The Future of Media
Join us as we celebrate the future of our industry
Wednesday 25 - Thursday 26 November 2020
Since the start of lockdown, Mediatel have been proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with the media industry. Through our series of virtual conferences, we have been able to inform and educate the market on how the industry has navigated the pandemic, and more importantly, how this great industry will soon thrive once again.
As we approach the end of the year, we want to celebrate everything that is brilliant and innovative in media. So we're proud to launch our most ambitious digital event yet – The Future of Media.
Running from Wednesday 25 - Thursday 26 November, we will gather senior leaders and experts in publishing, OOH, TV, video, media trading audio, gaming and entertainment to look ahead to the future. We'll discuss the opportunities for advertisers, the trends and topics that will impact 2021 and answer questions from some of the most influential and important media leaders from agencies, media owners, brands and adtech.
Please join us and show your support to an industry we all love.
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DAY ONE: WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2020
PUBLISHING
Up to now, third-party cookies have been the linchpins of audience addressability: gathering the data required to dynamically optimise creative, frequency cap, and retarget. While there’s still more than a year to go before Chrome’s stated deadline of January 2022, and a lot could change in that time, advertisers and publishers need to act now in order to weather the inevitable storm. In this session, we will discuss data, privacy and audience addressability in the post-cookie world.
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Tune in to understand the role under 35-year-olds play in our media ecosystem and how their news consumption fuels their hopes, ambitions and curiosities. This session will provide listeners with an insight into the news habits of younger readers and is supported by data from Newsworks' recently launched 'World Without News' study exploring the role of news brands in a contemporary landscape.
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All age groups feel misrepresented by media. Outdated or simply inaccurate stereotypes of both younger and older generations often inform our brand and advertising strategies. Recognising a market saturated with Generation Z research, Mail Metro Media has produced The Generation Factor report, which takes an inclusive deep dive into what makes each age group tick. Coinciding with the research, this panel will bring a member from each generation together to discuss why representation in the media matters, how they feel about recent world events and the impact these events have had on society and people – of all ages.
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With cinemas shutting, delayed film release dates, and the rise of home entertainment, it’s undoubtedly been a transformative year for entertainment media. Join EMPIRE’s Editor-in-Chief Terri White in conversation with Lauren Ogúndèkó as she discusses how the EMPIRE brand has evolved in recent months in response to the industry forces and changing consumer behaviour, how magazine brands retain their cultural relevance and continue to connect and resonate with diverse audiences and what this means for brands and advertisers.
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Just over half of publishers reported revenue growth in Q1 2020. Digital publishing revenues have fallen over this year, but less than expected. Perhaps a warm (touch wood) outcome for publishers, in a year of uncertainty. Are years of planning and diversifying revenue to thank? Most likely. But as the second lockdown has proved, years of planning may change in an instant. For those publishers which can build flexibility into their planning, the ability to launch new revenue streams will set them ahead of their competition. This panel will look to find out how important non-advertising revenue growth will be for survival.
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COVID-19 has undeniably had a massive impact on advertising revenue, but for publishers who have been facing an uphill battle to drive revenue and increase profitability for some time, the response to this global pandemic has accelerated the shift in revenue models. More publishers today are increasingly pivoting towards reader revenues and subscriptions to drive their businesses forward in a time of great upheaval. This session looks to address the changes since March, as well as look to what the future may hold, including:
- the impact of ‘COVID’ on magazine sales and subscriptions across the wider market, as well as specifically for Hearst
- balancing short term profitability vs longer term lifetime value
- the digital marketing programmes that have been integral to supporting the shift
- Hearst’s focus for building consumer revenues for 2021 and beyond
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OUT OF HOME
Even before the recent global shifts moved everyone indoors, the world was changing. As increasing numbers of people connect to the world via the small screen in their hand, so technology races to keep pace with their needs. Out Of Home is one of the last ‘traditional’ forms of advertising. It is now in direct competition with the screens in people’s hands. It still has the power to make a huge splash. But it can always work harder. To take OOH to the next level, we need to think differently. In this short talk, Marcus Foley from Tommy will take you on a fast & furious journey through some of his go-to tactics for creating truly attention grabbing OOH. From technology and the rise of AR, to integration of OOH into the content ecosystem and ‘eventising’ placement, including case studies from work with OOH Tommy clients such as Netflix and Amazon.
