The international market for audio and video content is growing exponentially. According to experts, the online streaming market alone will grow by more than 9.3% over the next few years, reaching around USD 74 billion by 2024. Revenue from subscription services will surpass that from services operating on an advertising-based model, reaching USD 21.6 billion by 2021. In Russia, the online streaming market increased by 17% to RUB 7.4 billion in 2016. In the medium term, the growth of this sector will depend as much on effective Internet copyright protection as on the regulation and development of services offering online streaming. Does the increased share of subscription services in the online streaming market signal the end for the advertising-based revenue model? What is the optimum business model for the regulation and development of services which offer users convenient access to high-quality, affordable legal audiovisual content?
Moderators Catherine Mtsitouridze ,
Chief Executive Officer, ROSKINO; Film Expert, Channel One Alan Thompson ,
Director, Department of International Financial Integration, International Investment Bank (IIB)
Catherine Mtsitouridze
Chief Executive Officer, ROSKINO; Film Expert, Channel One
Katya Mtsitouridze is head of ROSKINO, Channel One film expert, Variety Russia Editor-in-Chief, SPIMF concept developer and general producer.Katya graduated from the Tbilisi State University with an MA in history and film studies.
She is the author and narrator of This Is Cinema, a regular show on Russia’s Channel One. She is ROSKINO CEO since 2011. Katya’s portfolio includes diplomas of the film festivals in Cannes and Venice as well as the AFM market in LA. In June, 2001, she was a member of the FIPRESCI jury at the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival. In May, 2002, she was a member of the FIPRESCI jury at the 55th Cannes International Film Festival. In June, 2003, Katya was on the jury for debut films at the 25th Moscow International Film Festival.
In May, 2008, she was a member of the jury of the Un Certain Regard section of the 61th Cannes International Film Festival.
Still in 2008, she initiated the creation of the Russian Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival which she is heading to the present day. From September, 2010 to January, 2011 Mtsitouridze provided PR support in US and Canada for The Edge (Krai), a film by Alexey Uchitel, which was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the HFPA Golden Globe awards. In September, 2011 she was in charge of the international PR and advertising campaign of Alexander Sokurov’s Faust that won the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival. In June, 2012 she held the first DOORS International Traveling Film Market of Russian content within the framework of the 34th Moscow International Film Festival. In November, 2012, Katya reached an agreement with HULU, one of the leading US digital platforms, for the VOD release of 12 contemporary Russian titles. In May, 2014 she reached a further agreement for the distribution of CTC Media TV Content through HULU platforms.
In October 2014, Katya held the first edition of the Saint Petersburg International Media Forum of which she was the concept developer and general producer.
In 2016, Katya has received the prize of the First National Business Communication Award in the “Breakthrough of the Year” category for the company’s outstanding achievements in 2016, particularly for ROSKINO’s partnership with the world’s biggest film market Marché du Film as part of the 69th Cannes International Film Festival, thanks to which Russia has become the event’s true headliner. Katya is a member of FIPRESCI, the Russian Filmmakers’ Union, the Russian and International Unions of Journalists, the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia. She also holds an MA in History.
Alan Thompson
Director, Department of International Financial Integration, International Investment Bank (IIB)
Alan Thompson was appointed Director of the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce in Russia in 2012. Born in Edinburgh, United Kingdom Alan Thompson graduated as a specialist in Slavonic studies from Leeds University and as lawyer of EU Commercial law from Leicester University. In 1999 he moved to Russia pusuing opportunities as a consultant in the international department of a consulting company, sales and marketing in an insurance company, administrative support in an agricultural project in the Penza region.
Alan Thompson worked as the Deputy Director of the British Yellow Pages project from 2004. Alan moved on to set up the marketing function in JohnsonDiversey in 2006 focusing on all aspects of B2B marketing. He went on to head up the Hotel service business for Eastern Europe within Diversey.
In his current role as Director of the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce Alan Thompson in representing the interests of member companies has a particular focus on startup and SME support, export, regional development, social initiatives, business projects, bilateral trade, improvement of the business climate. Alan Thompson is a proactive member of the International Council of Cooperation and Investment (ICCI) under the auspices of the RSPP, Mr Alexander Shokhin, a member of the Expert Council of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, a member of the Council of National Representatives of the Association of European Businesses. Alan Thompson is a participant of the Joint Liason Group Russia-UK, SPIEF, SPILF, Cybersecurity (RAEC), DataProtectionForum (Moscow).
