Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from the last Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Media Summit New York Thursday, February 8th 10:45 AM - Noon Session A: Ubiquitous Video to the Consumer: The Technology & Content Enablers - Broadband, IPTV, Mobile & TV We are entering the age of all video all the time. Video is no longer a manifestation of TV, video is a web experience, a mobile experience, as well as an IPTV, Cable and Satellite experience. Video is taped on a hard drive, a PVR, DVR, on an iPOD and on a cell phone. Video is how consumers relate to the world. The conversion to the all-video culture has been so quiet and so quick, the implications of what an all-video culture may mean is only first becoming part of the national business and intellectual conversation. The technology and communication companies that have developed and provide the new video services may well have the greatest insight as to what these new technologies and cultural advances mean. In this session, we are delighted to bring that group of experts to a public forum Todd Rosenbluth, Telecom Services Equity Analyst, Standard & Poor's Jan Hofmeyr, Executive Vice President of Business Development, Entriq Peter S Lee, Vice President, Business Development New Technology, The Walt Disney Company John Boland, Chief Content Officer, PBS Fred McIntyre, Senior Vice President, AOL Video Ron Berryman, Senior Vice President, GM – FOX Stations Group, Fox Interactive Media Ian Blaine, CEO, thePlatform Nash Parker, Director Strategic Alliances, Alcatel, Moderator JOHN BOLAND, Chief Content Officer, PBS: John Boland joined PBS in fall of 2006 as the organization’s first Chief Content Officer. In this role, Mr. Boland is responsible for television programming, new media, education and promotion. He oversees the delivery of PBS' distinctive content to multiple platforms, including television, Internet, and video on-demand. Prior to PBS, Mr. Boland served as Executive Vice President and Chief Content Officer at KQED Public Broadcasting, the San Francisco-based organization that operates the PBS and NPR stations in Northern California. There, he led a multimedia organization of more than 150 television and radio personnel. Under his leadership, KQED’s content organization was successful in using new technologies and cross-platform initiatives to deliver quality programming. In addition to being a digital media advocate, he also managed to increase the level of traditional content created, most notably the launch of seven new local and regional television series, as well as such national programs as the Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures series, Frontline World documentaries and Sweeny Todd in Concert. Mr. Boland began his career as a daily newspaper reporter and editor in his native New Jersey. Following that he held a number of senior management positions in media and communications before joining KQED in 1995. Ron Berryman, Senior Vice President, GM – FOX Stations Group, Fox Interactive Media: Ron Berryman serves as Senior Vice President, GM of FOX Stations Group for FOX Interactive Media, where he guides the online strategic direction of FOX’s 24 owned and operated television stations, as well as the network’s 180+ affiliates. Ron previously founded and served as CEO of Sidereus Technologies, a company specializing in delivering rich-media desktop applications and rich-media-enabled web technologies. Siderous was acquired by Fox Interactive Media in August 2005 and recently rebranded as FIM Labs. Before founding Siderus Technologies – and also online ad company Sidereus Group – Ron served as VP of Marketing and Product Management at ZapMedia, a convergence technology company based in Atlanta. Ron was a key stakeholder in the development of ZapMedia’s Hardware Reference Platform, Software Reference Platform and Portal UI development. Prior to ZapMedia, Berryman worked for The Coca-Cola Company, serving as a team leader for brand measurement and analysis, and helped institute a formal CCUSA 2002 brand planning process. Working with the Sprite, Diet Coke, Powerade and Barq’s brand teams, Ron created brand measurement tools to effectively measure program objectives. Previously, Ron spent 10 years as the principal owner and operator of Berryman Communications, a Marketing Communications Company in Chicago, IL. Clients included Leaf Candy Company, Dannon, Inc., Nickelodeon, Kellogg’s, General Motors and The Cartoon Network. Additional management experience includes time spent at Rubbermaid, Inc., Wilderness Foods, Noble Tennant, Chicago and Dawson, Johns & Black in Chicago. Ron serves on several industry