iHollywood Forum's Pre-Conference Boot Camp is designed to give you hands-on answers to your questions about the digital media business. We've divided the day into four tracks: Piracy, Digital Rights Management and Licensing: A Legal Update, User-Generated Content, Social Networking and Hollywood, Mobile Content: Building New Revenue Streams, Next GenVideo: Cross-Platform Broadband Video Strategies. We'll focus on revenue models, industry outlooks, trends, research and other topics designed to give you actionable information.
 

March 12
Pre-Conference Boot Camp


1:30 - 2:00 Registration



2:00-3:00 User-Generated Content, Social Networking and Hollywood
Analysts and industry experts examine the growth curve, demographics and monetization of social media, with a special emphasis on the implications for Hollywood. Topics include: analysis of leading sites; creating and monetizing social media sites; measuring ROI; marketing and advertising opportunities; capturing youth; and impact on existing media websites and properties.

Presenter: Eric German, Partner, Mitchell, Silberberg and Knupp

3:00-4:00 Mobile Content: Building New Revenue Streams

Designed for content owners, solution providers and carriers seeking to maximize mobile revenue and close deals. Workshop examines how to adapt existing TV, film, music, video and other content for mobile, and creating original material for the small screen. Topics include: licensing and payment models; market outlook for premium mobile content such as MMS, video and music downloads; marketing and ad-supported content; and mobile demographics.

Presenter: Levi Shapiro, Director of Audience Metrics, Telephia

4:00-5:00  Next GenVideo: Cross-Platform Broadband Video Strategies

Strategies for video deployment and marketing across multiple platforms, including cable, IPTV, satellite and broadcast; mobile Internet, DVBH and MediaFlo; broadband Internet; console and online games.

 Presenter, Colin Dixon, IPTV Practice Manager, The Diffusion Group