Panellists Leonid Agronov ,
Head, National Federation of the Music Industry (NFMI) Boris Dobrodeev ,
General Director, Mail.Ru Group Alexander Zharov ,
Head, Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) Stan McCoy ,
President, Managing Director, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Motion Picture Association of America Trevor Albery ,
Vice-President, Strategy and Operations, Content Protection and Analytics (EMEA), Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Olga Paskina ,
Chief Executive Officer, National Media Group Sergey Selyanov ,
Chairman of the Management Board, Association of Film and TV Producers; Founder, CTB Film Company; Founder, Melnitsa Animation Pavel Stepanov ,
President, Media Communications Union (MKS) Oleg Tumanov ,
Chief Executive Officer, IVI.ru Dmitry Chernyshenko ,
Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board of Directors, Gazprom-Media Holding
Leonid Agronov
Head, National Federation of the Music Industry (NFMI)
Leonid is a legal expert on intellectual property and a practicing lawyer. He contributed to the Civil, Criminal, Administrative Offences Codes’ and supporting laws modifications. He now takes part in RF Intellectual Property Long Term Strategy development and Collective Rights Management Reform development.
Leonid started in music industry in 2001 and held several top management positions in Russian subsidiaries of Universal Music and Sony Music companies. In 2012 Leonid headed the National Federation of the Music Industry (NFMI), the alliance of the major music companies created to represent the music industry in the Government bodies.
Married. Resides in Moscow.
Boris Dobrodeev
General Director, Mail.Ru Group
Boris Dobrodeev was appointed to the Board in February 2016 and became Chief Executive Officer (Russia) in October 2016. From 2014 to 2016 Boris held positions of Mail.Ru Group's Director for Strategy & Development and VKontakte’s CEO and from 2013 to 2014 he was Deputy CEO of VKontakte. Boris graduated from Moscow State University, Russia, in 2007, with a degree in History, and holds the Master in International Business Degree obtained from Moscow State University Business School in 2009. Boris worked as Analyst in Metalloinvest from 2006 to 2009, and occupied the position of a Business Development Director at an online video company Zoomby.ru in 2009-2011. From 2011 to 2012 Boris worked as an Investment Analyst in DST Advisors and from 2012 to 2014 as the Head of the Internet Asset Management Department at USM Advisors.
Alexander Zharov
Head, Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor)
August 11, 1964: born in Chelyabinsk.1987: graduated from Chelyabinsk Medical University.1987–1996: work in the medical sphere.1998–1999: counsel to the Chairman of the Management Board of RIA Vesti.1999–2004: press secretary of the Minister of Healthcare of the Russian Federation.January 2004: defended his Candidate of Science thesis on “Propaganda of a healthy lifestyle”.2004–2006: assistant and then press secretary of the Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov.2006: graduated from the Russian President Academy of Public Administration, Law Department.2006–2007: Deputy General Director of Federal State Unitary Enterprise All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.2007–2008: Director of the Department of the Press Service, Information and Protocol of the Government of the Russian Federation.2008: appointed Deputy Minister of Communications and the Media of the Russian Federation.By directive of Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin No. 702-r dated May 3, 2012, appointed Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Informational Technology, and Mass Media.Speaks English and French.Married with six children.
Stan McCoy
President, Managing Director, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Motion Picture Association of America
Stan McCoy is the President and Managing Director of the region encompassing Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) for the Motion Picture Association (MPA)
As a specialist in intellectual property and innovation policy, Stan’s key responsibility is to work with partners across the region to promote policies and enforcement practices that help the region to enjoy the jobs, growth, and cultural dividends of a vibrant creative sector.
Stan joined the MPA in April 2014 as Senior Vice President & Regional Policy Director following over a decade of government service. He became President and Managing Director on 1 January 2015.
Prior to joining the MPA, Stan served as Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Intellectual Property and Innovation in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Before joining USTR, he worked at the law firm Covington & Burling in both Brussels and Washington D.C. Stan graduated from DePauw University and the University of Virginia School of Law. He resides with his family in Brussels where the MPA’s EMEA offices are headquartered.
