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Learn about business opportunities using digital technologies that create, deliver and distribute content


June 6-7, 2006
Universal Hilton, Los Angeles

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Event Details    Agenda    Speakers    Sponsors    Registration

Hotel
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Demo and Venture Forum

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Agenda

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Ballroom C

8:00-9:00: Registration and Networking Breakfast

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Ballroom C

9:00-9:50: TV, Mobile and the Web: Friends or Foes?

TV's long-standing syndication model is being seriously eroded by the Web. Viewers can watch live baseball games on the Web; they can use the Internet to remotely watch shows stored on their computers; and, of course, they can simply download their favorite programs from illegal sites. Can traditional TV withstand the onslaught?

  • George Kliavkoff, Major League Baseball Advanced Media, Executive Vice President, Business

  • Rich Buchanan, Sling Media, Vice President, Marketing
  • Tina Imm, VH1, Vice President, Digital Media

  • John Smelzer, Fox Interactive Media, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Mobile Initiatives
  • Moderator: Michael Stroud, iHollywood Forum, Co-Founder
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Ballroom C

9:50-10:30: Keynote - Making Money on the Mobile Internet

  • Jeff Yee, Cingular Wireless, Director, mCommerce and Downloads
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Ballroom C

10:30-10:45: Feature Presentation: SMS.ac Presentation-Mobilize. Globalize. Monetize!

SMS.ac bridged significant technological, regulatory, geographic and financial barriers, so that entertainment companies can make their IP available on mobile phones and through the Internet, distribute their IP in more than 180 countries and collect money from 1.5 billion of the world’s two billion mobile phone users.  Your content mobilized, globalized and monetized in less than a day by the world's largest mobile community and marketplace. Learn how this San Diego based leader in mobile communications created an unparalleled mobile solution for global distribution of video, film and music.

  • Greg Wilfahrt, SMS.ac, Executive Vice President and Co-Founder
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Ballroom C

10:50-11:20: Keynote: Viral Distribution: A Case Study

In 2004, two brothers with access to consumer-grade production technology and a shared Web server sparked a media revolution when their animated parody “This Land” spread around the world like wildfire.  This keynote reviews the company’s early focus on building community and how it is now leveraging that audience to build a next generation content distribution network.

  • Gregg Spiridellis, JibJab Media Inc., Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
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Sierra Foyer

11:20-11:50: Networking Break
Snacks and product showcase

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Ballroom C

11:50-12:45: Hollywood Unwired

Once a rounding error, mobile content is on the verge of becoming a Hollywood staple as ringtones, music, film, TV and games find a lucrative space on mobile phones.  We explore studio strategies for selling content to mobile operators and their plans to start selling outside carriers' "walled gardens."

Feature Presentation: SMS.ac

  • Ted Cohen, EMI, Senior Vice President, Digital Development and Distribution
  • Thomas Hesse, Sony BMG, President, Global Digital Business

  • Brent Weinstein, United Talent Agency, Agent, Digital Media
  • Bruce Gersh, ABC Entertainment, Senior Vice President, Business Development
  • Ivan Lopez, Walt Disney Internet Group, Director, Business Development, North American Mobile
  • Michael Grossi, HELIO, Vice President, Business Development
  • Moderator: Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, Editorial
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Ballroom D

11:50-12:45: Free, Subscription, or Download? What Will Consumers Buy?

The pending death of the 30-second advertising spot -- and, ultimately, CDs and DVDs -- means brands, marketers and technology companies must invent new ways of reaching consumers in their homes. Options range from targeted advertising beamed to digital video recorders to subscription music and video downloads. We examine the possibilities and the technology necessary to monetize them; and what new business models or technologies are needed.

  • Tishan Waymire, TiVo Inc., Director, Strategic Development, Advertising Division
  • Claas Heise, T-Venture of America, Inc., Managing Director
  • Bruce Friedman, Napster, Senior Vice President, Programs
  • Jack Perry, TitanTV.com, Chief Titan
  • Rafat Ali, paidContent.org, Editor and Publisher
  • Stephen Smyth, Reuters America LLC, Vice President, Mobile and Emerging Media
  • Moderator: Joshua Martin, IDC, Research Analyst, Consumer Markets
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Ballroom B

12:45-1:30: Lunch

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Ballroom C

1:45-2:15: Fireside Chat

  • Kevin Wall, Network LIVE, Chief Executive Officer
  • Erik Flannigan, AOL, Vice President, Programming
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BREAKOUT SESSION
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Ballroom D

2:30-3:30: Covering Your (Digital) Assets

As entertainment content flies to the Web, mobile, enhanced TV, HDTV, 3G, video games and a myriad of digital licensing opportunities, having a comprehensive system for managing digital assets is becoming a must. We examine the options.