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This panel is led by OOH and adtech industry expert Nigel Clarkson, as he brings together industry leaders on both the buy and sell side of the business to discuss our recent integrations, our predictions for the year ahead and how the capabilities of pDOOH in regards to audience targeting and measurement is transitioning traditional out-of-home into the future.
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AUDIO
Bauer is reinventing radio for the next generation of listeners – join Bauer Media’s Group Director of Content and Music Ben Cooper in conversation with Michaela Jefferson as he discusses how the pandemic triggered a new audio revolution, bringing about enduring changes to how commercial radio is being consumed and constructed. Ben will explore how the power of radio has been rediscovered, and what its reinvigorated role in people’s lives means for brands and advertisers.
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Omnicom committed $20M upfront to Spotify podcasts. Brands are devoting more budget to radio than they have in decades. These are just two small examples of a big point: advertiser activity in audio is only growing.
If you're a brand rightly plotting a move in audio, understanding what other brands like you are doing has to be your starting point. Now, in addition to seeing who’s spending, what if you could also see how much they’re devoting to each channel, and the themes that are trending across the vertical, and which campaigns are actually working the best? And what if you could be alerted every time that kind of activity happens in the market?
Audio marketing intelligence starts...and continues...with a keen understanding of where you stand. Join Veritonic’s head of international Damian Scragg as he reveals new data that’s becoming foundational for any sound marketing campaign.
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The audio industry has faced both challenges and unique opportunities this year. The pandemic has affected the way audio is recorded, broadcast and consumed. On top of this, advertisers have held back their pounds, restricting marketing budgets in wait for a more certain future. Despite this, audio content has continued to gain popularity. Numbers and listening habits have continued to impress, offering a unique opportunity to brands and advertisers to get in front of new audiences. In this session, your panellists reflect on learnings throughout 2020, and look ahead to the possibilities of 2021.
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As the number of podcast listeners grows, even through the pandemic, so does the advertising revenue. But, unlike digital, due to the technology it uses and its distributed nature, engaging listeners at scale remains tricky with little targeting or intelligence available. With new technology, partnerships and acquisitions happening at pace to fill these gaps in a scramble for dominance, will an open ecosystem prevail or will measurement and ad dollars disappear behind walled gardens? We take a look at the data and emerging models.
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DAY TWO: THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2020
TV & VIDEO
- Exclusive FreeWheel research with UK findings to better understand how the current market disruption has created challenges and impacted spending priorities
- Insights on the role and benefits of Advanced TV in the new advertising world
- Followed by a panel discussion with agencies leaders exploring buy-side attitudes and perspectives toward advanced TV in the next 12 months
Advanced TV is on track for significant growth, with the promise of greater efficiency, targeting precision and reach set to boost marketers’ buying confidence. But harnessing its value will require greater innovation, better understanding of how upper and lower funnel benefits can be balanced, and a focus on overcoming fragmentation and measurement hurdles.
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In the last 10 years, the TV industry has experienced more transformation than in the previous 50. From 3 channels to 140, from one device to five, from one broadcast platform to a plethora of choice, TV (in all its forms) has not just evolved, it’s exploded. Yet with all this change the advertising industry hasn’t moved on in the way it’s bought and sold – every new innovation has made the TV industry more complex and closed-off from those not familiar with the widening variety of formats, metrics, prices and process. To ensure it’s future fit for the next 50 years, our vision is to transform the way TV advertising is planned, measured, traded and managed – we’re calling it ‘One Campaign’. Returning to media basics by focusing on audiences not platforms. Reach and connect with the right audience whenever and wherever they watch – in the knowledge it has the brand safety and high impact that only TV can provide.
