NAGRA, MTM prep Pay-TV Innovation Forum programme
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Michelle Clancy
| 14 March 2018

Content protection specialist NAGRA and research firm MTM have released content details for the 2018 Pay-TV Innovation Forum.

Now in its third year, the programme will explore how pay-TV businesses must transform themselves in the over-the-top (OTT) era; which technologies, products and services could help unlock new growth opportunities in a disrupted TV industry; and where service providers and content owners can establish closer collaboration to drive innovation across the industry.

“Building on the success of and research from the first two editions of the Pay-TV Innovation Forum, we are excited to present the third season of this ambitious programme that is designed to provide service providers and content owners with a holistic view of new opportunities and strategies they can pursue to innovate and continue growing,” explained Simon Trudelle, senior director of product marketing for NAGRA. “The 2018 programme will dive into specific innovation areas such business models and distribution strategies, advanced TV services and OTT applications, and related new technologies - voice, analytics and AI, VR, smart-home solutions and more. We look forward to sharing more insights from our research throughout 2018.”

“We’re excited to be partnering again with NAGRA to explore the next-generation of innovation opportunities for pay-TV service providers and content owners around the world, building on the findings from the first two years of the programme,” said Jon Watts, managing partner at MTM. “With disruption and competition intensifying, pay-TV industry participants need to think carefully about new strategies, business models, product portfolios, and technologies that will help them maintain and grow their business. Our themes this year include making skinny bundling work and business transformation, hugely important for the industry. By engaging in an active industry-wide discussion, we are looking to encourage new ways of collaborating and innovating across the industry.”

The 2018 programme will run from March to September 2018 and will include a global analysis of pay-TV service provider product and service portfolios, a wide range of in-depth interviews and surveys with leading industry participants, and a series of regional seminars kicking off in the UK on 19 March, followed by Singapore and the United States.