Digital Policy Group Goals

Protect SPE content against unauthorized copying and distribution

• Copyright• Regulation• Licensing• Technology• New Business Models

1. Aggressively pursue new technologies that reduce cost, allow innovation, deliver anti-piracy protection, and leverage collaboration with other Sony companies

2. Efficiently provide high quality production and distribution services in support of SPE’s film and television, whether  through third party vendors, or through Sony services 

3. Expand SPE’s ability to deliver product in digital formats at lower cost through the continued exploitation of the Digital Distribution Backbone  (DBB)

4. Collaborate with Colorworks to gain advantages for SPE from new production and distribution technologies and services as they emerge

5. Focus on organizational and team development through open & honest communication and collaboration that cultivates an environment of rapid change and efficiency

6. Provide competitive advantage to Sony companies by bringing real-world  experience to  Sony products and professional solutions 

7. Foster a culture of innovation in operations and engineering that leads to new strategic, and more cost effective, software and data process products for media production, distribution, and copy protection

Chris Cookson FY14 goals

Digital Policy Group Goals

Mitch: Ensure that Digital Policy is enabling the business units and helping them create consistent and sustainable business models

Chris: Efficiently provide high quality production and distribution services in support of SPE’s film and television, whether  through third party vendors, or through Sony services 

Tim• Work with stakeholders in the business units, including Theatrical, to study the costs and benefits to Sony Pictures of increasing the amount of consumer early window content (early window VOD/EST) from user, commercial, technical and business relationships points of view.

• Draft report by end October• Consultations in November• Final report and recommendations by end November

Andrew: no subsequent goal for Andrew here

•Mitch: Ensure Digital Policy Group gives prompt and consistent services to business units when reviewing content licenses.•Develop SPE digital policy to respond to developments in media distribution and educate business units. Tim•Ensure internal customer queries and review requests are normally answered within one week.•Maintain and develop digital policy, including gaining agreement on any policy changes that are made with all relevant internal stakeholders•Organise and present a quarterly update on digital policy for all sales leads globally, •Organise and lead quality, quarterly internal education events in Golden Square (UHD; SPE Production both set already)

Chris• Efficiently provide high quality production and

distribution services in support of SPE’s film and television, whether  through third party vendors, or through Sony services 

• Focus on organizational and team development through open & honest communication and collaboration that cultivates an environment of rapid change and efficiency

Andrew:•Ensure internal customer queries and review requests are normally answered within one week•Create and maintain a database of all deals reviewed, including policy deviations and suggestions for how policy and its application could be improved•Take responsibility for reviewing UK licenses and take on further areas (Italy, Spain, France, Germany…) when ready•Assist Tim in organising and presenting on the quarterly digital policy updates and pre-meetings•Assist Tim in organising and presenting the internal education events

Mitch•Keep SPE on track and encourage other studios to stay on track as UltraViolet grows in territorial coverage and becomes a genuine mass market service in the US. Tim •Provide support and expert services to SPE and DECE teams in US and Europe during launch of UltraViolet services in France and Germany and the consumer launch in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand

Chris: Efficiently provide high quality production and distribution services in support of SPE’s film and television, whether  through third party vendors, or through Sony services 

Andrew: Find and take responsibility for a particular area of UltraViolet (I’ll let Andrew find the area he likes most and could give most on)

Mitch:•Find new technologies and business models for media distribution

• Discuss with SPE business units• Start internal projects and/or technology investments

where appropriate.• Become the natural contact for third party new start

up and technology providers

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Tim•Attend TechCityUK events and other new technology groups and become the natural contact in UK for those wishing to share new technologies for film and TV distribution and protection•Produce a quarterly round up of new technology developments in UK, with coverage of rest of Europe where possible•Read books and material on technology scouting and produce a presentation covering what we should look for in relevant start-ups•One Sony goal? Promote 4K/UHD and Sony Media Cloud Services amongst SPE Production companies and other UK and European content producers.

Chris: Aggressively pursue new technologies that reduce cost, allow innovation, deliver anti-piracy protection, and leverage collaboration with other Sony companies

• Work with stakeholders in the business units, including Theatrical, to study the costs and benefits to Sony Pictures of increasing the amount of consumer early window content (early window VOD/EST) from user, commercial, technical and business relationships points of view.

• Draft report by end October• Consultations in October• Final report and recommendations by end November

•Ensure internal customer queries and review requests are normally answered within one week.•Maintain and develop digital policy, including gaining agreement on any policy changes that are made with all relevant internal stakeholders•Organise and present a quarterly update on digital policy for all sales leads globally, •Organise and lead quality, quarterly internal education events in Golden Square

•Provide support and expert services to SPE and DECE teams in US and Europe during launch of UltraViolet services in France and Germany and the consumer launch in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand•Attend TechCityUK events and other new technology groups and become the natural contact in UK for those wishing to share new technologies for film and TV distribution and protection•Produce a quarterly round up of new technology developments in UK, with coverage of rest of Europe where possible•Read books and material on technology scouting and produce a presentation covering what we should look for in relevant start-ups•One Sony goal? Promote 4K/UHD and Sony Media Cloud Services amongst SPE Production companies and other UK and European content producers.