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During the pandemic, even as TV viewing soared, TV advertising was hit as many advertisers had little choice but to reduce their TV spend. Due to the supply and demand nature of TV pricing, the result was that TV offered even better value. Its incredible price, coupled with broadcaster incentives for SMEs to encourage investment, presented a huge opportunity, and many smaller brands took full advantage. In this panel, we’ve brought together two of these brands, alongside Sky, to share insights into how and why brands have advertised on TV during the pandemic.
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MEDIA TRADING
According to the latest IAB Europe industry report, programmatic advertising once again benefits from greater investment. But as spend increases, so do expectations. Advertisers are increasingly embracing hybrid operational models to manage programmatic media buying. They seek greater transparency, more control of their data, processes and at the end, a better ROI. How can the industry adjust to these demands?
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A panel of experts discuss the next generation of programmatic trading, looking at ideas to further optimise the possibilities with the newest technology
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To the media and advertising industry - it’s time to wake up. In this panel, Extinction Rebellion, the global environmental movement, speak up. You’ll learn: How can our industry get up to speed with the ecological crisis? How can we start putting words into action? How can we make a difference and change the world around us for the better? Because it’s time to take climate change seriously.
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Originally aired at The Future of Brands Ecommerce. As Beauty and Luxury brands scrambled to expand their ecommerce capabilities during the first lockdown these brands had to adapt quickly, and rethink their approach to marketing and media.
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GAMING
14:00 - 14:20 GMT
Gaming & Entertainment
You don’t have to be the biggest influencer, you’ve just got to have a voice
Information overload is a real issue for consumers, particularly on social media. People are moving away from large social channels to smaller groups to find others that have the same interests as them. Trust is shifting away from brands and large influencers and moving towards micro influencers such as friends and family. GAME will walk you through their latest campaign to amplify the voice of their micro influencers and give one person the opportunity of a lifetime.
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The gaming industry is exploding. For years it has been seen as a difficult market for advertisers, with returns that are both unpredictable, and immeasurable. Combined with consistent gendered marketing, stereotyping gamers as only white kids with acne, and the gaming industry simply didn’t seem to be easy to crack. But with users bursting up to over 2.5 billion and market value due to reach $180 billion by 2021, advertisers now simply cannot ignore the opportunities. In this panel featuring questions from Tom Goodwin, Michelle Whelan, Dino Myers-Lamptey and Ellie Edwards-Scott, you will find out: How can brands advertise effectively? What factors determine success? And how can advertisers cut through?
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Brands
In the era of one-on-one communications and deterministic attribution, how do you convince young marketers and planners to book TV ads. Digital platforms provide real-time analytics, dashboards and optics to give marketers precise insights into the success (and failure) of campaigns giving marketers a perfect insights into media spend and outcome. We will also discuss who watches ad-funded TV. Certainly not me or my mates. Nope - we've perfected the art of scrolling through Netfix by now. As someone firmly falling within Gen Z, I don't really get why advertisers would spend so much on TV. So these are the questions I'll be asking Beatrice Lindvall, Director of Global Media and Digital at JACOB DOUWE EGBERTS.
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Originally aired on Tuesday 10 November 2020 as part of a Webinar: Marketing to the CFO.
Our expert panel will discuss:
- How can CFOs get more value from marketing?
- What are the key assumptions CFOs are working from for the next 12 months?
- How can marketers prove the value of marketing to drive the financial objectives of the organisation?
- How is the planning cycle changing?
- Is dynamic planning, rather than an annual plan now a necessity?
