Oslo, Norway (1 October 2024): Northern Waves TV, the Largest Streaming TV conference in the Nordics has revealed its agenda featuring a fantastic lineup of speakers representing Broadcasters and Streaming TV Service Providers. IABM, as a media partner for the conference, will present a Keynote presentation on ‘The State of the Industry’ followed by a Fireside Chat with Bjarne Myklebust, Head of Distribution at the Norwegian Public Broadcaster, NRK.
Norigin Media, the Oslo based Streaming TV Apps Solutions company, has hosted this event since 2018, including virtual formats during the pandemic. The conference will showcase the best of business, products, and innovation from within the Streaming TV industry.
Chris Evans, Head of Knowledge & Insight at IABM’s presentation will highlight changes in the business environment for MediaTech, leading technologies driving investment, and financial considerations that are influencing business transformation.
Other unique keynote presenters within the day-long conference include:
- Tim DuBois, Head of Video Partnerships Northern Europe at Google
- Marius Haugen, CTO of TV & Streaming at Telia
- Marie Nilsson, CEO of Mediavision
- Shannon McKenzie, Director of Creative Products at NBCUniversal
- Brigita Brjuhhanov, TV Product Owner at Elisa Estonia
- Jon Espen Nergård, CTO at Allente Nordic
- Niklas Hammarbäck, Product Manager Streaming at ViaPlay Group
- Kristjana Thors Brynjólfsdóttir, Head of TV Development & Platform at Sýn-Vodafone Iceland
- Will Ennett, Head of Sustainability & ESG at PXC, TalkTalk UK
- Roland Beutler, Distribution Strategy at SWR / Südwestrundfunk
- Jon Giegengack, Founder and Principal at Hub Entertainment Research
- Jarle Johnsen, Head of TV Technology at Altibox
- Rowan de Pomerai, CEO of DPP
- Johan Linden, Manager Engineer AI at SVT
- Kristin Nyland, Product Manager Video at VGTV, Schibsted
Chris Evans from IABM, who presented at IBC 2024, says, “Coming together as an industry to share ideas and collaborate is more important than ever during the current period of accelerated change. With changing viewing habits leading to audience fragmentation across more platforms and devices than ever before, media organisations need to be equipped with the latest market intelligence to conduct successful business transformation and keep pace with the evolving streaming TV industry.”
Norigin Media CEO Ajey Anand says, “This conference is unique because we put this agenda together with all the speakers who share unseen insights with dedicated keynote presentations. I take this as a responsibility to ensure the streaming TV industry shares knowledge amongst ourselves while preparing a great deal for the future of TV. I look forward to welcoming all delegates to Oslo.”
Ms. McKenzie from NBCUniversal will present the hottest topic fresh off the Paris Olympics: A case study in cross-platform experience design, while Mr. Ennett of PXC, TalkTalk will speak to sustainability and achieving net-zero in the TV and Telecom industry, and Mr.Hammarbäck from ViaPlay Group will highlight issues around piracy, what causes it, and how we can mitigate its impact going forward.
The event is sponsored by Norigin Media with media partners IABM, DPP, and Streaming Media Magazine.
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For further information, please visit: www.northernwaves.tv
Valerie Massie
Sales & Marketing Coordinator, Northern Waves
info@northernwaves.tv
Ajey Anand
CEO, Norigin Media
ajey@noriginmedia.com
