OTT and film programme

The future of OTT

Originally coined to convey a leap ‘over-the-top’ of middlemen - has become a mix of aggregators - VMPDs, programming channels, operators of multiple verticals, free and subscription, professional and user generated - but even a few truly ‘no middleman’ models. OTT has also been used to describe the TV Everywhere adjuncts to more established media. In this panel we will discuss the current state of the world, where it may be going and what the variables might be on which that or some other future might be based.

Panellists:

  • David Pahl, DLA Piper
  • John Skipper, Executive Chairman, Dazn
  • Harish Sarma, Global Strategic Partnerships and Corporate Development, TikTok

Building a DTC platform

Panellists:

  • John Cloke, DLA Piper
  • Pierre-Jean Sebert, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal
  • Imran Syed, DLA Piper

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Speakers

david pahl

David Pahl
Senior Counsel
DLA Piper

David Pahl focuses his practice in the media, sport and entertainment sector. His experience includes:

  • Sports and entertainment content acquisition, development and production
  • Sports and entertainment content licensing and distribution, including new network launches
  • Sponsorship and advertising transactions
  • Media-related corporate acquisitions, ventures and investments
  • Media talent retention

David has provided counselling and litigation management on copyright, trademark and rights of publicity infringement and licensing issues, as well as libel, defamation and First Amendment issues.

John

John Skipper
Executive chairman 
Dazn

John is the DAZN Group Executive Chairman and oversees DAZN’s global expansion, rights acquisition strategy and corporate positioning. Having joined in May 2018, John brings over 20 years of global broadcasting experience to DAZN Group. Moving to ESPN in 1997 as a General Manager following his time in journalism, John went on to lead ESPN globally and is credited with negotiating large television rights contracts for US sporting events, including a nine-year, USD12 billion deal with the National Basketball Association and a USD7.3 billion deal for the College Football Playoff.

Harrish

Harish Sarma
Global Strategic Partnerships and Corporate Development
TikTok

Harish Sarma currently leads Global Strategic Partnerships and Corporate Development at TikTok, a leading short-form video platform that allows users to create entertaining moments. At TikTok, Harish focuses on developing, structuring, and executing strategic partnerships for the business across content, marketing, user acquisition and monetization. His role also touches on evaluating business development opportunities that may warrant investments and other M&A functions. Previous to Bytedance, Harish spent five years at the National Basketball Association (NBA) focused on global business development related to content licensing and was instrumental in launching partnerships with digital platforms and telcos while supporting renewals with major broadcasters globally.

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Pierre-Jean Sebert
Maniging Director
Corporate Transformation Services

Mr Sebert is a Managing Director for Alvarez & Marsal, co-leading the media & entertainment sectors, and has over 25 years of experience in C-level roles in the media, sports and music industries worldwide, where he has overseen several business launches, corporate transformations and corporate joint-ventures.

Mr. Sebert’s key areas of focus are the transformation and turnaround of underperforming traditional media and underperforming digital-first businesses, the launch and structuration of growth for media and entertainment operations in the digital space, as well as operational due-diligences and integrations (planning & implementations) resulting from M&A activities.

Mr Sebert’s recent involvements for A&M have been:

  • The sale of a live entertainment company running several concert venues and a concert promotion division – IM, VDD and advisory during sale process
  • The launch of a premium content business in Europe (OTT and traditional media) – pricing and go-to-market strategy
  • The transformation of the content operating model of a leading Pay TV operator, in the context of its transition to digital – design and implementation
  • The transformation of the IT operating model for a leading content production company - design and implementation
  • The extension into e-commerce for a large and global kids content owner, for which he designed customer journeys, the business model and the operating model
  • The operational due-diligence of a leading player in the music industry

Prior to A&M and as a Director of Reel Enterprises (now Wasserman Group), Mr Sebert has been a senior advisor (content rights optimization & corporate development) to large corporations in the media and sports sectors: the Premier League, UEFA, UCI, the BBC, UKTV, AMC Networks, Virgin Media, ONO and Arqiva, for which he launched SeeSaw (ex-Project Kangaroo) - the first ever large-scale OTT platform in the UK for which he served as CEO.

Earlier in his career Mr Sebert has contributed for 13 years to the international expansion of Eurosport in several senior capacities, from EVP Content to Director of Corporate Development to Managing Director UK. He has been instrumental in Eurosport’s transformation from a single pan European linear TV channel to the global sports leading player it is today.

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