12th FOKUS
Media Web Symposium

June 24–25, 2025 – Berlin

Leander Carell

SVP Advanced TV Strategy

Equativ

As Co-founder and Managing Director of Nowtilus, Leander Carell oversees Product & Marketing of the company’s Server-Side Ad-Insertion Platform SERVERSIDE.AI. With offices in Berlin and Halle/Saale and an international Partner-Network Leander drives the business development and solution integration with Service Operators, Streaming Platforms and Broadcasters.

Leander has been an entrepreneur and established player in the media industry for 18 years. With his former movie production company, he was an OSCAR Nominee for the Best Foreign Feature “IN DARKNESS” in 2012. He sold Nowtilus to Rovi Corp. in 2011 and managed a buy-out in 2014, driving the company to the next level of streaming monetization and personalization. Leander holds a degree as media merchant and postgraduate of EAVE for International Film Production and Marketing.

  • The Evolution of CTV and Broadcast Monetization: Turning Complexity into Opportunity

    Leander Carell

    SVP Advanced TV Strategy

    Equativ

    Edge AI,
    Frank Rippl, Vodafone

    How Netflix achieves Personalized Recommendations in the Partner UI

    Tim Schaeffer

    Head of Partner Product DACH

    Netflix

    Alexander Heider, Microsoft

  • Session 1: Conference Opening & Keynote

    AI-Driven Media Tech
    Björn Rosenthal, Chief Product Officer, Sports Media @ Ringier

    Session 2: Cloud & Piracy

    Piracy in Streaming
    Maria Malinkowitsch, Verimatrix

    C2PA as a standard for media authenticity: What we have done at ARD and what is missing

    Kenneth Warmuth

    Media Engineer & Project Manager C2PA

    ARD / WDR

    Session 3: Streaming Innovation

    Emily Dubs

    Head of Technology

    DVB

    Innovation vs. Optimization
    Jason Thibeault, CEO, SVTA 

     

    MOQ – Overview, Status and Demos

    Will Law

    Chief Architect, Cloud Technology Group

    Akamai

    Live Cloud Production with AWS – Broadcast Innovation in the Cloud

    Thomas Pister

    Head of Solutions

    LOGIC media solutions GmbH

    HbbTV: Latest Developments and Updates
    Jon Piesing, TP Vision

    Session 5: AI in Media  & Content Monetization

    The Evolution of CTV and Broadcast Monetization: Turning Complexity into Opportunity

    Leander Carell

    SVP Advanced TV Strategy

    Equativ

    How Netflix achieves Personalized Recommendations in the Partner UI

    Tim Schaeffer

    Head of Partner Product DACH

    Netflix