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Indiantelevison.com-Akamai webinar explores what makes UGC platforms tick
MUMBAI: When Chad Hurley. Steve Chen and Jawed Karim created YouTube in 2005, little did they know their brainchild would spawn the phenomenon of user-generated video content. Today, more than 300 hours of video are uploaded by users on Youtube every minute resulting in billions of views per year. Ditto with social media outlets such as Twitter, Facebook, Twitter and hundreds of new entrants such as TikTok, Firework, Roposo etc.
What is the technical architecture that goes into making a successful UGC video service? What is their business model? How have they fared during the pandemic and what kind of challenges are they continuing to face? What are the practices business executives and tech professionals have put in place to optimise and provide a best in class service?
These and many other such questions will be answered by a stellar panel of executives who will be coming together for a virtual round table “The rise and rise of user-generated content and the tech that enabled the rise” organised by indiantelevision.com in partnership with CDN and security provider Akamai Technologies.
Under The Content Hub Tech Series umbrella, it will feature industry’s top practitioners such as Firework head of content & strategic partnerships Sudarshan Kadam, Roposo co-founder and VP product management Glance Avinash Saxena, Samoso Lab founder and ex-CEO Abilash Inumella, Bolo Indya cofounder and CEO Varun Saxena, Akamai Technologies director of products – APJ Media Rishi Varma, Zee5 business head expansion projects and head of products Rajneel Kumar. The virtual roundtable which is taking place on zoom and streamlined lined on indiantelevision.com social outlets will be moderated by Indiantelevision.com founder, CEO and editor in chief Anil Wanvari.
Users can log onto indiantelevision.com’s Facebook page (@ITVNewz) today at noon to watch the interesting chat live as Wanvari gets the senior professionals to get as candid as they can get about this burgeoning vertical.
Indiantelevision.com has over the past year initiated and pioneered a series of virtual round tables in partnership with leading video tech suppliers and video content industry practitioners to help in spreading an understanding of tech and business challenges and solutions around them.
Today’s session is a continuation of that initiative.
Session: Indiantelevision.com’s The ContentHub Tech Series Virtual Rountable powered by Akamai Technologies. “The rise and rise of user-generated content and the tech that enabled the rise.”
Date and Time:12 June 12 noon IST
Registration link: https://lnkd.in/gtzp_DD
Simulcast live on Zoom and Facebook
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Dailymotion Pro and Oksat team up to fast-track OTT and FAST platforms
Strategic partnership combines video infrastructure with full OTT product layer for media and brands.
MUMBAI: When video meets ambition, the result is a platform that doesn’t just stream, it sprints. Dailymotion Pro, a global leader in video distribution and monetisation, has joined forces with European OTT and FAST specialist Oksat to launch a new integrated end-to-end solution for media companies, brands and institutions.
The alliance fuses Dailymotion’s large-scale infrastructure and monetisation know-how with Oksat’s robust OTT and FAST capabilities multi-device apps, channel orchestration, product logic and advanced media workflows. Together they promise faster time-to-market, enterprise-grade scalability and flexibility to evolve business models over time.
Dailymotion Pro SVP forsupply & enterprise Sales Global Rémi Leclancher said, “Our customers are no longer just looking for video technology, they are building full media products. By partnering with Oksat, we are extending our infrastructure and monetisation strengths with a robust OTT and FAST product layer, enabling our clients to launch, scale, and evolve their services with greater speed and confidence.”
Oksat CEO Cédric Monnier added, “This partnership reflects a clear market trend, OTT and FAST platforms are best built through strong alliances between infrastructure leaders and product specialists. Together with Dailymotion Pro, we are offering a solution that is not just technologically powerful but also designed as a true media product, accessible, scalable, and aligned with the long-term strategic needs of our customers.”
The joint offering supports premium OTT services, FAST channel launches, hybrid VOD/live models and advertising-based video, all from a unified cloud-native environment. It caters to entertainment plus education, healthcare, corporate communications and professional training, with strong emphasis on sovereignty, governance and European compliance.
The platform aligns with EU-backed projects ASAP4EU and FAST4EU, advancing ad monetisation, interoperability and interactive advertising models. Early adopter Locales TV is already using the integrated solution to enhance OTT distribution and speed up new services.
In a streaming world where speed and scale win races, this tie-up aims to give customers a clear lane powerful tech plus real product muscle, minus the usual multi-vendor headaches. The finish line? Faster launches, smoother growth and happier viewers.
