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 Digital Hollywood at CES The Agenda - Day Two Tuesday, January 9th Noon - 1:00 PM Session A – DH12 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. Bruce David Eisen, President, CinemaNow, Inc. Jim Funk, Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing, Akimbo Philip W. Schuman, founder, HighView Media Sean Besser, VP of Business Development, Movielink Brian Hofstetter, Director Connected Entertainment, Zoran Corporation Joseph A. Cantwell, Vice President of Marketing, Advanced Services, Starz Entertainment Seth Shapiro, Principal, New Amsterdam Media Inc, Moderator Brian Hofstetter, Director Connected Entertainment, Zoran Corporation: Brian Hofstetter, with over 20 years experience in the electronic creation and delivery systems industries, currently directs the Connected Entertainment strategic initiative for Zoran Corporation. Since joining Zoran in 2000, he has served in multiple management and product marketing roles, defining new video and audio products for global consumer electronics markets. Prior to moving to the semiconductor industry, he worked in the motion picture and recording product industries. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. Jim Funk, Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing, Akimbo: Jim Funk has more than 20 years of corporate strategy, acquisition and marketing experience with leading companies in Silicon Valley. Prior to joining Akimbo, Jim was senior vice president of strategic planning at Imagicast, and established key partnerships that enhanced the company’s wireless e-commerce services for retailers. Before that, Jim co-founded GoCampus, a startup focused on providing computer services to the higher-education market, and served as its vice president of business affairs. During his five years as a vice president with Macromedia, Jim helped the company grow from $25 million to over $100 million in revenue by working to acquire several industry-leading products, including FreeHand, Dreamweaver and Flash. Prior to Macromedia, Jim spent seven years in marketing and product roles at Apple Computer, which included managing the highly successful higher-education student marketing programs. Jim graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Bruce Eisen, President, CinemaNow, Inc.: As president, Mr. Eisen is responsible for day-to-day operations of the company and for all of CinemaNow's business development and legal activities. In that capacity he has successfully negotiated CinemaNow's agreements with such major Hollywood studios as Warner Brothers, MGM, 20th Century Fox, Sony and The Walt Disney Company. In addition, Eisen has brought great success to the company, spearheading distribution and marketing partnerships with MSN, SBC, Best Buy and other globally-recognized companies. Eisen received his J.D. from the University of Southern California in 1991, and his B.A. cum laude with high honors in Philosophy from Clark University in 1984. Eisen parlayed his law degree from the University of Southern California into a 10-year career in the Hollywood entertainment industry. His expertise spans a diversity of business and creative enterprises, ranging from heading up the Legal/ Business Affairs Department for Trimark Pictures to writing and producing films. Eisen's producing credits include cult genre favorites "Warlock: The End of Innocence," starring Bruce Payne, "The Dentist 2," starring Corbin Bernsen "Leprechaun in the Hood," starring Warwick Davis and Ice-T as well as two films based on Stephen King properties, "Trucks," and "Sometimes They Come Back For More." In addition, he shares a writing credit on "Warlock: The End of Innocence," the third installment in the popular series. Seth Shapiro – Principal, New Amsterdam Media Inc.: Seth Shapiro is a two-time Emmy® Award winner, a pioneer in the application of technology to some of the world’s leading entertainment franchises, and a leading expert in the application of new technologies to emerging business models. He has managed digital media initiatives for Disney, Warner Bros, DIRECTV, Cendant, Jones Intercable, ACTV and others, with partners including HBO, Showtime, STARZ, CBS, NBC, FOX, ESPN, the NFL, Major League Baseball, Microsoft, Sony, TiVo and Wink. As Head of Production for DIRECTV’s Advanced Services Group, he managed over 20 service launches, designed the groundbreaking NFL DVR Highlights On Demand Service, and was a key contributor to the 2002 DIRECTV/TiVo Master Agreement. With extensive consulting experience in strategy, business intelligence, design and development, he has facilitated strategic and technological relationships for four of the six major media corporations, has produced gaming content for the Walt Disney Company and others, and has managed over 15 cross-functional teams of creative, technology, video and code talent. Seth is a magna cum laude graduate of New York University and was Adelbert Alumni Scholar at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Music. Originally a composer/arranger, he began his began his career as a startup employee at ACTV, founded internationally distributed record label KOE Recordings, and produced MTV-selected video Realife I. Seth is Senior VP, Cross Media Strategy for The Opportunity Management Company, and principal at New Amsterdam Media LLC . He sits on the Advisory Board of Olympic Venture Partners, the Executive Board of the Media Entertainment and Technology Alliance and the Executive Board of the ITA. He is a member of the Television Academy (Interactive Media Peer Group), the PGA (New Media Council) and a mentor for the American Film Institute’s Digital Content Lab. Sean Besser, Vice President, Business Development, Movielink: As the head of Business Development, Sean Besser is responsible for guiding the corporate growth of Movielink, including identifying, expanding and managing all of its strategic partnerships. Sean's current focus is on developing partnerships to boost the demand for legal video content over I/P, add value to Movielink's products, and improve the quality of the Movielink service. Sean brings to Movielink nearly 10 years of experience in the delivery of entertainment and related services, including work at TiVo, Fox Sports, NBC, and most recently EchoStar (The DISH Network), where he managed the company’s broadband business development activities. Sean holds an M.B.A. from the Haas Graduate School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, and both a J.D. and B.A from the University of Southern California. Philip Schuman is CEO and Co-Founder of HighView Media. HighView Media is a media advisory and management firm that provides specialize strategy and implementation services to the media telecommunications, television and broadband industries. Prior to forming HighView Media, Mr. Schuman was Co-President of Universal Studios Television Distribution where he was responsible for the successful management of the global theatrical and television product distribution organization for Universal Studios, Inc. Mr. Schuman started at Universal as Vice President of Business Affairs in 1995. Previously, Mr. Schuman was Senior Transactions Counsel, at a division of General Electric. Mr. Schuman began his career obtaining extensive, relevant experience specializing in mergers and acquisitions and securities at the law firm of Shearman & Sterling in New York. Joseph A. Cantwell is vice president of marketing, advanced services for Starz Entertainment. Cantwell reports to Bob Greene, senior vice president, advanced services, and is responsible for overall marketing, product management, and subscriber growth for Starz Entertainment’s broadband-delivered subscription movie download service and advanced distribution vehicles, such as Vongo. Vongo is the new, award-winning premium television subscription-based on-demand movie download service. Prior to joining Starz Entertainment, Cantwell, spent four years with America Online (AOL) in Dulles, Va. where he served in several senior roles in the company’s interactive television and broadband divisions. During his tenure with AOL he managed the company’s first prime-time interactive broadcast television services, helped launch and manage the successful cable VOD service "AOL Music On Demand" and was a founding member of the senior management team for AOL Broadband. Prior to that, Cantwell spent a decade at Bravo Networks, where he last was executive vice president, new media from 1999-2000. He was a pioneer in the use of broadband for delivery of film and film-related content, producing the first-ever release of a feature-length film exclusively via the high-speed platform for The Independent Film Channel. Cantwell holds a Bachelor’s degree from Barry University in Miami, Florida and a MBA from the University of Chicago. He resides in the LoDo neighborhood in Denver. Starz Entertainment is a premium movie service provider operating in the United States. Starz Entertainment offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz® and Encore® brands with approximately 15.1 million and 27.1 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HDTV, Starz On Demand and VongoSM. Starz Entertainment is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation that is attributed to Liberty Capital Group, www.starz.com.