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CASBAA OTT Summit 2015

March 6, 2015 by TVA Editor

Hong Kong – CASBAA recently concluded its OTT Summit 2015 on 3 March  at the Grand Hyatt Singapore.

“Attracting over 200 delegates, speakers, and media, the second edition of CASBAA’s OTT Summit was another successful forum providing essential information to help better understand how over-the-top television services can best fit into our current broadcasting environment,” said Christopher Slaughter, CEO, CASBAA. “The Asia-Pacific region is still primarily driven by the traditional linear TV market but, as our speakers have detailed today, there is tremendous business potential in tapping into OTT.”

Christine Fellowes, Board Member Responsible, CASBAA OTT & Connected Media Group, and MD Asia-Pacific, Universal Networks International, started off the day by painting a positive outlook for OTT said, “Currently fixed broadband in Asia-Pacific is at 35% household penetration. Mobile broadband subs powered by 3 and 4G networks are at 866 million today and will expand to reach almost two billion subs in just five years. While linear television will remain the driving force for some time, OTT is currently a US$3 billion industry in Asia-Pacific and forecast to be $8 billion by 2020.”

Further reinforcing the enormous potential that OTT services hold for the region, Wangxing Zhao, Associate Research Analyst, SNL Kagan said, “We see OTT as much more of an opportunity than a threat for all players in the TV industry. OTT is being leveraged by free broadcasters, pay-TV providers and pay-TV platforms too but discrepancies between markets in the Asia-Pacific region are phenomenal and, as a result, OTT in some markets will have a much longer trajectory than in more developed markets.”

Zhao added, “Netflix has proven that OTT is more about getting new subscribers for the TV industry, rather than cannibalizing existing ones.”

But, despite the rosy picture, other speakers pointed out hurdles that could hinder the progress of OTT in the region.

“We have a huge problem when it comes to OTT monetisation, where piracy is fast becoming the de facto viewing habit of a full generation of users,” said Matt Pollins, Media Lawyer, Olswang Asia. “Evidence confirms that the main reason people pirate is because it is free and I don’t think the industry alone can remedy this simply by putting more content options out there, without substantial help from the authorities in more actively enforcing copyright.”

“In many Asian markets there are services flagrantly infringing copyright in broad daylight without any real risk of enforcement,” Pollins warned.

Net neutrality, an issue topical in the United States presently, was also highlighted as a possible issue for the Asia-Pacific in the future.

James Miner, CEO, Miner Labs said, “Nobody has mentioned the words ‘net neutrality’, but we have to be concerned about who is going to finance the networks needed to provide bandwidth needed for online video…. Netflix and YouTube are the poster children for overconsumption.”

What was clear after the day’s sessions was that old business models would not be sufficient in the digital age.

“Change is the thing that will define this industry, and those who can manage that best will succeed,” said David Habben, Chief Media Strategist, Akamai Technologies.

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Other Topics: Asian content, asian content news, asian entertainment news, asian media news, asian streaming apps, avod news, broadcaster news, CASBAA, CASBAA OTT Summit 2015, Christine Fellowes, Christopher Slaughter, Co-Productions, Content Distribution, content news, David Habben, entertainment news, format licensing, format sales, James Miner, k-drama news, Matt Pollins, media news, OTT news, SNL Kagan, Wangxing Zhao

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