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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?
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George
Kliavkoff, Major League Baseball Advanced
Media, Executive Vice President, Business
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Rich Buchanan, Sling
Media, Vice President, Marketing
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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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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Russell Reeder, RightsLine,
Inc., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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Simon Blake-Wilson,
SafeNet, Director, DRM Products
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Randall
Crockett, DRM
Networks, Senior Vice President
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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.
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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?
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Ken
Hertz, Goldring Hertz & Lichtenstein
LLP, Senior Partner
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Albhy
Galuten, Sony Corporation of America,
Vice President, Digital
Media Technology Strategy
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Mark
Litvack, Mitchell Silberberg &
Knupp LLP, Partner
- Moderator: Michael Stroud,
iHollywood Forum, Chief Executive Officer
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Ballroom
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10:20-10:50:
Keynote
- David
Katz, Yahoo!, Head of Sports and Yahoo!
Studios
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BREAKOUT
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| Ballroom
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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.
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Ballroom
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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?
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Doug
Craig, Discovery Communications, Vice
President, New Media
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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.
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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
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Adrian Sexton,
Lionsgate, Vice President, Digital Media
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Rob
Petty, ROO, Chief Executive Officer
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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
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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!
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Ballroom
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3:00-3:30: Closing
Networking Mixer |
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Keynote Speakers |
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Gregg Spiridellis
JibJab
Media, Inc.
Chief Executive
Officer and Co-Founder
Kevin Wall
Network LIVE
Chief Executive Officer

Erik Flannigan
AOL
Vice President, Programming
David Katz
Yahoo!
Head of Sports and Yahoo! Studios

Jeff Yee
Cingular Wireless
Director, mCommerce and Downloads

Ted
Cohen
EMI
Senior Vice President,
Digital Development and Distribution
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Speakers |
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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
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