MELS Keynote Revealed: Shahid’s Natasha Matos-Hemingway

Natasha Matos-Hemingway

The Media & Entertainment Leaders Summit (MELS) is delighted to announce that Natasha Matos-Hemingway, chief commercial & marketing officer of Shahid, MBC Group, will be joining us as keynote speaker at the much-anticipated event, which will take place at Church House Westminster on 7 November.

Natasha leads the group’s VOD business with a focus on aligning numerous teams to achieve scale and profitability in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), as well as maintaining Shahid’s position in the market.

And, according to 2022 figures from research powerhouse Omdia, its Shahid VIP service is the leading subscription offering in the region with about 25% of the market, ahead of Starzplay Arabia and Netflix.

Her keynote will cover an overview of Shahid’s success story and focus on these topic areas:

• Building a winning team
• The importance of local content
• Hybrid OTT strategy
• Driving innovation through data

Joining Natasha at the summit is an impressive line-up of speakers including: Keegan Pierce, managing director, UK & Ireland, LaLiga; Will Ennett, head of sustainability & ESG, TalkTalk; Archana Anand, chief business officer, ZEE5 Global; Robert Richter, head of M&E partnerships, EMEA, Google; Eleni Lionaki, managing director, content ventures, Liberty Global; Johannes Larcher, CEO, Storytel; Patrick Rivet, CEO, Thema; Alejandro Casal, IPTV Innovation Product Owner & Solution Architect, KPN. Access the full agenda of sessions HERE.

So join us in the heart of London, ahead of the VideoTech Innovation Awards (VIAs) – which takes place at the same venue later that evening.

Book your tickets today at the early bird discount price of £325 or save 25% by booking the VIAs and MELS All Access Pass at £488 before it increases on 12 October!

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