DVB World 2025 kicks off at lunchtime on Tuesday 18 March with our exhibition and a half-day conference, followed by a full day of breakout discussions at our unconference, when the exhibition will also remain open throughout.
The agenda for our unconference will be built during the opening circle on the morning of Wednesday 19 March, when all participants are welcome to pitch one or more sessions, but we encourage you to share session ideas in advance via the wiki.
Tuesday 18 March
conference & Exhibition
12:00-13:00
Lunch and Exhibition
Our exhibition opens and a light buffet lunch will welcome delegates to the smartVillage Bogenhausen.
Welcome to DVB World 2025
13:00-13:20
Introduction and a word from the DVB Chair
Eoghan O’Sullivan – moderator for DVB World 2025
Remo Vogel – Chair, DVB Project; rbb/ARD
In his first DVB World as chair, Remo will introduce this year’s event and set out the main priorities for DVB in the year ahead.
13:20-13:30
Meet our exhibitors
Each company exhibiting at DVB World 2025 will provide a one-minute elevator pitch.
KEYNOTES
13:30-13:45
Challenging times for the TV set: media platforms and the business-model shift
Carine Chardon – Managing Director Consumer Electronics at ZVEI; Managing Director of the Deutsche TV-Plattform
As media platforms disrupt traditional TV business models, the industry faces significant challenges. This presentation will present an analysis of how the market is developing and how this impacts on the consumer electronics manufacturers. It will explore how business models are likely to evolve, taking both global and local forces into account.
13:45-14:00
China’s media future: leveraging international standards to shape local innovations
Wen Gao – Chairman of AVS Standard Workgroup; Director of Pengcheng Laboratory
China’s media landscape reflects a dynamic and complex interplay of state policy, digital innovation, and shifting viewer habits. This talk will explore the rise of IP-based platforms like VoD and short video, regulatory challenges, and the role of the family of AVS standards in both domestic and global media frameworks, including collaborations with DVB.
14:00-14:15
Five key questions for the future of media regulation
Richard Lindsay-Davies – CEO of the Digital TV Group
As the media landscape evolves, legislation on the regulation of broadcasting and streaming services must also evolve. Public service broadcasting frameworks are modernizing, VOD services face increased regulation, and innovative technology standards – including from DVB – provide new options. Richard will present five ‘need-to-knows’ for navigating the future of media regulation and its role in shaping a diverse and high-quality global media environment.
14:15-14:30
Beyond technology: rethinking the economics of live distribution
Xavier Leclercq – Vice President of Business Development at Broadpeak
As streaming takes centre stage, the challenge isn’t just technology – it’s market viability. The economics of content delivery, once dominated by traditional broadcast models, are being reshaped and solutions like CDNs, multicast ABR, and targeted advertising are enabling new models. With peak demand driving high infrastructure costs and monetization remaining limited, the industry must rethink how to achieve a sustainable balance between cost, capacity, and revenue.
14:30-15:00
Exhibition & Networking
MEDIA & TECH TRENDS
15:00-15:30
We’ve invited two leading industry analysts to share data-driven insights on the latest market trends both in terms of media consumption and the technology vendor landscape.
Navigating media engagement: how European video services reach dispersed viewers
Ophélie Boucaud – Principal Analyst at Dataxis
The trouble with media technology – five things all media tech buyers and vendors need to know
Ed Barton – Research Director at Caretta Research
FUTURE-PROOFING FREE TV – the emerging platforms
15:30-16:30
As viewing habits evolve – driven by the rise of smart TVs and the growing dominance of IP-based delivery – the future of free TV platforms is increasingly uncertain. Broadcasters, operators, and regulators face the challenge of transitioning to hybrid broadcast–broadband models or even broadband-only approaches. To remain competitive, free TV must embrace modernization, integrating features like catch-up and on-demand viewing, enhanced EPGs, targeted advertising, and more, ensuring a compelling experience for tomorrow’s audiences. How can this be achieved?
This session will kick off with short presentations on three different platforms tackling this challenge: Freely in the UK, the emerging DVB-I platform in Germany, and Eutelsat’s upgraded Sat.tv Connect service. Who are the key stakeholders in each case? What is the business model? And what are the main challenges they face as they aim to grow?