association committees, including the Internet Streaming Media Alliance and the Consumer Electronics Association. He has won several regional and national ADDY Awards and two REGGIE Gold Awards. Most recently, Ron was a key speaker at the National Association of Broadcasters’ (NAB) Futures Summit. Peter Lee is Vice-President, Business Development New Technology, at The Walt Disney Company in the Corporate Strategy, Planning, and Technology Group. His responsibilities include creating new business opportunities for The Walt Disney Company in digital content consumption/delivery. He recently was a Media Industry Consultant, where he worked for Disney and Fox as an executive consultant in the area of video-on-demand. Prior to this he was the President/CEO of GeoVideo Networks (a Lucent Technology company), the COO/CTO of MyPotential (a well-being company chaired by Deepak Chopra), CTO/co-founder of Hitplay Media (targeted ad insertion and streaming media content provider) and the Global Development Executive for Broadcast and Advertising at IBM (other roles included positions in the Watson Research Center, Federal Systems Division, Media Marketing, and the Interactive Television Group). He has an MS degree from USC and a BS from UCLA. He has a Technical Emmy (2005), nine patents granted and multiple patents pending in the areas of digital ad insertion, content distribution, and portable media players. Todd Rosenbluth is a senior investment officer and a telecommunications services industry analyst in Standard & Poor’s Equity Research group. He currently covers 25 companies in the wireline telecommunications industries. His responsibilities include analysis of incumbent local exchange carriers, inter-exchange carriers, communications transport companies, and data processing and outsourcers. In addition, Todd is responsible for one industry survey, covering the Wireline Telcommunications industries. Todd has been interviewed and quoted numerous times in various newspapers and magazines, including Barrons, BusinessWeek, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. He has also been frequently quoted on the Internet, and has appeared on CNN and CNBC as well as other media outlets such as Money Talk and on Bloomberg TV. Todd has also served in other financial positions at the company such as International Mutual Fund Sector Specialist and Large Cap Value and Large Cap Growth Analyst, as well as serving on the Fund Services Asset Allocation Committee. Prior to joining S&P, Todd was managing editor of Value Line Mutual Fund Survey and Senior Large Cap and Small Cap Value Mutual Fund Analyst. He also held the position of Financial Adviser with Morgan Stanley. In 1997, Todd received a B.G.S in Finance from the University of Michigan and received an MBA in Finance from New York University in 2002. Fred McIntyre, Senior Vice President, AOL Video: Fred McIntyre is Vice President of AOL Video, where he oversees a team that leads AOL's comprehensive strategy for Video and has operational oversight for video initiatives across AOL's network of Web properties. McIntyre is also responsible for developing new video opportunities on behalf of AOL's Audience business. McIntyre joined AOL in 1999 and has worked in a variety of capacities, including most recently Vice President of Programming & Media Networks, AOL for Broadband. He also spent several years as Vice President, Business Development for AOL Entertainment where his responsibilities included mapping and implementing the strategy that established AOL as a premier online destination and industry partner for Games, Movies, Music, Radio, Television, and Ticketing. Prior to AOL, McIntyre held senior management positions at Spinner.com, VIBE Magazine and SPIN Magazine. Jan Hofmeyr, Executive Vice President, Business Development, Entriq: Jan Hofmeyr comes to Entriq with extensive business relationships with the cable and satellite TV industry, MPAA Studios, and Microsoft. As Executive Vice President, Business Development for Entriq, Hofmeyr's primary role is to bring business development leadership and strategy to the company. He is responsible for the vision and guidance necessary to grow and develop our core business as the premier provider of pay media services. Hofmeyr spent the last 7 years at Microsoft focusing on digital TV support in Windows OS. Shortly after joining Microsoft, he was a member of the initial group that founded the new Microsoft eHome division and created the very successful Windows Media Center Edition ("MCE"). He then turned his focus on enabling Premium TV content delivered to MCE. This led to historic agreements between Microsoft and the US Cable