Feature Presentation: Entriq

  • Douglas Lee, Metro-Goldwin Mayer, Executive Vice President

  • Ian Blaine, thePlatform, Chief Executive Officer
  • Troy Snyder, Nine Systems, President and Chief Executive Officer
  • Chris Petrovic, Playboy Entertainment Group, Vice President, Business Development, Digital Media
  • Stephen Condon, Entriq, Vice President, Marketing
  • Lance Ware, SyncCast, Chief Executive Officer
  • Moderator: Marty Shindler, The Shindler Perspective, Inc.
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Ballroom C

2:30-3:30: Playing Music.Net

Music is morphing from a physical commodity to content on a network streamed from the cable operator, downloaded over the Internet, or passed between home networks and media devices. Allowing consumers to access their music anytime, anywhere is key for studios and technology companies to monetize music amidst rampant piracy. A look at how Music.Net is being built.

Feature Presentation: Roku

  • Srivats Sampath, Mercora, Chief Executive Officer

  • John Jones, MusicNet, Senior Vice President, Programming, Artist and Label Relations
  • Jamie Perlman, SNOCAP, Director, Business Development, Retail Partners
  • Drew Denbo, Real Networks, Director, Business Development

  • Dale (Ty) Roberts, Gracenote, Chief Technology Officer
  • Moderator: David Bloom, Words & Deeds, Principal
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Ballroom C

3:40-4:30: User Generated Content: Is There a Legitimate Business Model?

The phenomenal success of digital content generated by users -- from MySpace to YouTube, from blogs to vlogs and, of course, a plethora of podcasts -- shows that the long-awaited era of PROFITABLE consumer-created media is upon us. And now file sharing is also going legit. Warner Bros. just announced it become the first major studio to distribute its films and TV shows over the Internet using peer-to-peer technology developed by BitTorrent, a popular tool for trading pirated copies of movies. How can studios and media companies take advantage of the trend? Who is the most successful and why? What are the business and investment opportunities in this new market?

Feature Presentation: Wetpaint

  • Colin Digiaro, MySpace.com, Senior Vice President, Sales
  • Steven Starr, Revver, Chief Executive Officer
  • Aaron Barnes, Friendster, Inc., Vice President, Sales
  • Josh Felser, Grouper Networks, Chief Executive Officer
  • Itzik (Isaac) Cohen, abazab, Founder and Chief Executitve Officer
  • Ben Elowitz, Wetpaint, Chief Executive Officer
  • Moderator: Joshua Martin, IDC, Research Analyst, Consumer Markets
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Ballroom C

4:30-5:10: iHollywood Demo Presentations

  • FluxDVD
  • NetTeam
  • PodZinger
  • PON Media
  • Score Line Channel
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Sierra Foyer

5:10-5:30: Networking Break

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS
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Ballroom D

5:30-6:15: Everybody Hates DRM!

Worried that pristine copies of their master works will be zapped around the world, studios are tightly restricting how HD content is recorded. How workable is that strategy in a world where hackers routinely hack the best digital rights management solutions and explain how they did it on the Internet? Will competing DRM standards hamper consumers' ability to pass their video and music files around? Or will a single standard or software overlay -- ask Microsoft which one it favors -- bring order to the kingdom?

Feature Presentation: ViDeOnline, Inc.

  • Shawn Ambwani, Intertrust, Vice President, Licensing
  • Russell Reeder, RightsLine, Inc., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  • Simon Blake-Wilson, SafeNet, Director, DRM Products
  • Randall Crockett, DRM Networks, Senior Vice President
  • Moderator: Susan Kevorkian, IDC, Program Manager, Consumer Markets

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Ballroom C

5:30-6:15: Cable vs. Satellite vs. IPTV

Programming could determine the outcome of the coming battle between cable companies, satellite companies and telcos for consumers' eyeballs. SBC and Verizon are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on ESPN, Fox News and HBO -- and hiring top Hollywood executives -- to compete. A look at Hollywood's spoiler role in the eyeball war.

  • Lee Friedman, BellSouth, Director, Rich Media Services
  • John Reed, Bluestreak Network, Chairman of the Board

  • Mark Jeffery, ICTV, Senior Director, Product Marketing
  • Christopher Kuhrt, EchoStar Satellite, LLC, iTV Specialist
  • Moderator: Chris Crotty, iSuppli Corporation, Senior Analyst, Consumer Electronics
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Sierra Foyer

6:15-7:00: Cocktail Reception

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Sierra Courtyard

7:00-8:00: DealMaker's Dinner

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Lobby Bar

8:00: After Hours Networking

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Agenda Day 2
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Ballroom C

8:15-9:00: Networking Breakfast

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Ballroom C

9:00-9:30: Fireside Chat with Ted Cohen

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Ballroom C

9:30-10:20: Hollywood vs. the Pirates, Take 2

Despite the Supreme Court ruling against Grokster, the piracy problem continues.  How effective are the RIAA and MPAA's "get tough" policies toward scofflaws? Are new technologies for safeguarding Hollywood's intellectual property helping or hindering the creation of a digital content market?