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Sam Tidmarsh
Content Lead, Mediatel Events
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Babs Kehinde
Senior Director, Publisher Development, EMEA, PubMatic
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Rob Brett
Programmatic Lead, Network N
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Helen Mussard
Marketing & Industry Strategy Director, IAB Europe
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Nicholas Halstead
CEO & Founder, Infosum
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Len Ostroff
SVP of Global Partnerships and Alliances, Criteo
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Denise Turner
Insight Director, Newsworks
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Christopher Kenna
CEO, Brand Advance
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Belinda Beeftink
Research Director, IPA
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Elliott Minard
Head of Planning, Wavemaker
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Luke Hand
Head of Insight, Mail Metro Media
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Dorcas Matomby
Account Executive, Mother
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Lauren Ogúndèkó
Head of Response, PHD Media
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Terri White
Editor in Chief, EMPIRE
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Michaela Jefferson
News Editor, Mediatel News
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Emily Ferguson
eCommerce Director, Marie Claire and Future Living
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Demi Abiola
Business Director, PHD
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Carola York
VP Publishing, Jellyfish
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Reid Holland
Chief Consumer Revenue Officer, Hearst Europe
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Tim Lumb
Insight and Effectiveness Director, Outsmart
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Sophie Pemberton
Group Strategy Director, Talon
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Chris Felton
Head of Insight and Data, JCDecaux
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Marcus Foley
CEO, Tommy
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Nigel Clarkson
CRO, Hivestack
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Alistair MacCallum
UK CEO, Kinetic Worldwide
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Helen Miall
Chief Marketing Officer, VIOOH
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Alys Donnely
Head of Commercial Delivery, Kinetic
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Diederick Ubels
Founder and CEO, Sage + Archer
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Ben Cooper
Group Director of Content and Music, Bauer
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Damian Scragg
General Manager, International, Veritonic
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Ruth Fitzsimons
Managing Director, Podfront UK
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Flora Williams
Executive Business Director, OMD UK
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Hamish Law
Head of Sales and Digital, Jack FM
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Rak Patel
Head of Sales, UK & Pan-EMEA, Spotify
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Georgie Holt
Managing Director , UK, Acast
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Julie MacManus
Head of Business Development, Mediatel
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Julie MacManus
Head of Business Development, Mediatel Group
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Stefanie Briec
Senior Manager, Demand Sales UK & EMEA, FreeWheel, a Comcast Company
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Richard Brant
AV Product Partner, Dentsu Aegis Network
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Mihir Haria-Shah
Head of Broadcast, Total Media
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Liting Spalding
Head of Audience Planning and Programmatic, Havas
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Sarah Jones
Director of Planning, Sky Media
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Rupen Shah
Head of Planning, Thinkbox
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Lilia Dikova
Head of Digital, Bionic Business
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Bethany Heddle
Marketing Manager, The Great British Porridge Company
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David Sanderson
Director of AdSmart, Sky
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Lisa Kalyuzhny
Senior Director, Advertiser Solutions, EMEA, PubMatic
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Tina Lakhani
Head of Adtech, IAB UK
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Catherine Lofthouse
Programmatic Director, Essence
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Tim Willcox
Managing Director at Amnet Programmatic Experts, Dentsu Aegis Network
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Ross Sergeant
Global Head of Media & Touchpoints, Asahi International
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Karen Eccles
Senior Director, Commercial Innovation, The Telegraph
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Cadi Jones
Commercial Director, EMEA, Beeswax
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Gurman Hundal
CEO and Co-Founder, MiQ
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Neil Jones
Digital Media Manager | Gaming, Sky Betting and Gaming
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Dean Weaving
Head of Display, Video & Social, Deliveroo
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Clare Farrell
Co-Founder, Extinction Rebellion
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Elaine Harman
Strategist, The Clima
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Nicolas Eliades
International Public Relations Coordinator, Extinction Rebellion
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Rachid Ait Addi
VP Advertising, Teads
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Jessica Chapplow
Head of Digital Transformation, KR Mediacom UK
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Anna Bravington
Digital & Community Engagement Manager, GAME
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Steven Scaffardi
Head of Events, Mediatel Events
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Julian Tan
Head of Digital Business Initiatives and Esports, F1
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Reece Brown
Partnerships Manager, Entertainment, Twitter
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Antonia Bonello
Associate Creative Director, Buzzfeed
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Beatrice Lindvall
Director of Global Media and Digital, JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS
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Jan Gooding
Executive Coach & Chair, Given
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Aaron Goldman
Chief Marketing Officer, Mediaocean
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Pete Markey
Chief Marketing Officer, TSB Bank
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Charlotte Frijns
CFO UK, GroupM