DPP Podcast

AI-assisted coding is reshaping Buy vs Build dynamics in media technology. As it becomes easier for media companies to develop their own software solutions and orchestration layers, what should they build themselves, and where do specialist suppliers still bring essential expertise?In this episode recorded in Amsterdam, DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough speaks with industry experts at IBC 2026. Net Insight Chief Product Officer Larissa Görner discusses opening products through APIs and MCP servers so customers can shape their own workflows. Lyndsay Yerbic of United Talent Agency explores where a talent agency might build bespoke tools — and where specialist AI partners are better placed to help protect clients. Limecraft Founder and Co-CEO, Maarten Verwaest, cautions that faster development and automation make upstream data, intellectual property and quality control more important, not less. And Trint VP of Product, Tessa Kaday, explains how the Story Object Model could help media tools share editorial context and work together across a newsroom workflow — and offers she her views on why it might become normal for your tech solutions to be invisible as customers interact with supplier technologies outside of vendor consoles through their own UI..Show NotesDPP Editorial Director, Edward Qualtrough, speaks with:Larissa Görner — Net Insight, Chief Product Officer [2min 06sec]Lyndsay Yerbic — UTA, SVP Technology & AI [13min 49sec]Maarten Verwaest — Limecraft, Founder and Co-CEO [19min 57sec]Tessa Kaday — Trint, VP of Product [26min 36sec]

Is media and entertainment facing a crisis, or entering a new golden age? DPP Founder and Chief Content Officer Mark Harrison's reflections on the DPP Production Event, hosted at UTA in Los Angeles in August 2026, examined how technology innovation, layered business models, and human creativity are reshaping the modern media supply chain.Mark's commentary, first presented in written form on the DPP website, is shared here on the DPP podcast as an audio essay.

At the DPP Production Now event in Los Angeles, hosted at UTA in Beverly Hills, the DPP brought together leaders from across the production ecosystem: both major talent agencies and established studios, but also AI innovators and creators. In this episode, Mark Harrison speaks with participants at the event, reflecting on a rapid shift in production and the content economy: from defensive cost-cutting and anxiety about AI to a more confident focus on opportunity, artistry, and growth.Show NotesDPP Founder and Chief Content Officer, Mark Harrison, speaks with:Eric Iverson, UTA | Partner & Chief Technology Officer [6min 05sec]Seth Hallen, Hallstone Ventures | Founder & Managing Partner [12min 23]Ebru Yildirim Gul, Ollang | Founder & CEO [18min 56sec]Melissa Harper, NBCUniversal | EVP, Production Management & Operations, TV & Streaming [23min 05sec]

What if your AI understood mood, story arcs, and emotional beats – not just "woman, bus, street"?In this episode of the DPP Podcast, Vionlabs CEO Arash Pendari joins DPP Editorial Director Edward Qualtrough to share his views on how domain-specific, multimodal AI can turn content libraries into genuine content intelligence. Arash outlines some real‑world use cases: microdramas built from telenovelas, resurrected archives, smarter discovery, and creative teams who now brief AI instead of agencies.Arash discusses the future of metadata, the limits of generic AI models, and why success with AI depends as much on change management and creative control as it does on model performance. The episode also features a 60‑second "speed pitch" from Vionlabs VP of Sales Viktor Carlsson, recorded live at the DPP Media Supply Festival in New York, setting the scene for how AI‑native content intelligence is already being deployed in media businesses today.

What does "premium" really mean when YouTubers fill cinemas, box office is just 5% of the content economy, and audiences decide what really has value? Recorded at a recent DPP event held at the British Consulate General in Los Angeles, we brought together studio leaders, creator economy pioneers, and industry vendors to explore what premium storytelling really means from the audience's point of view.Show NotesIn this episode of the podcast, DPP Founder and Chief Content Officer, Mark Harrison, speaks with:Paul Rennie OBE, British Consul General, Los Angeles [4min 20sec]Noelle Green, North Road Company and Chernin Entertainment | EVP/Head of Production [8min 09sec]Michelle Huynh, Fox Entertainment |EVP Studio Content Operations [9min 27sec]Sophie Taitt, Taitt Media | Founder [13min 06sec]Chris Saito, Vubiquity | Chief Commercial Officer [20min 16sec]Richard Fish, Eikon Group | Chief Operating Officer [21min 53sec]Sarah Macfarlane, DPP | Producer [27min 35sec]Join experts from across the industry to explore how new business models are reshaping the media economy at the DPP Production Now event in Los Angeles on Thursday 13 August 2026.