis of NAB, we look at how the two companies are using the latest AI tools to respond to customer needs. How do you road test such new tech? What do we mean by 'creative AI'? And what is GenAI really for: saving money, or making it?
Show Notes
DPP Founder Mark Harrison speaks with:
Ramki Sankaranarayanan, Prime Focus Technologies — Founder, President & CEOAndy Beach, Microsoft — CTO, Media & Entertainment
Need an AI cheat code for NAB? Take a look at our AI in Media report - it tells you all you need to know.

How has the BBC been using automation technologies for 30 years, and in what ways has the corporation implemented artificial intelligence capabilities in its wildlife shows and working with its orchestras? How is media industry technology provider Ateliere developing solutions and working with customers on AI partnerships? In this episode of the DPP podcast, Rowan de Pomerai speaks with Ateliere CTO Ryan Kido and BBC Solution Lead Morag McIntosh to find out more about 'good' uses of AI in media.
Show Notes
Ryan Kido, Ateliere — CTOMorag McIntosh, BBC — Solution Lead
Part 1 of the DPP podcast "What does 'good' AI look like?" is here, featuring Avid CTO Kevin Riley and Google Product Manager Melika Golkaram. DPP members can go here to download AI in Media: What does good look like?

Who should ultimately be responsible for the oversight, governance and implementation of artificial intelligence capabilities in media organisations? And in which parts of media workflows are AI tools most mature, and where is there the biggest room for opportunity? These are some of the questions tackled in the DPP report AI in Media: What does good look like? And to discuss some of the findings, media industry experts from Avid and Google came on the DPP podcast to talk about the latest innovations and trends.
Show Notes
Joining the DPP's Rowan de Pomerai and Edward Qualtrough to discuss artificial intelligence in the media industry are:
Kevin Riley, Avid — CTOMelika Golkaram, Google — Product Manager
Part 2 of the DPP podcast "What does 'good' AI look like?" is here, featuring Ateliere CTO Ryan Kido and BBC Solution Lead Morag McIntosh.
DPP members can go here to download AI in Media: What does good look like?

The DPP 2024 Predictions report published in February 2024 reveals an industry striving to achieve a position of complete technical, commercial and business flexibility — able to respond to whatever challenges might come next for media, entertainment, technology and broadcasting organisations. And that viewpoint isn’t dreamt up by the DPP themselves, but developed by 30 expert practitioners who debate, vote on and co-create statements about the state of the industry.
But is it actually delusional to aspire to reach such a position of infinite flexibility? Zixi CEO Gordon Brooks and Warner Bros. Discover Sports Technology Lead, Darren Long, came on the DPP podcast to explore industry trends, investigate why there are fewer predictions about specific technologies taking off in media, discuss the impact artificial intelligence will have on our work, and share what there is to be most excited by in the sector.
Show Notes
DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough speaks with:
Gordon Brooks — Zixi, CEO [2min 12sec]Darren Long — Warner Bros. Discovery, Sports Technology Integration Project Lead [21min 00sec]
The DPP 2024 Predictions report is available here.

What are the major consumer technology innovation trends, and what does it all mean for the media industry? For 15 years, DPP CEO Mark Harrison has attended the CES show in Las Vegas and reported back on the technologies shaping our personal and professional lives. In this episode of the DPP podcast, we present Mark's audio diary from CES, where he also met media and entertainment experts from the BBC, Vubiquity and Hollywood Professional Association to reflect on what actually matters to the industry.
Show Notes
DPP CEO Mark Harrison shares his audio diary, musings and highlights from the Consumer Electronics Show 2024 in Las Vegas. On his travels he is joined by:
Laura Ellis, BBC — Head of Technology Forecasting, BBC R&D [9min 55sec]Seth Hallen, Light Iron — Managing Director & HPA President [14min 10sec]Craig German, HPA — Member of the board [14min 10sec]Justin Beaudin, Vubiquity — Chief Operating Officer [27min 40sec]
DPP members can access Mark Harrison's report here — CES 2024: What consumer trends mean for the media industry.

What are the less-discussed media industry trends to focus on in 2024? And what are the technologies, themes and hype that's best avoided? Digesting the major media, entertainment and broadcast technology and business developments of 2023, DPP CEO Mark Harrison and CTO Rowan de Pomerai talk about the non-mainstream trends that will shape the sector, share some industry highlights and lowlights, pitch their 'Antipredictions' of what's best avoided, and look forward to being part of an industry in change in 2024.
Show Notes
Sharing their media industry foresight, this episode features:
Mark Harrison, DPP CEORowan de Pomerai, DPP CTO
"There are only two ways to make money in media: bundling and unbundling"— Rowan de Pomerai, DPP CTO
"Show me a CEO who knows anything about ethics, let alone one that understands artificial intelligence!"— Edward Qualtrough, DPP Editorial Director
"It's hard to believe that only 12 months ago people were seriously arguing that the future was all about the Metaverse" — Mark Harrison, DPP CEO