Vidnet 2018

The definitive annual confab for the OTT ecosystem bringing together the leaders from platforms, production studios, advertising agencies, creators, technology and investors. The purpose: discuss the state of the industry, address the issues and find solutions to build a prosperous future for the entire value chain.

Panels, Fireside chats, Parallel sessions, Keynotes and more to explore the potential of the ecosystem giant.

Key Themes

Business Track

  • Global perspectives: India Vs China Vs USA Vs Japan - how are things evolving. Learning from each other.
  • Business Models and Ecosystem dynamics: S-VoD or S-VoD and A-VoD or purely A-VoD or T- VoD. Will TV fight back? OTT partnerships. Finding a hyper niche.
  • Regional: Is local a limitation in terms of audience or a global opportunity?
  • Power of Storytelling: Trends in Indian content International content appetite.Originals, the way forward.
  • Building customer delight: Building the best user interface, recommendation, using video data analytics to increase consumption and stickiness. How to build communities with your consumers?
  • Data Measurement: Designing an industry-respected metric and getting a buy in from the stakeholders. Will ad-supported video survive without measurement.
  • Telecom - The Growing Aggregator: Leaders from the foremost telco companies discuss the future of content and platforms.

Creators Workshop & Track

  • Knowing the platforms: How the platforms in India operate on content curation vs international platforms? Learn this through platform presentations. In this day and age of choice, what is the optimum platform for creators? What is the responsibility to your audience that you have garnered as an independent?
  • Content Value: What is the preference of content in the Indian mindset? What content is helping to stay engaged with your audience and how do you find your niche? The benefit of long term partnerships. Creating content for the world, creating content for India. The genres that are emerging.
  • Audience and Formats: What is the secret sauce of targeting audience through platform, content and formats. Non fiction vs fiction. How far do you go on making your programming different - are cuss words the way out, is nudity and sex that is the differentiator. How is the young audience consuming media?Short formats vs long formats vs movies. What is the right mix?
  • The new video platforms: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok. Getting the maximum out of them. How to build a presence using Video? How to monetise on these live video platforms?
  • Story Masters: The new age of script writing. How to choose stories that will attract your audience?

Tech Track

  • Interactive Content: What is the future of dynamic video and how are the platforms using it?
  • Leveraging Cloud Technology: What led to the Hotstar success story of 10.3 million concurrent users?
  • Data, AI and Machine Learning to Serve the Customer: How to take customer engagement to the next level.
  • The Hidden Beasts - FinTech and MarTech: Using the latest technologies of marketing and various opportunities of payment integration.
  • Video Player: Building the right video player in your platform to provide a smooth user interface.
  • The Piracy conundrum and beating theft: Building secure DRM and encryption to put a protective cover around your content.

Speakers

Abhishek Malhotra
Abhishek Malhotra

Partner

Bharucha & Partners

Ali Hussein
Ali Hussein

COO

Eros Digital

Ajay Chacko
Ajay Chacko

Co-Founder & CEO

Arre

Ashwin Suresh
Ashwin Suresh

Founder

Pocket Aces

Akash Banerjee
Akash Banerjee

Senior VP, Head Marketing and Partnerships

Voot

Anil Wanvari
Anil Wanvari

Founder, CEO & Editor in Chief

Indiantelevision Dot Com Group

Chandradev Bhagat
Chandradev Bhagat

Founder & CEO

Greymatter

Baskar Subramanian
Baskar Subramanian

Co-founder

Amagi

Gaurav Gandhi
Gaurav Gandhi

Director and Head, Business

Amazon Prime Video, India

Goldie Behl
Goldie Behl

Director

Rose Audio Visuals

Kazufumi Nagasawa
Kazufumi Nagasawa

Chief Content Officer

Hulu Japan (HJ Holdings)

Karan Bedi
Karan Bedi

Ceo

MX Player

Madhavi Irani
Madhavi Irani

Chief Officer - Content

Nykaa.com

Manish Agarwal
Manish Agarwal

Business Head

Zee5 India

Mautik Tolia
Mautik Tolia

Producer

Bodhitree

Prabh Singh
Prabh Singh

Consumer & Revenue Lead

Hotstar

Piyush Bhatia
Piyush Bhatia

VP Editorial & Content Strategy

Eros Now

Piyush Bhatia
Puneet Krishna

Writer, Mirzapur

Excel Entertainment

Radhakrishnan Ramachandran
Radhakrishnan Ramachandran

CEO & Founder

StudioMojo

Ravi Sharma
Ravi Sharma

President

SVF

Rajiv Lakshman
Rajiv Lakshman

Founder

Monozygotic

Rajiv Chilaka
Rajiv Chilaka

Founder and Managing Director

Green Gold Animation Pvt. Ltd

Ravi Luthria
Ravi Luthria

CEO

Monozygotic

Ridhima Lulla
Ridhima Lulla

Chief Content Officer

Eros International PLC

Romil Ramgahria
Romil Ramgahria

COO

BARC India

Sameer Nair
Sameer Nair

CEO

Applause Entertainment

Saket Jha
Saket Jha

Head Entertainment Partnerships

Facebook

Shashi Sinha
Shashi Sinha

CEO

IPG MediaBrands

Sameer Gogate
Sameer Gogate

Head Monetization & Distribution

VIU

Satya
Satya Raghavan

Director

Youtube

Sidharth ShakDher
Sidharth ShakDher

EVP & CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

HOTSTAR

sidharthjain
Sidharth Jain

Founder & Chief Story Teller

The Story Ink

Sukesh Motwani
Sukesh Motwani

Producer

Bodhitree

Sunil Nair
Sunil Nair

COO

ALTBalaji

Tanya Bami
Tanya Bami

Head, Voot Originals

VP, Viacom

Rishika Lulla
Taylor Riese

Managing Director, EMEA and India

Verizon Digital Media Services

Tarun Katial
Tarun Katial

CEO

ZEE5 India

Varun Mathur
Varun Mathur

Founder & CEO

Vertice Entertainment

Vineet Krishna
Vineet Krishna

Writer, Mirzapur

Excel Entertainment

St. Regis, MUMBAI, INDIA

16 November, 2018

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