Trevor Albery
Vice-President, Strategy and Operations, Content Protection and Analytics (EMEA), Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Trevor joined Warner Bros. Entertainment Europe in March 2004 as Anti-Piracy Counsel for European Anti-Piracy Operations. In that role he was responsible for the coordination, management and provision of legal advice on all EMEA anti-piracy issues.
In April 2006 Trevor was promoted to his current role. He is now responsible for managing all aspects of the Warner Bros. content protection & analytics strategy in the EMEA region, spanning supply chain security, legal & enforcement activities (by Warner Bros. and on an industry level), consumer awareness initiatives, public policy/lobbying, data gathering and the provision of data reporting & analytics services to the Theatrical, Home Entertainment and Television divisions. He also manages the EMEA Warner Bros. content protection & analytics team.
Prior to joining Warner Bros., Trevor spent four years as Senior Legal Adviser at the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, London (IFPI), where he was responsible for the day-to-day management of all civil litigation brought by IFPI on behalf of its members in Eastern and Western Europe, SE Asia and Latin America. Trevor started his career as an IP litigator with the London media firm Hamlins, specialising in music industry litigation.
Trevor attained a law degree from the University of Bristol and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in UK, European and US Law of Copyright and Related Rights from King’s College, London.
Olga Paskina
Chief Executive Officer, National Media Group
Graduated from the Law Faculty of the Volgograd State University and Economic Faculty of the Volgograd State Technical University. Holds a degree in Executive Management from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (USA) and was trained in the leadership program in the University of California, Berkley (USA).
2002–2008 - Chief Legal Officer and then Chief HR and Organizational Effectiveness Officer at SUN InBev brewing company.
2008–2013 - President and a member of the Board of Directors at ProfMedia.
2014–2015 - CEO of Discovery Networks in North-Eastern Europe.
2015-2016 - CEO at Discovery Holdings company, a Joint venture of National Media Group and Discovery Communications.
Since 2016 - CEO of National Media Group.
Sergey Selyanov
Chairman of the Management Board, Association of Film and TV Producers; Founder, CTB Film Company; Founder, Melnitsa Animation
Sergey Selyanov – Russian film director, screenwriter and producer, Head of CTB Film Company.
1975–1978, studied at the Tula Polytechnical and headed local amateur film studio. In 1980, graduated from screenwriting workshop at VGIK under N. Figurovsky and Higher School for Writers and Directors under Rolan Bikov in 1989. Debut feature film “Angel Day” was released in 1980. In 1992, Mr. Selyanov founded CTB Film Company.
Produced over 60 narrative and documentary feature films, including “Brat” (1997), “Brat 2” (2000), “Zhmurki” (2005), “Dobrinya Nikitich i Zmei Gorynich” (2006), “Bumer. Film Vtoroj” (2006), “Ilya Muromets i Solovey Razboynik” (2007), “Ya Tozhe Hochu” (2012), “Kokoko” (2012), “Ivan Tsarevich i Seryi Volk” (2011). “Prizrak” (2015) among other award-winning entries. Recipient of the Russian State Award for the film “Kukushka” (2003).
Pavel Stepanov
President, Media Communications Union (MKS)
Born August 27, 1973 in Moscow. Graduated from the Law Faculty of the Moscow State University.
1994 – 1999 - worked in Russian and foreign consulting companies
1999 – 2004 – Head of Legal Department of Federal Agency on Press and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation
2004 – 2010 – - worked in Administration of the President
2010 – 2014 – First Deputy Director of Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network (RTRS)
2014 – present time - “Central Partnership”, President
2016 – present time - President of Union of professionals, promoting development of media and communication industry “Media and communication Union”
PhD in Law
Oleg Tumanov
Chief Executive Officer, IVI.ru
Born on February 17, 1965. In 1986 graduated from Moscow Institute of Economics and Finance. In 1996 completed a training program for top managers in Wharton School and a Financial Management Program in Harvard Business School. PhD in Economics.
1990 – Deputy Chairman, Mosbusinessbank.
1994 – worked in financial organizations in the US and Switzerland.
2001 – Deputy Managing Director, Alpha-Bank
2005 – Managing Director for Russia and CIS, Access Industries.
2009 till present – Founder and CEO, ivi.ru
Dmitry Chernyshenko
Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board of Directors, Gazprom-Media Holding
Dmitry Chernyshenko was appointed Chief Executive Officer in January 2015.
