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A full library of films, shows and lessons, delivered from space to places with no broadband. 🛰️ On our Grid Walk at IBC 2026 as part of the between the frames series sponsored by Synamedia, Albin DU PASQUIER from Eutelsat showed Chris Redmond ©️®️ how satellite is being reimagined for the on demand era, an evolution Eutelsat calls DTH 2.0. 🏠 At home and on the go: content delivered for the traditional living room experience, and straight to smartphones too. ✈️ In public spaces: whole content libraries pushed by satellite to venues and airports, so people can enjoy them over local Wi Fi. 🚆 On the move: onboard entertainment for planes, trains, buses and boats, wherever the journey goes. 🎓 In the classroom: educational content broadcast to communities without internet access. On demand material lands on small local servers, so students can learn and watch locally, entirely offline. It’s a powerful reminder that the reach of great content is limited only by how creatively we deliver it. The full conversation will be live on LinkedIn, and you can join or watch it here on Thursday, October the 15th👇 https://lnkd.in/dqT8my3Y Join the OTTRED Community for free, sponsored by Synamedia at www.ottred.com or download the app: https://lnkd.in/d4SPcSNm 📲 #streaming #media #tv #satellite

Jon Espen Nergård has a simple view of leadership: titles matter far less than people. In this clip from the GridWalk at IBC 2026, the CIO of Telia Norway explains why the human side of leadership carries more weight than ever in an age of AI and automation. It’s people who will unlock the value AI can create, and Jon sees his role as coaching each of them to become the best version of themselves. He does that by setting challenges he knows will help them grow, then making sure they have the context to succeed. The full conversation with Chris Redmond ©️®️ goes deeper still. Jon talks about moving from thirteen years in TV and streaming into telecoms, why data sovereignty and security sit at the top of his agenda, and the IBC trends that caught his eye, from AI in production to archives being brought back to life and the rise of vertical video on connected TV. It’s part of Between the Frames, our series supported by our app sponsors, Synamedia. Join the LinkedIn Live on Chris’s profile on Thursday 22 October at 3pm Dubai time (12pm London, 1pm Oslo) Hit Attend👇 https://lnkd.in/enSdwqT9 #streaming #media #telecom

Picture a household with five streaming subscriptions: football for one, cricket for another, and a completely different set of shows for someone else. That’s how Melvin Saldanha, SVP Technology at OSN, describes his own living room, and it opens a brilliant new piece from our partners at Gulf News on what will shape the future of media in the UAE. The article was written on board the OTTRED Soirée at Sea, where Gulf News joined us on the water to hear directly from the people building the region’s media industry. Raghav Anand of EY-Parthenon spoke about an industry that reinvents itself every six months, with connected TV, creators and gaming all pushing beyond borders. Khaled Zaatarah, CEO of VUZ, summed up the future in two words: “immersive and interactive”. Heba Korayem, founder of CoProduction Salon, explained how AI is making Arabic content faster and more affordable to produce, while keeping human connection firmly at the heart of her work. And Clare Butler, VP of Marketing at Synamedia, walked through the technology behind the screen that helps broadcasters and operators win and keep their audiences. Our CEO Chris Redmond ©️®️ also shared how the OTTRED community continues to grow, with members spending 78 per cent more time on the app over the past year. A special thank you to Broadpeak, whose support helped bring the Soirée at Sea to life. Their belief in bringing this community together made it possible to host an evening where some of the region’s most influential voices in media could connect and share ideas. Thank you also to Synamedia for powering the OTTRED app, to Stacy Pereira, Mark Desmond Thompson, Santu Dev and our partners at Gulf News for capturing the conversation so well, and to every guest who joined us on board. You made the evening what it was. Read the full article here 👇 https://lnkd.in/e5eFDF8B #streaming #media

