The Media and Entertainment Mixer Presents The Big Wrap Up 2025.

The Big Wrap-Up 2025, our last Mixer of the year, back where it all started - Bristol. Panels that get to the point, a fireside chat with a major industry voice, time to catch up over drinks, and the return of the BMEM Awards.
Proudly sponsored by Nokia, Synamedia and Pixitmedia.
Three panels on the topics that defined 2025 and will shape 2026:

🎁From Broadcast to IP - No Silver Bullets
Everyone talks about “killing broadcast” and going all-IP. Reality check: infrastructure is patchy, business models are fragile, and not everyone has a shiny new smart TV. Who gets left behind, and who pays the price?
🎁Live Sports: The Power Shift Has Started
2025 marked a turning point for live sports streaming. After Netflix’s bold move into live boxing, the industry raced to perfect infrastructure. Now, with the 2026 World Cup and Winter Olympics ahead, attention shifts to monetization, latency, and whether the internet can truly handle global, real-time audiences at scale.
🎁AI in Media — Who’s Actually Doing Anything?
AI was the buzzword of 2025, but who’s walking the walk? From metadata to automation, we’ll cut through the hype and showcase what’s real — and what’s still smoke and mirrors.

Followed by a fireside chat:
How not to break a company: Crisis lessons from the front line

This fireside conversation with Johan Bolin, a serial technology C-suite, will unwrap the ugly reality of what really goes wrong inside media tech companies undergoing consolidation and ownership changes. This session explores the deeper structural issues that have surfaced across the industry—from misaligned management to poorly digested (or abandoned) acquisitions.

Drawing from first-hand experience steering companies through turbulent chapters, this talk will unpack what M&E leaders should recognise early, what they often miss until it’s too late, and ultimately how to prevent fingers from getting burned.

Networking that feels more like a catch-up than a conference.

The Big Wrap Up Awards - short, sharp, and celebrating the people who moved the industry this year.

No tuxedos, no rambling speeches. Just six awards that matter:

🏆Diversity & Inclusion Award – recognising real progress. SHORTLIST

🏆Playback Pioneers Award – celebrating innovation. SHORTLIST

🏆Sustainability Award – backing greener thinking. SHORTLIST

🏆Rising Star Award – spotlighting fresh talent. SHORTLIST

🏆Community Champion Award – for the people who bring us together. SHORTLIST

🏆Disruptor of the Year Award – for the ones shaking things up. SHORTLIST

Because this isn’t another corporate event.
It’s a chance to finish the year our way - honest conversations, good people, and a proper send-off for 2025.

If you’re looking for a copy-and-paste networking event, this probably isn’t for you. We pride ourselves on offering something different - for people who are ready for something different.

We’re on the hunt for panelists and sponsors. If you want a slice of the action (and a sneak peek at our big 2026 plans), submit a request for a call today. There’s a lot going on.

• Early Bird: 16th – 24th October
• First Release: 24th October – 15th November
• Final Release: 15th November – 5th December

Your ticket covers the whole day. We’ll keep you fed and watered, make sure there’s a drink in your hand when it counts, and give you access to some of the sharpest minds in the industry. You’ll get the panels, the fireside chat, the awards, and the kind of conversations you don’t get anywhere else.

Basically, you just need to turn up - we’ve got the rest sorted.

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Info: Ease in, grab something cold, and start the conversations that matter (or the ones that get you warmed up for later).

Info: A fast-paced intro to the day, the partners who make it possible, and the energy we’ll be riding through every session.

Info: Everyone says “broadcast is dead.” Reality: it’s complicated. We’ll unpack the messy truth behind infrastructure gaps, fragile business models, and what happens to audiences who aren’t fully “IP-ready.”

Info: 2025 changed the game. Netflix stepped into the ring (literally), infrastructure scrambled to keep up, and now the 2026 World Cup looms. We’re talking monetisation, latency, and whether the internet can finally handle everyone watching at once.

Info: AI won the buzzword war. But who actually shipped something real? We separate the meaningful from the marketing fluff: automation, metadata, workflows, and the projects that actually moved the needle.

Info: A brutally honest conversation with Johan Bolin about what really goes wrong inside media-tech companies in consolidation chaos - the misalignment, the mergers, the mistakes, and the things leaders only notice when it’s already on fire. Real talk, zero sugar-coating.

Info: Fuel up. You’ve earned it.

Info: Celebrating the people and projects that moved the industry forward this year:

Diversity & Inclusion Award - recognising real progress

Playback Pioneers Award - celebrating innovation

Sustainability Award - backing greener thinking

Rising Star Award - spotlighting fresh talent

Community Champion Award - for the people who bring us together

Disruptor of the Year Award - for the ones shaking things up

Info: Celebrate, connect, plot your next collaboration, or just vibe.

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

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