Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from the last Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Digital Hollywood Fall 2006 Wednesday, October 25 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM Track III: Digital Home Entertainment Complex: Movies & Music Everywhere - Servers to Set-tops and Home Gateways The consumer has accepted the upgrade to DTV. The numbers are still coming in, but digital upgrades are approaching 40 million homes. Soon the majority of homes will have access to the advanced set-top features only dreamed about a few years ago. The set-top as 500 channel universe, set-top as broadband connection, set-top as on-demand service, as PVR and time-shifting device, set-top as interactive terminal and communications device. Maybe we should rename DTV Set-top, the Entertainment Super Appliance, because it will be about ten things more than a TV. In this session we bring together the companies and players who are at the heart of the server to the set-top transformation. What will be the likely scenarios of implementation and change? This is the place to find out. Bill Correll, Telecommunications & Digital Media Consultant Rob Pait, Director, Global Consumer Electronics Marketing, Seagate Technology Bradley James, Vice President, Technology, Technicolor Bill Holmes, VP of Consumer Electronics, DivX, Inc Larry Namer, Senior Advisor/Head of US Operations, EUROCINEMA Harshul Sanghi, Investment Manager, Motorola Ventures Tony Greenberg, CEO, RampRate Sourcing Advisors/Research, Moderator Bradley P. James, Vice President, Electronic Digital Services, Technicolor Home Entertainment Services: Bradley P. James possesses more than 13 years of experience in the digital media, Internet and telecommunications industries. As vice president of electronic digital services for Technicolor’s Home Entertainment Services division, Mr. James oversees the technical product, strategy and development for the company’s next generation media services. Prior to joining Technicolor, Mr. James spent four years with Sony Connect and Sony Pictures Entertainment as vice president of technology, overseeing all B2C electronic distribution initiatives, including sonypictures.com and sony.com. In addition to his roles within the digital media space, Mr. James has maintained senior product positions with StorageNetworks, Inc. Qwest Communications International, InternetConnect, and helped shepherd numerous Internet service and media startups as a consultant in his earlier years. Mr. James attended the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. He is also a current member of the Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers (SMPTE). Rob Pait, Director, Global Consumer Electronics Marketing, Seagate Technology: Rob joined Seagate in 1999 following marketing management roles at Compaq Computer Corporation, Lexis-Nexis.com, and as a consultant to Internet businesses. Prior to his involvement in the technology sector, Rob worked in broadcast production and performance for ten years. During this time he experienced the dawn of the digital age in broadcasting while making the transition from splicing tape to working with the first nonlinear A/V editing systems as a radio/TV production. Rob has also been an on-air personality for radio stations, announcer for several professional sports teams, and a creative manager in the advertising business. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA with his wife, three teenage children, and far too many gadgets. " Harshul Sanghi is an Investment Manager of Motorola Ventures, based in Sunnyvale, CA. Harshul’s role includes identifying, executing, and managing strategic investments in startup companies that will drive the realization of Motorola’s vision of Seamless Mobility. Harshul comes to Motorola through its acquisition of Ucentric Systems, a leading provider of Whole Home Media solutions, where he was responsible for worldwide sales and market development of the consumer electronics sector. Harshul has extensive experience in the digital media, consumer electronics, and semiconductor industries. Prior to Ucentric, Harshul served as General Manager of the satellite and terrestrial business team of Philips Electronic’s North America Set-Top Box Division. At Philips, Harshul developed markets for direct to home satellite television and broadband satellite modems and was responsible for directing product development, strategy, sales, marketing, as well as business and strategic alliance development. Harshul’s early career was spent in various technical and sales management positions in Silicon Valley, Singapore, and Western Europe. Harshul holds an MBA from the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Oregon. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy and Financial Management from the University of Bombay, India. Harshul is an active member of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Organization and a board member of the Strategic Venture Association here in Silicon Valley. He is an observer on the Board of Avvenu, a mobile application company. Harshul, himself an entrepreneur, enjoys working with Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial community to drive the adoption of disruptive market technologies. Bill Holmes, VP of Consumer Electronics, DivX: Mr. Holmes is responsible for directing product affairs for DivX, Inc.'s consumer electronics (CE) business unit. These duties include the development of overall CE business strategy, management of product launches and product delivery, as well as general management of the DivX CE unit. Mr. Holmes has extensive experience in creating, developing and marketing first generation product offerings. Prior to working at DivX, Mr. Holmes served as Director, Product Management & Marketing at Yotta Yotta, a technology company in the forefront of high capacity distributed data storage. At Yotta Yotta, Mr. Holmes provided oversight in all phases of product development, working directly with prospects, clients, customers, OEMs, marketing, business development and engineering to carry out the company's implementation of the newly developed high capacity storage platform. Previous to his work at Yotta Yotta, Mr. Holmes was Executive Director, Product Development & Marketing at Digital Entertainment Solutions (DES), a privately funded company that provides digital media solutions to major entertainment industry clientele. At DES, Mr. Holmes' chief responsibility was to direct product development for the company's global broadband content delivery platform. Mr. Holmes has also consulted in digital media, streaming media and website development. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and graduated cum laude from Trinity University. Larry Namer, Senior Advisor/Head of US Operations, EUROCINEMA: Entertainment industry veteran Larry Namer joins Eurocinema with 32 years professional experience in cable television and new media. As Senior Advisor/Head of US Operations for Eurocinema, the first and only branded on-demand video service featuring award-winning European theatrical films, Mr. Namer is charged with consulting to and advising the company as it rolls out its operations throughout North America. Mr. Namer is the founder of several high-profile entertainment companies, including E! Entertainment Television (formerly Movietime Channel, Inc.) and Comspan Communications, one of Hollywood's foremost strategic planning and consulting firms for cable television and new media. He formed Steeplechase Media Inc. in 1995 to develop interactive television and new media content and distribution systems. Mr. Namer also served as vice president and general manager of Valley Cable Television (VCTV) in Los Angeles, the nation's first 61-channel two-way cable system. His vision and direction garnered VCTV several Emmy and CableACE award nominations, as well as recognition by Forbes magazine as the national model for local cable television programming. He began his career in 1971 at Time Incorporated Manhattan Cable. He was awarded the prestigious President's Award from the National Cable Television Association in 1989. Anthony Greenberg, CEO, RampRate: As CEO of RampRate, Anthony Greenberg drives a new vision in actionable, data-driven sourcing services, radically improving the IT purchase process from start to finish. Having founded the company on the principle that millions of dollars and time are wasted every year in misguided sourcing decisions, Greenberg has since overseen the building of the RampRate vision, team, and partnerships and has driven multi-million dollar sourcing engagements for clients including CBS, Microsoft, Yahoo and Sony. Prior to RampRate, Greenberg ran the sales and marketing organization at Raindance (RNDC), serving as an executive team member who increased sales by 900%. He also served as the senior vice president of business development and marketing for the Digital Entertainment Network, carving out more than 50 deals which included licensing, infrastructure, low cost media distribution, fundraising and marketing. Previous to that, Greenberg held senior executive roles in marketing and sales at Exodus Communications, now Savvis, helping drive the firm to public offering by increasing annual revenue from $5mm to over $600mm by the time of his departure. Greenberg is an investor in over 15 companies, holds many board and advisory positions, and is an active member of the Tech Coast Angels.