Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from the last Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here CES 2007, Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall Monday, January 8 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Session C - ME9 - Mobile Entertainment Track Mobile Music – Business Models – Downloads, Subscriptions & Ringtunes Mobile and music are the two most complementary sectors to emerge out of the integration of the entertainment and technology industries. Now that the iPod has broken all the barriers in delivering the perfect consumer experience, an even greater embrace of mobile and music combination is on the way. In the yet to be fully understood marketplace of mobile devices, services and content forms, the upside of this explosion in entertainment is unlimited. From ringtunes and ringtones to downloads and subscription services, music and mobile is a truly revolutionary combination. Patrick McGalliard, Director - Consumer Partner Development, Sprint Nextel Corp Tim Bucher, CEO & Chief Product Office, Zing Bill Dyer, Director Solutions Marketing and Business Support MCG North America, Alcatel John Ousby, Head of Distribution Technologies, Radio & Music Interactive, BBC British Broadcasting Larry Frazin, President, A&R,Zingy, Inc. John Puterbaugh, CEO, Nellymoser Guillaume Decugisto, Vice President, Musiwave, Openwave Systems KamranV, CyKiK, Moderator Tim Bucher, CEO and Chief Product Officer, Zing: Tim Bucher, CEO and Chief Product Officer, is the principal founder and now leads the ZING team providing vision and guidance for the company. He has a twenty-year history of developing revolutionary products for consumers and professionals. Most recently, he served as senior vice president of Macintosh Engineering for Apple Computer, Inc., where he was responsible for product development on iMac, Mac Mini, PowerMac, PowerBook, iBook, eMac, and XServe, Apple display and wireless products – and managed the core technology of Apple’s iPod. A serial entrepreneur, Tim is the founder and chairman of Mirra, Inc., a developer of digital content protection products for the home and small businesses (now part of Seagate), and was part of the founding team for WebTV Networks, the first company to bring the Internet to television and pioneer interactive TV. Following Microsoft’s acquisition of WebTV, Tim served as VP of Microsoft’s Consumer Products and was a leader of the Xbox program. Tim was also part of the team that formed interactive gaming systems pioneer 3DO and shipped the first CD-ROM based gaming console. Previously, Tim held senior engineering positions at NeXT computer and was an early employee at Sun Microsystems. Larry Frazin began his career in the music business with an eight-year stint at MusicVision, one of the top national record promotion and retail marketing firms in the United States. In 1986, Frazin went on to form Platinum Music, which became one of the nation’s premier radio promotion and marketing firms and serviced all major record companies, artist manager and publishers in the music industry. A separate division was also established to provide film companies with marketing services geared towards motion picture soundtracks. Under the management division of Platinum Music, Frazin guided the career of choreographer – turned-vocalist Paula Abdul, his first management client. From 1988-1990, Abdul sold over twelve million albums and garnered six #1 singles, four MTV Awards, two American Music Awards, and one Grammy Award; she broke all records with her 1991 world tour. Frazin also co-managed stellar artists such as 12x platinum-selling artists No Doubt, and 2x platinum selling artist Natalie Imbruglia under the division entitled Spark Management. Frazin was appointed President, 143/Atlantic Records by company founder and celebrated producer-arranger David Foster in 1998. He added to the success of the Warner Music Group by giving them three of their biggest selling bands: Irish singing group The Corrs, multi-platinum selling artist Josh Groban, and Christian Pop sensations Plus One. During his tenure at 143, Frazin gave the company their mandate to break The Corrs in the U.S., resulting in worldwide sales of over 20 million albums with their latest album In Blue. Christian Teen sensations Plus One earned the biggest selling Christian album during Frazin’s tenure, and multi-platinum selling "Popera" star Josh Groban continued the143 hot streak when he appeared on Ally McBeal in Spring of 2001, going on to perform on countless television show ands solidifying his status as an international success story. He has since sold over eight million records. In October of 2002, Frazin and David Foster negotiated the sale of 143 Records to Warner Music Group. Frazin joined Direct Management Group as a partner and believes that the changing landscape of the music business is definitely in the hands of a few good management teams. David Foster was the first to sign up to the new company. Frazin and Foster have produced "The David Foster Show", a TV music interview show, still in production. In 2003, as the mobile space emerged, Frazin and two partners formed Nomadic Artists Group, the first mobile agency for artists, providing image and voice content for content aggregators and wireless carriers. Nomadic brokered deals for Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, Christina Aguilera, and others and is responsible for mobile download sales of over 2 million. In April 2005, Zingy, Inc, the largest mobile media company in the US, asked Frazin to come aboard as President of their A&R division. He is forging relationships for the company with all major talent management companies, studios, agencies, and artists. The new mobile frontier is providing new access for distribution of original and branded content. Frazin and Zingy are pioneers in the acquisition and creation of original content for mobile, creating sustainable long-term assets in a formerly ephemeral content industry. Bill Dyer is currently responsible for Alcatel’s Mobile Solutions Marketing and Business Support in North America. In this role Mr. Dyer is responsible for growing Alcatel’s mobile market share in North America through Alcatel’s rich mobile portfolio and strategic partnerships. Alcatel’s mobile portfolio includes NGN mobile switching, UMA, IMS, WiMAX and mobile