What does it take to keep a stream steady when an entire country presses play at the same moment? That question sits at the heart of the latest Grid Walk episode. At IBC 2026, our CEO Chris Redmond ©️®️ met Jacques Le Mancq, President and CEO of Broadpeak, for an F1 style Grid Walk on the show floor, talking through how the streaming industry is scaling, earning from and protecting its video. Broadpeak supports operators, broadcasters and platforms in delivering video at scale, and Jacques explains what that involves during events as large as the IPL and the World Cup, when demand peaks all at once and every viewer expects a flawless picture. The conversation also looks at what comes next for audiences and for revenue. Jacques shares his view on the rise of multiview and the role of Broadpeak's SaaS platform, then turns to advertising: click to card, pause ads, and why the industry needs new formats to keep growing. On piracy, he describes how Broadpeak can detect an unauthorised stream and replace it with a prompt to subscribe, turning a lost viewer into a potential customer. The full episode goes live today on Chris's profile. 🕓 4:00pm GST | 1:00pm BST | 2:00pm CEST Hit Attend for a reminder: https://lnkd.in/dnnqzjvK #streaming #media #content #sports

India's biggest streaming platform just lit up the world's tallest building. ✨ JioHotstar officially arrived in the Middle East and North Africa through an exclusive partnership with STARZPLAY, marking the moment with a spectacular projection across the Burj Khalifa. It's one of the most significant streaming moves our region has seen this year, and here's why it matters. 👇 📺 The scale: JioHotstar, backed by Reliance Industries, counts more than 500 million monthly active users, and MENA follows its recent launches in the UK, Canada and Singapore. 🤝 The model: rather than launching a standalone service, JioHotstar becomes a dedicated destination inside the STARZPLAY app and website, bringing Indian films, originals, television and reality franchises across multiple languages. STARZPLAY brings more than 2.3 million subscribers and a strong South Asian audience, built in part through cricket. 💰 The bundle: the PLUS plan offers JioHotstar at AED 34.99 a month, while MAX at AED 49.99 brings together the full JioHotstar entertainment offering and STARZPLAY's sports portfolio, cricket included. 🌍 The audience: MENA is home to one of the largest South Asian diaspora communities in the world, which makes this a natural and powerful next step for JioHotstar's global ambitions. For us at RedHolt and OTTRED, this is a clear signal of where the industry is heading. Global platforms are entering new markets through regional partners who understand the audience, and bundling entertainment with live sport is becoming one of the strongest plays in streaming. Partnerships like this create demand for leaders who can run content, commercial and technology across brands, cultures and markets at once. Congratulations to the teams at STARZPLAY and JioHotstar on a landmark launch. 👏 We've broken down what this partnership means for the region, the business model behind it and the opportunities it opens up in our latest intelligence piece 👇 https://lnkd.in/eWh22qUW #streaming #media #content

Some weeks in this industry feel like turning points. This is one of them. 🌍 Two stories landed in 48 hours that together paint one of the most exciting pictures of where streaming and media is heading that we have seen in years. JioHotstar, 500 million monthly active users, launched in MENA through a landmark partnership with STARZPLAY, and the Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery merger, a $110 billion deal, closed on October 6, creating Skydance, bringing CBS, CNN, HBO, HBO Max, Paramount+, Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central under a single roof. This edition of Pulse and Play goes deep on both. Inside this edition: → The numbers: a global video streaming market at $277.25 billion in 2026, projected to reach $885.95 billion by 2036, and a MENA market set to grow fivefold to $8.4 billion by 2029 → JioHotstar x STARZPLAY: why the partnership model deployed in MENA changes how global streaming expansion works and what every platform should be taking from it → Skydance: the creative ambition behind the world's newest media powerhouse and what it means for the industry → What consolidation means for the talent market and why it is creating some of the most interesting senior opportunities in years → What it means for emerging markets, brand partnerships and the commercial opportunity ahead Which of these two stories do you think has the biggest long-term impact on the streaming and media industry? Drop your take in the comments. If you are thinking about your next move or need senior talent in streaming, media or digital entertainment, that is what we do at RedHolt. www.redholt.net 🌍 Join the OTTRED community at www.ottred.com or download the app, proudly sponsored by Synamedia. 📲 App Store: https://lnkd.in/d4SPcSNm #streaming #media #news