  • Ken Hertz, Goldring Hertz & Lichtenstein LLP, Senior Partner

  • Albhy Galuten, Sony Corporation of America, Vice President, Digital Media Technology Strategy

  • Mark Litvack, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP,  Partner

  • Moderator: Michael Stroud, iHollywood Forum, Chief Executive Officer
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Ballroom C

10:20-10:50: Keynote

  • David Katz, Yahoo!, Head of Sports and Yahoo! Studios
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS
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Ballroom C

11:00-11:50: Join the Game

Like music, games are evolving from static, disc-bound products to creatures of the Net. The living room plays a growing role in a gaming world where Xbox 360 players from around the world talk to each other in real time, PSPs download MP3s, photos and MPEG-4 videos, and top Doom players compete for fat purses in packed arenas. Similar to other Internet content, the way to get to the masses is to include free and ad-supported revenues offerings. In-game advertising is becoming an attractive model and major brands are starting to work their way in.

  • Carter Lipscomb, AOL Games, Industry Relations Specialist

  • Don Daglow, Stormfront Studios Inc., President and Chief Executive Officer
  • Yoav Tzruya, Exent, Chief Operating Officer
  • Keith Halper, Kuma Reality Games, Chief Executive Officer
  • Moderator: Jeannie Novak, Indiespace, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
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Ballroom D

11:00-11:50: VOD Seeks a Foothold

For all cable operators' dramatic announcements, video-on-demand has yet to capture the imaginations of either consumers or Hollywood. Many consumers either aren't aware their operators carry it or prefer to record their favorite programs on tariff-free DVRs. Many TV executives, under whelmed by the returns on pay-per-view, aren't lining up to provide programming. Now, a new generation of Internet movie and TV download services and  IPTV  VOD offerings are ramping up. What's VOD's future?

  • Doug Craig, Discovery Communications, Vice President, New Media

  • Brent Jenkins, MovieBeam, Vice President, Programming
  • Sean Besser, Movielink, Vice President, Business Development
  • Curt Marvis, CinemaNow, Chief Executive Officer
  • Moderator: John Barrett, Parks Associates, Director, Research
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Sierra Foyer

11:50-12:10: Networking Break

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS
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Ballroom D

12:10-1:00: DVDs, New and Improved

Hollywood and consumer electronics companies hope the launch of HD DVDs and Blu Ray discs will rekindle consumer demand for DVDs and high-end consumer electronics. But first, they must resolve a format war that promises to be as epic as the battle between Betamax and VHS. We survey the landscape.

  • Andy Parsons, Blu-ray Disc Association, Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc.

  • Mark Waring, Sanyo, Director, HD DVD Group
  • Joseph Marks, Smart Technology Ventures, Managing Member
  • Moderator: Aram Sinnreich, Radar Research, Founder and Managing Partner
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Ballroom C

12:10-1:00: Rethinking the 30 Sec. Slot

In a world of Tivo, broadband and mobile, viewers' attention is ever more fractionalized. To cope, advertisers are adopting "converged" strategies that spread their message across multiple media, incorporate interactivity and focus on reaching qualified leads, instead of maximum reach. We explore the emerging paradigms for advertising.

Feature Presentation: ROO

  • Adrian Sexton, Lionsgate, Vice President, Digital Media

  • Rob Petty, ROO, Chief Executive Officer

  • Jimmy Smith, BBDO, Executive Creative Director

  • Barry Layne, National Lampoon, Executive Vice President
  • Moderator: Bradley Johnson, Advertising Age, Editor at Large
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Ballroom B

1:00-1:45: Lunch

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Ballroom C

1:45-3:00: Focus Group Live!

Consumer Focus Group and Audience Dialogue

We bring together a selection of consumers including men and women, heads of household, youth, students and early adopters to discuss what digital media they are buying, file swapping, what they lust after and what turns them off. Ask questions and do your own market research!

  • Moderator: Eric Garland, Big Champagne, Chief Executive Officer
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Ballroom C

3:00-3:30: Closing Networking Mixer

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Hotel
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Demo and Venture Forum

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  Keynote Speakers
 

  

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Gregg Spiridellis

JibJab Media, Inc.

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

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Kevin Wall

Network LIVE

Chief Executive Officer

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Erik Flannigan

AOL

Vice President, Programming

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David Katz

Yahoo!