applications including mobile music and video, payment, ring-back-tones and messaging. Prior to this position, Mr. Dyer ran Alcatel’s Mobile Application Business Unit in North America and held various previous positions within Alcatel where he spent five years deploying Internet technologies, including Interactive TV and video on demand, for broadband and wireless ISPs across Europe. Prior to joining Alcatel, Mr. Dyer worked as an independent consultant for the U.S. Government, international companies, and educational institutions in the use and implementation of Internet technologies. Mr. Dyer has been involved with the Internet since 1989 and deployed some of the first web services in the world, for which he was awarded the USA Federal Technology Award. Guillaume Decugisto, Vice President, Musiwave, Openwave Systems: Guillaume Decugis joined Openwave Systems, Inc. in January 2006 as Vice President, Musiwave Operations, following the company&Mac226;s acquisition of Musiwave, a leading provider of mobile music entertainment services to operators and media companies worldwide. In this capacity, Decugis&Mac226; experience and expertise is key in fusing technologies from both Openwave Systems and Musiwave to deliver enhanced mobile entertainment applications. In addition, he also manages Musiwave’s day-to-day operations and business development efforts. With close to 10 years of experience in the wireless industry, Decugis held several top management positions at French OEM Sagem where he spent six years within the Mobile Handset Division. During this time he acquired a deep understanding of the telecommunications sector at both a technical and business management level. Acting as Musiwave’s Chief Technology Officer since 2001 and as Chief Operating Officer since January 2004, Decugis developed both the company&Mac226;s product roadmap and managed operations duringa time of significant company growth. Decugis holds degrees from Polytechnique, Ponts & Chaussees and Stanford University. John Ousby is Head of Distribution Technologies for BBC Radio & Music interactive where he is responsible for cross platform activity, internet streaming, text and data services, business development and music rights negotiation. Prior to the BBC John consulted in radio, entertainment and new media after a long spell with Virgin Entertainment Group companies, including Virgin Publishing and Virgin Radio where John launched their online operation, the first continually streaming radio station in Europe. John founded Ginger Online with the arrival of Chris Evans and his TV production units. John was a founding member of the International Webcasting Association in both the US and Europe and was recently voted one of the top 100 UK individuals for his input and influence on the development and growth of e-commerce and the internet in the UK over the last 10yrs. John Puterbaugh, CEO, Nellymoser: John founded Nellymoser with 15 years experience providing high quality multimedia solutions for IP networks, mass market mobile phones and consumer products. He has consulted with many of the largest audio technology companies including Milcom, Wildfire, Kidkids and Franklin Electronics. Prior to Nellymoser, he was CTO of Voxonic, where he helped Voxonic provide voice dubbing solutions for the syndication of film and video content in the entertainment industry. Prior to Voxonic, he was Director of Software Operations at Voxware, Inc., the first company to provide real-time streaming solutions for the Internet. While at Voxware he helped companies such as Disney, Microsoft, Nokia and Netscape develop Internet multimedia streaming solutions. John has taught number of courses from music cognition, electronic music and recording, electroacoustic music and computer music. He holds numerous patents in voice analysis and synthesis, generating identification signals for electronic devices and voice transformation. KamranV, CyKiK: A top graduate of the University of Southern California's prestigious Music Industry program in 2000, KamranV quickly made the jump from intern to Head of Production in the New Media division of Interscope Geffen A&M. His expertise set the standard for research-driven artist marketing for the entire roster. With the role of New Media rapidly expanding beyond the Internet, KamranV blazed new trails as IGA’s point person for new technology business development incorporating mobile phones, Video on Demand, and new physical formats such as DVD-Audio and Dual-Disc for which he served as Producer of many releases including grammy nominated albums from Keane, Nine Inch Nails, and the ground-breaking release of Beck's "Guero". After developing Universal’s explosive mobile music strategy at Interscope, KamranV inevitably co-founded Universal’s mobile division (UMM). In mobile, KamranV shaped the music business of the future with progressive campaigns such as the first-ever mobile exclusive in the D12/Virgin First Dibs program, Black Eyed Peas/Motorola Global VIPea program, events such as Cingular Sounds Live, and mobile marketing campaigns for Universal’s entire roster including Gwen Stefani, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg, Mariah Carey, 50 Cent, The Game, Eminem, Young Jeezy, The Killers, Fall Out Boy and Ne-Yo. Through KamranV’s corporate achievements, his holistic approach to the music business of the future never lost sight of the music and artists themselves. CyKiK, KamranV’s multi-faceted music firm manages artists, develops mobile/digital music strategies global brands and most recently founded and serves as President of the Spaceland Productions/CyKiK joint venture called Spaceland Recordings. Over 10 years ago the first show at club Spaceland was a "pre-Odelay" Beck and first Los Angeles concert of the Foo Fighters. Since then the Spaceland has produced intimate, cutting-edge concerts that never disappoint the venue's regular trend-setting audience of musicians, artists, journalists, film makers and the like. Spaceland Recordings is the premiere on-demand, globally distributed, live recording record label who's goal it is to capture the historical moments of the Spaceland venues. The "Spaceland Presents" series foundation is to develop its artists to achieve success beyond the walls of the relatively small Spaceland night clubs while maintaining a comfortable venue for artists to always call home.