Wednesday, February 8 12:45 PM - 2:00 PM Session B: Hollywood and the Digital Consumer: How Technology, Content and Services Establish the Next Level of Consumer Entertainment Experience The next generation of technology within the digital home will bring with it not only more content to the consumer, it will bring with it greater choice and more individual personalization into the process. While the actual definition of the digital home is still emerging, the idea of a fully connected consumer, living in a high speed DTV, PVR, HD, broadband and wireless environment is a good jumping off place. Hollywood, the provider of the content will not only flourish in this environment, it will probably enter a new golden age of production as it discovers how best to relate to it consumer base. How Hollywood will respond to a fully realized OnDemand television, film and games universe is the latest challenge to be faced. The technologies now finding their way into the home are disruptive, not only to the content community, but to the consumer electronics community as well. The brave new world of the digital home is not only an exciting new market opportunity for Hollywood, it is also brings with it a complex labyrinth of difficult options. Steve Wadsworth, President, Walt Disney Internet Group Jean-Briac (JB) Perrette, Senior Vice President, New Media and Chief Financial Officer, NBC Universal Cable Vince Messina, Entertainment Category Development Officer, Yahoo! Adam Bain, Executive Vice President, Fox Interactive Media James Henderson, Vice President Market, Product and Business Development, Comcast Corporation Keith Hindle, Vice President Integrated Marketing and Interactive, Americas, FremantleMedia Tuna N. Amobi, CFA, CPA, Senior Equity Analyst, Media and Entertainment Group, Standard & Poor's Equity Research, Moderator Steve Wadsworth, President, The Walt Disney Internet Group: Steve Wadsworth is president of the Walt Disney Internet Group and has operational responsibility for The Walt Disney Company's Internet portfolio, which includes the leading Internet brands Disney.com, the No. 1 Web site for kids and families; ESPN.com, the No. 1 sports site; and ABC branded sites, leaders in entertainment and news. Wadsworth has nine years of Internet experience - all at The Walt Disney Company. Named to president of Disney's Internet unit in 1999, he is well versed in Internet business and technology operations. He has played a critical role in leading the company's successful drive to profitability and growth as he led a restructuring of the business and current expansion into broadband and wireless. Wadsworth joined Disney Online, Disney's first Internet operation, at its inception in September 1995. Prior to being named president of Disney's Internet operations, he served as senior vice president and chief financial officer, responsible for all strategic planning, business development, technology operations, finance, accounting and administrative functions. He came to Disney Online from Disney Consumer Products, where he served as director of business planning. Before joining The Walt Disney Company in 1993, Wadsworth was a principal for the Windsor Park Group in Los Angeles. He was responsible for providing strategic, operational and financial management consulting services to companies primarily in the retail and consumer products industries. Wadsworth is a frequent spokesperson on Internet issues and guest speaker at Internet industry forums. In 2004, he serve as chairman of the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB). He holds a B.S. in engineering from the University of Virginia and received his M.B.A. from the UCLA Graduate School of Management. Jean-Briac (JB) Perrette is Senior Vice President, New Media, and Chief Financial Officer of NBC Universal Cable. In his New Media role, Perrette spearheads the division’s strategy and development of new content distribution businesses, including video-on-demand (VOD), pay-per-view (PPV) and new digital and high definition channels (HD). In this role he reports to David Zaslav, President of NBC Universal Cable. As CFO of NBC Universal Cable, Perrette is also responsible for the financial operations for distribution of NBC Universal’s leading portfolio of cable & broadcast assets, which are: Bravo, CNBC, CNBC World, MSNBC, NBC Weather Plus, mun2, Olympics, SCI FI, ShopNBC, Sleuth, Telemundo, Telemundo Puerto Rico, Universal HD and USA. In his CFO role, Perrette reports to Lynn Calpeter, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NBC Universal. Most recently, Perrette oversaw pioneering new deals for digital distribution of NBCU content, including the first to make primetime network & cable series available on demand for $.99, in partnership with DirecTV; the first major film studio to make films available on a legitimate peer to peer service through peerimpact.com; and one of the first networks to make shows available on Time Warner’s new Start Over service. In 2005, Perrette was named one of Multichannel News' next generation of top executives under 40 for leading the company's new media strategy and his role as CFO. In his prior roles at NBC, Perrette lead the integration of NBC and Universal’s Cable divisions during NBC’s acquisition of Vivendi Universal Entertainment, creating one of the broadest, most profitable and fastest growing television groups. He also served as CFO of the Bravo Cable Network since January 2003, following his lead role in NBC’s acquisition of the network from Cablevision. Before heading to Bravo, Perrette was Vice President & CFO of Business Development and was instrumental in completing over $1.5BN in acquisitions; most importantly of Bravo Cable Network and station KNTV. He also negotiated and executed several JVs and partnerships for CNBC International as part of its global strategy. In his finance role, Perrette was responsible for NBC's strategic investment portfolio, which included holdings in A&E, Paxson, National Geographic International, and ValueVision International. Before joining NBC, Perrette worked for NBC parent, GE and GE Capital, and was an analyst with CS First Boston in London and Tokyo. He received a BA degree in Public Policy from Hamilton College. Perrette lives in New York City with his wife Amy. James Henderson, Vice President Market, Product and Business Development, Comcast Corporation: James Henderson recently joined Comcast Corporation as Vice President Market, Product and Business