To complete the picture, the Chair of DVB’s Promotion & Communications Module, Elfed Howells, will provide an overview of other DVB-I based projects taking shape around the world. DVB Chair Remo Vogel will then join the panel for an interactive discussion.
Orpheus Warr – Chief Technology Officer at Everyone TV
Frank Heineberg – VP Standards & Innovations at RTL Technology
Jean-Luc Deroudhile – SVP Advanced TV Services at Eutelsat
Elfed Howells – Chair, DVB Promotion & Communications Module
Remo Vogel – Chair, DVB Project; rbb/ARD
16:30-17:00
Exhibition & Networking
The economics of television in the age of streaming
17:00-17:30
With the rise of Netflix, Amazon Prime and the other big streaming platforms, the death of traditional television was declared inevitable, and SVOD was hailed as the future. Broadcasters, networks, and advertisers were told to adapt or die. But over a decade later, has the revolution truly lived up to the hype? Have the economics of television been rewritten, or has the industry simply reshuffled the deck?
Industry analyst Matthew Huntington will present his insights on the enduring effects of SVOD on the television industry’s economics. These views will then be critically examined and discussed by a panel of industry stakeholders.
Matthew Huntington – Principal Consultant, Huntington Digital
Vincent Grivet – Chairman of the HbbTV Association
Johan Bolin – Chief Research & Innovation Officer at Ateliere Creative Technologies
MOBILE TV: Now or never?
17:30-18:00
DVB has been down this road before, notably with DVB-H. With the advent of 5G Broadcast, many believe the time may finally be right for mobile TV to deliver on its promise. While the technology parts seem to be in place, at least on the transmission side, question marks remain with respect to the business model and in particular the need for end-user devices.
In this session, we’ll learn how user tests of 5G Broadcast were received during last year’s Paris Olympics and what applications are emerging as business opportunities on top of mobile linear TV. The key question for our speakers: how far we are from having a 5G Broadcast-enabled smartphone on the shelves?
Djamel Leroul – Head of Innovation, TDF
Graziano Casale – Director of Technical Sales, Broadcast Distribution at Rohde & Schwarz
Global briefing
18:00-18:20
We heard from attendees to DVB World 2024 that they would appreciate hearing more about what’s happening in television delivery in territories beyond Europe. We’ve asked two experts who are closely involved in projects in the Americas and across Asia, to provide an update on the roll-out of new technologies in the USA, the Caribbean, Brazil, India, and elsewhere.
Raj Patel – Co-founder and CEO of Yotta Media
Simone Ferrara – SVP Technology and IP Strategy at V-Nova
THE BIG QUIZ
18:20-18:30
Test your knowledge of all things DVB to win some fun prizes!
PLATES, PINTS and PLAY
18:30-22:00
Stay with us at the smartvillage Bogenhausen for food, drinks and a chance to discuss the day’s proceedings and hatch plans for the follow day’s unconference. For those who want to take a break from the ‘shop talk’, we’ll have various fun activities to bring out the competitor in you!
Unconference & Exhibition
Wednesday 19 March
The full agenda for the unconference will be created on-site in Munich. It will be made available from our event hub shortly after it has been finalized.
We invite all participants – or even those whose participation is not yet confirmed – to share ideas for unconference sessions on our DVB World 2025 wiki. (Note that you will need to create a user account to edit the wiki.)
The exhibition area will be open throughout the unconference day, with participants free to circulate throughout the building.
08:30-09:00
Coffee, exhibition & networking
09:00-09:45
Opening Circle
Co-creating the agenda for the day; all participants are invited to propose sessions. (Add ideas now on the wiki.)
09:45-10:15
Exhibition, networking and session preparation
10:15-11:15
Unconference sessions (block #1)
The first set of parallel discussions in small groups, taking place in rooms throughout the building.
11:15-11:30
Exhibition, networking and session preparation
11:30-12:30
Unconference sessions (block #2)
12:30-13:30
Lunch, exhibition & networking
13:30-14:30
Unconference sessions (block #3)
14:30-14:45
Exhibition, networking and session preparation
14:45-15:45
Unconference sessions (block #4)
15:45-16:00
Exhibition and networking
16:00-17:00
Closing Circle
Takeaways and next steps from the unconference sessions.
17:00-18:00
Farewell apéritif and presentation of DVB Fellowship for 2025