Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from Digital Hollywood Spring, 2006 For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Thursday, August 17 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Track IV: Vlogs - Broadband and Mobile Video Blogging: Next Gen Entertainment and Journalism, Social Networking and Personal Communication As sure as the soapbox turned into the blog, the web blog is opening the door to the Vlogs, the video blogs. As next generation broadband increases and as the technologies that make the video blog accessible and easy to produce and manage, the world of Vlogs is about to explode. If bloggers have made journalists groan, then the coming of Vlogs will make the world of TV news and TV entertainment howl. The ability for the individual to reach out to the world through video is about to become as ordinary as text messaging is today. Video as a primary communications and entertainment tool for the individual is an idea that has yet to arrive, but is only around the corner. What is means to the content, communications, technology and advertising industries is anyone’s guess. It may be the next revolution! Mary Hodder, CEO & founder, Dabble Tony Philipp, CEO & founder, UpSnap Duane Kuroda, Vice President of Marketing, abazab Paula Montondo, President, Blip TV Chris O'Brien, CEO & co-founder, Motionbox Kevin Sladek, co-founder & Chief Opportunity Officer (COO), VideoEgg Mariana Danilovic, Managing Director, Hollywood Portfolio, LLC, Moderator Paula Montondo, President and Founder of Blip TV realized the potential market for short films and video clips and wanted to create mainstream, revenue-generating outlets for them and their creators. With a focus on the emerging video mobile entertainment market as the main platform for Blip TV’s collection of top 5 second to 3 minute shorts, Montondo has secured the deals with Sprint Nextel for Blip TV’s Premium Multimedia Channel and on-deck application as well deals with ROK Entertainment, distribution in China and 5 new major mobile distribution deals for Blip TV launching later this year. Before founding Blip TV, Montondo spent several years as Director of Content Acquisition for New Generation Films, a progressive online film programmer with a proprietary streaming technology, and was responsible for creating and closing major content deals and establishing marketing strategies for each film. Montondo began her career in the music industry and spent 20 years as a producer and engineer working with labels such as Warner Brothers, Universal, Arista, Columbia and Mercury Records on such artists as Brad Paisley, Leanne Rimes, Alan Jackson, ZZ Top, Peter Wolf, Etta James, Amy Grant in addition to many independent artists. Montondo holds a degree in Music Industry Management and a minor degree in Electronics from Middle Tennessee State University. Tony Philipp, CEO UpSNAP™: Former Chief Operating Officer of Lycos Europe (IPO 2000 $5 billion). Tony has successfully grown several Internet companies to significant revenues including: Vivisimo and, and Magellan. Tony served as advisor or board member to Mobileway, Mobile Commerce and Motricity, responsible for strategic partnerships with: Overture/Yahoo, Lycos, MSN, Looksmart, Ebay, Infospace, AOL, Findwhat, Bertelsmann, Grolier etc. Chris O’Brien, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Motionbox: Chris O’Brien is CEO and co-founder of Motionbox. Prior to founding Motionbox, O’Brien founded and was CEO of SoftCom, Inc. and, after a merger, President, Business Development, of Interactive Video Technologies, the leading provider of software for corporate webcasting. Prior to SoftCom and IVT, Chris worked at Bellcore on early Internet product development projects including commercializing search engines and video conferencing. Before graduating from Brown University, O’Brien was an early employee of Clearview Software, which was later sold to Apple. He began his software career as a high school senior, working full-time as a software developer at Bell Laboratories and Bell Communications Research. He is also a U.S. patent holder, with Motionbox’s Andrew Wason, for a cross-platform media synchronization abstraction layer. Duane Kuroda, Vice President of Marketing, abazab: With over 15 years in technology, marketing and strategic management roles in Communities, Internet software and other technologies, Duane rounds out the marketing and product management expertise for the abazab team. Most recently Duane was VP of Marketing at BitPass, the leading micropayments provider. He brings additional experience from Communities.com's OnLive, Sushimon, and ThePalace collaborative and community properties, Intrepic Technologies, Arescom, Remedy, and Gartner Group. Duane holds an MS from Stanford University and a BS from Harvey Mudd College. Kevin Sladek, co-founder & Chief Opportunity Officer (COO), VideoEgg: As co-founder and COO of VideoEgg, Kevin identifies and leads key development and partnership efforts and drives the Company’s overall growth strategy. Prior to VideoEgg, he co-founded MediaLiquid, a network of more than 5,000 independent filmmakers producing Public Service Announcements for non-profit organizations. MediaLiquid PSAs run on a variety of national broadcast and cable outlets, and have earned coveted primetime placements in Fox Television’s That 70’s Show and The OC. Kevin received a BA in Ethics, Politics and Economics from Yale University, despite the persistent distraction of an intense interest in digital filmmaking. Mariana Danilovic is the founder and Managing Director of Hollywood Portfolio, LLC, a developer, owner and operator of cable networks, digital media companies and television programming. The Company focuses on fundraising from institutional investors and brand integration through Fortune 500 companies. Through Hollywood Portfolio, Ms. Danilovic launched the luxury eco media and lifestyle company by extending a sustainable fashion brand to home, beauty and lifestyle products. Mariana also developed the Eco Your Life television show with Jane Sparango, former Producer of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, and the Boom cable network, an entertainment channel for baby boomers. Previously, Ms. Danilovic was the Chief Executive Officer of Women in Technology International (WITI), an international events planning and media company that managed forty (40) chapters worldwide and organized three major conferences each year. During her tenure, WITI’s primary source of revenue was sponsorships from Fortune 500 companies, including Daimler-Chrysler, Dell, Eli Lily, GE Capital, IBM, Intel, Raytheon, Texas Instruments, Visa International and many others. Prior to WITI, Ms. Danilovic was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Digital Media Incubator, LLC, which provided venture, later stage private equity, and business development services to digital media, film, music, technology, television, video, and convergence companies. Ms. Danilovic also founded and directed the Digital Media Incubator at KPMG LLP. This group developed numerous entertainment and digital media companies, including CatchTV, Digital Entertainment Network, E-Poll, Enband, FirstLook.com, Market Wire, mySMART, QSTV, Tonos, Thirsty, WalkThisWay. The strategic investors in these ventures included Intel, Hewlett-Packard, LG Electronics and Cox. The group successfully facilitated the sale of the Well to the Salon prior to its initial public offering. The companies Ms. Danilovic developed at KPMG LLP received first round institutional funding from such well-known venture capital firms as Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Hummer-Winblad, Constellation Partners, Softbank and North Star Ventures. Prior to joining KPMG, Ms. Danilovic headed business development for Peter Guber’s Mandalay Entertainment. She also was part of the management team for the $60 million media fund at Sony Pictures Entertainment that made investments in companies worldwide. Ms. Danilovic also worked with Michael Milken’s Knowledge Exchange and at the Twentieth Century Fox International Television Group. Prior to attending business school, Mariana worked in Product Management as well as Mergers and Acquisitions for Transamerica and SunAmerica. Ms. Danilovic currently serves on the Board of Directors of VIC Network, and she previously served on the Board of Directors of Tim Draper’s Zone Club, California Culture Net, and was a member of former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan's Digital Coast Roundtable. Mariana earned a Masters in Business Administration from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA, and a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from University of California, San Diego.