Development. He is a member of the senior leadership team reporting to the EVP New Business Development, responsible for establishing the vision and strategic "mandate" for innovative product strategies, roadmap and aggregate plans that enables the aggressive deployment of entrepreneurial products (voice, video, data and wireless) targeted at consumer and small business customer segments. Where he will apply demonstrated success in accelerated lifecycle product environment leading teams of product managers and developers through disciplined product strategy, roadmap definition, customer requirements, marketing requirements and feature requirements, pricing, margins, demand/supply forecasting, channel inventory, attachment rates relative to growth predictions and profitability predictions. Prior to joining Comcast Mr. Henderson worked for 6 years at Charter Communications as the Vice President Corporate, Business & Product Strategy. His primary focus was to seek growth opportunities across Charter’s consumer and commercial businesses. He was responsible for developing the long term strategic plans to grow both the individual lines of business and the companies overall prospects; analyze and manage business development initiatives including new product and service launches, new category introduction, alliances, acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures. Mr. Henderson provided advice and guidance to Charter’s senior management on growth strategies; new media technology, content and programming issues; and market entry strategies and overall distribution channels. He has led the development of major corporate initiatives from inception, competitive analysis, funding, deal negotiations and ultimate product or service launch. Prior to joining Charter in 1999 Mr. Henderson worked within the e-Citi, a division of Citicorp, as Vice President of Emerging Information Technology & Strategy with responsibilities for the integration of leading edge customer fulfillment and relationship capabilities. In addition he oversaw management, development, due diligence, validation and deployment of new service technologies. From 1989 through 1998, Mr. Henderson served in a wide range of increasing management roles with Bell Atlantic and its predecessor NYNEX. Prior to his departure he served as Managing Director Outside Plant. Mr. Henderson oversaw the successful implementation of $1.6 Billion in Outside Plant related agreements that comprised 1,200 contracts covering 8,000 OSP material and services. While with Bell Atlantic Mr. Henderson held management positions in technology & engineering, marketing, new product development, competitive strategies, research and development, regulatory, strategic business development, and sourcing. Mr. Henderson earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Manhattan College and a bachelor’s degree in physics from LeMoyne College. He also holds a master’s degree in finance from Fordham University. Tuna N. Amobi is a Senior Associate Director at Standard & Poor’s Equity Research Services, leading the coverage of media, entertainment, cable and satellite sectors, including companies like CBS, Comcast, DirecTV, Disney, News Corp., Pixar, Time Warner, Viacom, Warner Music and XM Satellite Radio. Tuna helped develop the award-winning S&P Core Earnings® framework, and as a member of S&P's Analytical Policy Board, participates in key policy decisions for S&P Investment Services. He makes regular appearances and is widely quoted in such financial press as Barron’s, BBC, Bloomberg, Business Week, CNBC, CNN, Financial Times, Nightly Business Report, Reuters and Wall Street Journal. Prior to joining S&P in 2001, Tuna was an Equity Research Analyst at Lehman Brothers, where he also served as an assistant portfolio manager and primary stock picker for a Media and Telecommunications fund. He also worked at Arthur Andersen and KPMG Peat Marwick, also gaining significant international experience in Europe and Asia. He received a B.Sc. (Accounting) from University of Nigeria, as well as an LL.B. (JD), and MBA (Finance) from the premier Strathclyde University, Scotland. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in New York and New Jersey. Vince Messina, Entertainment Category Development Officer, Yahoo!: Vince Messina serves as entertainment category development officer for Yahoo!, where he was recently promoted from entertainment sales director. As entertainment category development officer, Messina will develop and lead the go-to-market strategy for media sales in the Theatrical, Home Video, TV and Game industries. Additional oversight includes Product Marketing, Research, Market Insights and Client Development. During Messina’s tenure at Yahoo!, he has substantially grown Yahoo!’s entertainment business and sales by building stronger relationships with the major studios. From 1995-2000, Messina was SVP/General Sales Manager for Telepictures Distribution, a division of Warner Bros. Studios. Under his leadership, the group developed and distributed original and off-network series to the broadcast syndication market. Prior, Messina was vice president at Warner Bros. Domestic Television, where he started in 1984. Additional roles at Warner Bros. included the marketing and sales for all Warner Bros. feature films to the broadcast and cable market. Messina got his start in media as an account executive at Katz Communications. He graduated from Hostra University’s School of Communications with a B.A. in 1983. Keith Hindle, Vice President Integrated Marketing and Interactive, Americas, FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide: Keith Hindle is Vice President Integrated Marketing and Interactive, Americas, FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide. In this role, he oversees the sponsorship and digital activities of FremantleMedia throughout the Americas, including brands such as American Idol and The Price is Right. Keith also runs FremantleMedia’s live events business, and is a board member of the mobile video channel Thumbdance, and joint venture with Mobliss. Prior to his beginning his US role in 2002, Keith managed corporate strategy and acquisitions for FremantleMedia, based variously in London and Berlin. Prior to this, he worked for Time Warner, Unilever and Shell Oil. Hindle holds an honours degree in business and a post-graduate finance qualification. Aged 37, he is a former Scottish junior chess champion, is married and lives in New York City.