Head of Sports and Yahoo! Studios

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Jeff Yee
Cingular Wireless
Director, mCommerce and Downloads

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Ted Cohen
EMI
Senior Vice President,
Digital Development and Distribution

 

  Speakers
 

abazab

Itzik (Isaac) Cohen

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

ABC Entertainment

Bruce Gersh

Senior Vice President, Business Development

Advertising Age

Bradley Johnson

Editor at Large

AOL Games

Carter Lipscomb
Industry Relations Specialist

BBDO
Jimmy Smith
Executive Creative Director

BellSouth

Lee Friedman

Director, Rich Media Services
Big Champagne

Eric Garland

Chief Executive Officer

Blu-ray Disc Association

Andy Parsons

Bluestreak Network

John Reed

Chairman of the Board

Bunim-Murray Productions

Joachim Blunck

Senior Vice President, Digital Content

CinemaNow

Curt Marvis

Chief Executive Officer

Cingular Wireless
Jeff Yee
Director, mCommerce and Downloads

Creative Strategies

Ben Bajarin

Analyst

Discovery Communications

Doug Craig

Vice President, New Media

DRM Networks

Randall Crockett

Senior Vice President

EchoStar Satellite, LLC

Christopher Kuhrt

iTV Specialist

EMI

Ted Cohen
Senior Vice President, Digital Development and Distribution

Entriq

Stephen Condon

Vice President, Marketing

Exent

Yoav Tzruya

Chief Operating Officer

Fox Interactive Media

John Smelzer

Senior Vice President and General Manager, Mobile Initiatives

Friendster, Inc.

Aaron Barnes

Vice President, Sales

Goldring Hertz & Lichtenstein LLP

Ken Hertz

Senior Partner

Gracenote

Dale (Ty) Roberts

Chief Technology Officer

Grouper Networks

Josh Felser

Chief Executive Officer

HELIO

Michael Grossi

Vice President, Business Development

ICTV

Mark Jeffery

Senior Director, Product Marketing

IDC

Susan Kevorkian

Program Manager, Consumer Markets

IDC

Joshua Martin

Research Analyst, Consumer Markets

Indiespace

Jeannie Novak

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Intertrust

Shawn Ambwani

Vice President, Licensing

iSuppli Corporation

Chris Crotty

Senior Analyst, Consumer Electronics

JibJab Media, Inc.

Gregg Spiridellis

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

Kuma Reality Games

Keith Halper

Chief Executive Officer

Lionsgate

Adrian Sexton

Vice President, Digital Media

Los Angeles Times

Jon Healey

Editorial

Major League Baseball Advanced Media

George Kliavkoff

Executive Vice President, Business

DRM Networks

Randall Crockett

Senior Vice President

Mercora

Srivats Sampath

Chief Executive Officer
Metro-Goldwin Mayer
Douglas Lee
Executive Vice President

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

Mark Litvack

 Partner
Motorola
LaSean Smith
Senior Product Manager, Digital Media Services

MovieBeam

Brent Jenkins

Vice President, Programming

Movielink
Sean Besser

Vice President, Business Development

MusicNet
John Jones
Senior Vice President, Programming, Artist and Label Relations

Napster

Bruce Friedman, Senior Vice President, Programs

National Lampoon

Barry Layne

Executive Vice President

Nine Systems
Troy Snyder

President and Chief Executive Officer

paidContent.org

Rafat Ali

Editor and Publisher

Parks Associates

John Barrett

Director, Research

Playboy Entertainment Group

Chris Petrovic

Vice President, Business Development, Digital Media

ROO

Rob Petty

Chief Executive Officer

Radar Research

Aram Sinnreich
Founder and Managing Partner

Real Networks

Drew Denbo

Director, Business Development

Reuters America LLC

Stephen Smyth

Vice President, Mobile and Emerging Media

Revver

Steven Starr

Chief Executive Officer
RightsLine, Inc.
Russell Reeder
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Roku

Mike Kobb

Senior Software Engineer

SafeNet

Simon Black-Wilson

Director, DRM Products

Sanyo

Mark Waring

Director, HD DVD Group

Shindler Perspective, Inc.
Marty Shindler
Founder

Sling Media

Rich Buchanan

Vice President, Marketing

Smart Technology Ventures

Joseph Marks

Managing Member

SNOCAP

Jamie Perlman

Director, Business Development, Retail Partners

Sony BMG

Thomas Hesse

President, Global Digital Business

Sony Corporation of America

Albhy Galuten

Vice President, Digital Media Technology Strategy
Stormfront Studios Inc.
Don Daglow
President and Chief Executive Officer

SyncCast

Lance Ware

Chief Executive Officer

T-Venture of America, Inc.

Claas Heise

Managing Director

thePlatform

Ian Blaine

Chief Executive Officer

TitanTV.com

Jack Perry

Chief Titan

TiVo Inc.

Tishan Waymire

Director, Strategic Development, Advertising Division
United Talent Agency
Brent Weinstein
Agent, Digital Media

VH1

Tina Imm

Vice President, Digital Media

ViDeOnline

Timothy White

Chief Technical Officer

Walt Disney Internet Group