He currently also serves as President of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) since November 2014.
From October to December 2014, Mr Chernyshenko was Head of the Volga Group investment company.
From 2007 to 2014, Dmitry Chernyshenko was the President of the Organizing Committee for the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games, which were held in Sochi in 2014. During this time period, Dmitry Chernyshenko was also a member of the Presidium of the Presidential Council on the development of physical fitness and sport, the preparation and hosting of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games, the XXVII Summer Universiade held in 2013 in Kazan, and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
From 2007 to 2014, Dmitry Chernyshenko was also the Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the State Corporation Olympstroy.
From 2005 to 2007, Mr Chernyshenko led a successful bidding campaign to host the XXII Olympic Winter Games and the XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi.
Between1998 and 2002, Dmitry Chernyshenko was General Director of the TV production studio DTV-MA. The studio's clients included leading international brands and advertising agencies. It has also received more than 30 awards at domestic and foreign festivals.
In 1989, Mr Chernyshenko established one of the first computer graphics studios in Russia. This studio later served as the foundation for the large communications holding Media Arts.
Dmitry Chernyshenko was born in 1968. He graduated from the Moscow State University of Technology “Stankin”.
Elena Blobel ,
Senior Legal Adviser, Litigation and Legal Affairs, International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) Oleg Rumyantsev ,
Managing Partner, Rumyantsev and Partners Consulting Agency; President, Association of Government Relations Specialists "GR-League“
Elena Blobel
Senior Legal Adviser, Litigation and Legal Affairs, International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)
Elena Blobel is a Senior Legal Adviser in the Litigation and Legal Affairs department at the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). While at IFPI, she has reviewed and commented on proposed legislation in a number of countries with a particular focus on rights of sound recording producers and protection against digital piracy. Before joining IFPI in 2011, she worked for the regional government of Brandenburg in Germany in the policy department for media law and she was for many years a research assistant at the Erich Pommer Institute at Potsdam University conducting research in the area of copyright law and public and private media law. She holds a doctoral degree from University of Potsdam, law degrees from Humboldt University Berlin and University Paris II Assas (Licence and Maîtrise en droit), and qualified as lawyer in 2007.
Oleg Rumyantsev
Managing Partner, Rumyantsev and Partners Consulting Agency; President, Association of Government Relations Specialists "GR-League“
Public figure, one of the co-authors of the Constitution of the Russian Federation as Executive Secretary of Constitutional Commission, Member of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation (1990-1993);
VP /Director for External Affairs (1998-2008) at Mars Russia & CIS, Shell Exploration and Production Services Russia & CIS, TNK-BP;
Managing Partner, Consulting Agency “Rumyantsev & Partners” LLC (since 2009);
President, Association of Government Relations Specialists “GR League” (since 2014);
Member, Association of Accredited Public Policy Advocates to the European Union (AALEP);
Registered Member, EU Transparency Register;
The Counsellor on the voluntary basis to Head of the Federal Service for IP (Rospatent).
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Key moments
Roskomnadzor is not seeking to expand its presence in the fight against piracy; instead, we support the idea of self-regulation mechanisms to work more actively, for the fight against piracy to move entirely into the self-regulation area.
Alexander Zharov
Head, Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor)
Audio and video content piracy is indeed an international problem and every jurisdiction has to respond to it in accordance with the rule of law.
Stan McCoy
President, Managing Director, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Motion Picture Association of America
Pirates are changing their strategies all the time and we must be flexible and fast.
Trevor Albery
Vice-President, Strategy and Operations, Content Protection and Analytics (EMEA), Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
The music industry is rapidly developing and is the first to apply the latest mechanisms for monetization, sale and distribution of content. Mobile devices account for more than half of all sales, primarily mobile apps. The problem we need to address now is that we have to be able to block pirate mobile apps effectively.
Leonid Agronov
Head, National Federation of the Music Industry (NFMI)
Within our planning horizon, traditional linear television will remain the dominant platform among all media.
Dmitry Chernyshenko
Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board of Directors, Gazprom-Media Holding
Piracy is not a static challenge, these pirates are great innovators and are coming up with new business models every day.
Stan McCoy
President, Managing Director, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Motion Picture Association of America
The music industry, which at one time began fading away… has been showing growth indicative of its revival, and this is due to digital services with the subscription-based business model.