industry that will enable support for digital cable (including HDTV services) in the next release of MCE. Before joining Microsoft in 1999, Hofmeyr managed the Business Television Network for MultiChoice in South Africa during the transition time from analog to digital. He then turned his focus on new technology and business development which included the formation of an ISP (M-Web) and the development of a datacasting solution leveraging DVB digital DTH as a delivery platform. Hofmeyr is South African and graduated with a bachelor's degree in industrial electronic engineering from the University of Stellenbosch with several patents in the field of content protection. Ian Blaine, Chief Executive Officer, thePlatform: Ian Blaine is a software industry veteran with experience at large software companies as well as successful start-ups. He has a strong background in product development, having spent over nine years at Aldus/Adobe Systems as a senior manager in the publishing division. In addition, he has proven entrepreneurial experience, having co-founded two successful start-up companies. In 1998, Ian founded an online personal information management company, Uniplanet, which he led as CEO from startup to acquisition by NBCi in 1999. In 2000, Ian co-founded thePlatform, and has successfully guided the company through two rounds of financing, and two mergers. He is a director of thePlatform and in addition to managing day-to-day activities, he sets long- term strategy for the company. Ian holds a B.A. in business administration from the University of Washington. Jan Hofmeyr, Executive Vice President, Business Development, Entriq: Jan Hofmeyr comes to Entriq with extensive business relationships with the cable and satellite TV industry, MPAA Studios, and Microsoft. As Executive Vice President, Business Development for Entriq, Hofmeyr's primary role is to bring business development leadership and strategy to the company. He is responsible for the vision and guidance necessary to grow and develop our core business as the premier provider of pay media services. Hofmeyr spent the last 7 years at Microsoft focusing on digital TV support in Windows OS. Shortly after joining Microsoft, he was a member of the initial group that founded the new Microsoft eHome division and created the very successful Windows Media Center Edition ("MCE"). He then turned his focus on enabling Premium TV content delivered to MCE. This led to historic agreements between Microsoft and the US Cable industry that will enable support for digital cable (including HDTV services) in the next release of MCE. Before joining Microsoft in 1999, Hofmeyr managed the Business Television Network for MultiChoice in South Africa during the transition time from analog to digital. He then turned his focus on new technology and business development which included the formation of an ISP (M-Web) and the development of a datacasting solution leveraging DVB digital DTH as a delivery platform. Hofmeyr is South African and graduated with a bachelor's degree in industrial electronic engineering from the University of Stellenbosch with several patents in the field of content protection. Derek Kuhn is the Sr. Director of Marketing and Business Development for Alcatel’s Strategic Solutions Development Group and is based in Canada at Alcatel’s Ottawa, Ontario Campus. As a business and marketing lead, Mr. Kuhn is Alcatel’s primary liaison with the content community including film, television and gaming. Mr. Kuhn is also a past Chairman of the Broadband Services Forum (BSF), an independent, non-profit trade association that addresses the business of broadband and works with the service provider and content community to deliver content-rich consumer and business services. Prior to helping found the BSF, Mr. Kuhn served as Chairman of the Broadband Content Delivery Forum (BCDF), which under his stewardship merged with another prominent industry association, the Service Creation Community (SCC), to form the BSF in January 2005. Mr. Kuhn has held senior positions in Marketing, Business Development and Product Management for both wireless and wireline multimedia delivery solutions at Alcatel. Prior to Alcatel’s acquisition of Newbridge Networks in May 2000, Mr. Kuhn was Senior Product Manager, ATM Access Products in 1999, and Product Manager, Narrowband Packet in1998. Mr. Kuhn joined Newbridge Networks when they acquired Castleton Network Systems of Burnaby, British Columbia where he was a Systems Engineering Manager. Mr. Kuhn began his career as a consulting engineer with Totten Sims & Hubicki from 1988 to 1996. Mr. Kuhn holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario.