Thursday, February 9 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Session C: Movies, OnDemand Content and Broadband - Via the PC - Via the Set-Top: Technology & Content Movies delivered via broadband Internet! An idea that seemed to be dead on arrival just a year or two ago, is an industry on the verge of busting out. SVOD, VOD - features delivered via the Internet - via the PC and via the set-top is very much a part of our future. A centerpiece of this anticipated future is the expectation that the PVR, the Personal Video Recorder will become a fixture on the next generation of all home PCs as well as in Set-tops. Add to that a wireless connection between the PC/PVR and the Set-top or TV, and it doesn’t take brain surgery to see how the herky-jerky downside of IP delivery of rich media will become a thing of the past or at least a secondary consideration as consumers download content to the PVR and play it back in crisp, full screen DVD quality. Under this scenario, Internet SVOD will become a full competitor to SVOD via the cable or satellite. IP delivery of features is about to reshape the landscape of the film industry. Jim Ramo, Chief Executive Officer. Movielink Peter Roberts, General Manager, Advanced Services, Starz Entertainment Group LLC Dave Williams, CMO, Atom Entertainment Jeff Shultz, CEO, CONCERT Michael McMurray, Director of Product Management, Video Services, RealNetworks, Inc. Jeff Binder, President, Broadbus Technologies Rick Doherty, co-founder and Director, The Envisioneering Group, Moderator, Moderator Jim Ramo, Chief Executive Officer. Movielink: Jim Ramo has over 25 years of experience in the delivery of entertainment via new distribution technologies. As Chief Executive Officer, he oversees the management of Movielink, LLC, a joint venture of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Studios and Warner Bros. formed to provide an IP based Video On Demand movie service. Jim works directly for the Board of Directors Movielink, comprised of representatives from each of the five equity partners/ Jim began his career at CBS and then was a V.P. at Times Mirror Cable Television. From 1985-1997 he was at Hughes Electronics where he was a primary founder and executive vice-president of DIRECTV, the largest DBS company in the U.S. Prior to his role at Movielink, Jim was resident at Shelter Ventures, LLC, a $200 million venture capital fund. Jim has an M.S. degree from the London School of Economics and a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley. Jeff Shultz, CEO, CONCERT: Jeff is CEO and co-founder of CONCERT, one of the nation’s first VOD television properties and the first television channel dedicated to music performance and documentary. Together with his business partner, Michael Shimbo, Jeff was among the first executives to begin forging relationships in the nascent VOD programming industry in early 2002. Currently he oversees the executive function for CONCERT, managing programming and distribution business development, advertising sales, and affiliate relations. Jeff was previously director of business development for NBC Internet, the online arm of NBC television network. There he focused on new media entertainment and e-commerce deals for one of the nation’s leading broadband Internet portals. Jeff began his career as an attorney for the international firm of Linklaters where he specialized in cross-border mergers and acquisitions and hedge fund management. Jeff graduated with a degree in Economics from the University of Arizona and with a J.D. from Georgetown University Law School. Dave Williams, CMO, Atom Entertainment: Dave Williams, a former RealNetworks General Manager, is tapped to guide the company's overall corporate marketing strategy and to grow and enhance the games business. Dave's previous online entertainment experience included leading the design and development of Listen.com's Rhapsody music service, prior to its sale to RealNetworks in 2003. Following the acquisition, Dave became General Manager of Real's music products, including Rhapsody, Real's online radio service and Rollingstone.com. Under his leadership, music subscriptions for RealNetworks grew over 300% and Rhapsody became the leading digital music subscription service. Prior to Listen.com and Real, Dave was the Director of Marketing at both DoubleClick and CitySearch. After beginning his career at DDB Needham in New York, Dave spent several years as a product manager at Cadbury Schweppes. Michael McMurray, Director of Product Management, Video Services, RealNetworks, Inc.: Mr. McMurray has focused on the development, delivery, and marketing of free and paid video experiences to consumers since joining RealNetworks in 2003. Mr. McMurray is currently leading strategy, product management and business development for Real’s emerging video services incorporating licensed and user-generated content. Prior to RealNetworks, Mr. McMurray worked in technology investment banking as a member of Morgan Stanley’s Technology Group in Menlo Park and led product management for Ominigon Technologies, a data analysis startup in Carlsbad, California. Mr. McMurray holds a BS in Finance and Economics from Santa Clara University. Jeff Binder, President, Broadbus: Jeffrey Binder is a Broadbus founder and serves as President. He was previously CEO of Magic Music, where he managed development of three generations of DRAM based server technology, overseeing the overall operations of the company from start-up to 30%+ market-share in just two years. He was formerly founding CEO of the Leading Golf Companies, successfully delivering frequency marketing client/server technology and systems in partnership with the top 500 golf courses in the US and major airlines, including American Airlines and TWA. Binder is a named inventor to several Broadbus patents and continues to collaborate and innovate with the Broadbus team. He has authored key vision documents published in major industry journals regarding television-on-demand (TOD®), and frequently presents at major audio and cable industry events. In addition, he serves on the boards of Greater Chicago Bank (a regional FDIC Banking), and FastenerOasis, Inc., (the e-commerce arm of one of the largest fastener distributors in the US). He is a member of NCTA, CTAM, SCTE and has been a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences since 1988. Richard Doherty is a co-founder and Director of The Envisioneering Group; a two-decade old Seaford, NY Technology Assessment and Market Research Corporation. Before that, for thirteen years, Doherty was the Senior Technology Writer for Electronic Engineering Times, where he remains a guest columnist. Doherty is an electro-physicist who has garnered more than a dozen U.S. patents in computing, communications, medical electronics, high performance tooling and consumer electronics industry sectors along with dozens of international patents. During Doherty's 32 year career he has been Director of the Urban Vehicle Design Group at Pratt Institute, an engineer for Data General Corp., Chief Engineer of Lourdes Industries, Inc., founder and President of Optronic Labs and since 1983, co-founder and Director of The Envisioneering Group. There, he directs laboratory testing of technologies, products and services, oversees publication of the Envisioneering Newsletter, market research reports and provides senior executive counsel on market development and intellectual property protection, portfolio management and licensing opportunities. Doherty's prime focus is on researching and articulating the impact of advanced digital technologies, services, products, industry initiatives and standards efforts on consumers, industry and society. Doherty is a 31 year member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and is active with its Biomedical Engineering, Solid State Circuits Society , Consumer Electronics Society, Broadcast Engineering, Magnetic Technology Society, Technology & Social Policy and other I.E.E.E. societies. This is his eleventh year as a planning director for the International Conference on Consumer Electronics. Doherty is also a member of the Society for Information Display, Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers and many other technology & professional business industry associations. In addition, Doherty has been a co-chair of, and presently sits on several cross industry standards associations and technical working groups, spanning consumer digital electronics, communications, digital media and computing architecture definition groups. He is called upon by the industry to organize and chair panels at trade conferences and technical symposia more than a dozen times each year. Amongst his many industry awards, Doherty has been cited by the International Television Association for his many years of technology coverage of digital video design and engineering trends, and is the writer most cited by the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment for detailed features on the evolution of America's Digital TV system. Doherty also assisted Dr. Richard Feynman, NASA and Congressional researchers in the Shuttle Challenger accident investigation at the Kennedy Space Center, Johnson Space Center and many NASA contractor sites. In 2003, Doherty was nominated to and accepted a multi-year position on the Presidential Medal of Technology Award Selection Committee, reporting to the White House and Department of Commerce. Acting as an independent resource on the impact of digital and internet technologies on the consumer, society and business, Doherty is quoted frequently for his opinions on new technologies by CNN, CNBC, Fox News and by numerous American and international industry trade and daily business publications, including the Wall Street Journal, NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Newsday and the San Jose Mercury News. Doherty is married and resides in Seaford, NY with his wife and two daughters.