Join experts who have experienced the real-world impact of operational interruptions and the organisational pressure that comes with them. In this session, we’ll explore the common blockers that hold broadcasters back from strengthening resilience and explore the real risks created by disruption, not just technically, but commercially and reputationally.
How Broadcasters Strengthen Security, Confidence, and Continuity
Broadcasters should prioritize risks, and adopt modular, best-of-breed architectures that enable rapid spin-up, try-before-you-buy pilots, and evolving tech swaps. Teams can reassess risks, set priorities, ensure connectivity, and stand up a pragmatic, cost-effective DR model that is standardized, with simple commercial frameworks and delivered by trusted partners.
Speakers
- Stuart Boorn, Head of Product M&B, Arqiva
- Alaina Hall, Director of International Business Development, Arqiva
- Andy Ioannou, Head of Origination, Arqiva
Key takeaways
1. Expanded Risk Landscape: Broadcaster risk profiles have expanded beyond hardware/software to include cybersecurity, connectivity, data sovereignty, geopolitics, and physical site access, requiring a structured risk register and prioritized mitigation.
2. Pragmatic Cloud Resilience: Cloud is now a pragmatic part of the resilience toolkit—not a cure-all—enabling flexible, API-driven, automated models that scale by hour and align resilience (and cost) to content value and daypart.
3. Tiered Hybrid Protection: Resilience should be tiered and hybrid (on-prem, multi-cloud, and air-gapped where needed), with passive/active options by channel type and content priority to protect brand and ad revenue without overpaying for 24/7 “five nines.”
4. Proactive Recovery Design: A proactive resilience approach beats “buy a second Ferrari”: design for rapid spin-up, runbooks, testing/rehearsal, and people/process readiness, using modular best-of-breed tech that can be swapped as needs evolve.
5. Fast Execution Frameworks: Execution can be fast (target 90 days for a viable model) if buyers and partners streamline contracts and use standardized frameworks, focusing on trust, clear SLAs, and “pay for what you need” commercial models to control cost.
