Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from the last Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Digital Hollywood at NXTcomm Monday, June 18th 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Session A: Implications of Connected TV & Set-Top Device, Service & Software Innovation – How Entertainment Enhancement Drive Avenues for Subscriber and Revenue Expansion The combination of the TV, the set-top, the broadband connection and digital video recorder is breaking down the barriers of TV viewing experience. Every player in the entertainment and technology food chain – from content owner to middleware and headend operator, to the subscriber service provider and finally to the CE manufacturer, all play an equally key role. The idea that consumers might use a TV, demanding personal and enhanced video services, as they do a computer has arrived – and it is our job to make the future happen today. In the near future, viewers might be watching a football game and at the same time, on a second window on the TV, that viewer might also be shopping for tank-tops or buying snacks from the supermarket. That viewer might be taping a show, watching a movie and doing research for a term paper on the web at the same time. The TV set will serve as gateway to entertainment and information as sure as the computer opens the door to a world of information. TV, interactive TV, IPTV, PVR TV, broadband based TV, there will likely be as many ways to describe the way consumers will use and access content and programming as there are companies supplying the options. In this session we will explore that coming future. Joe Seidel, Director Partner Ecosystem Team, Microsoft TV, Microsoft Corp. William O. Leszinske, Jr., General Manager, Intel Consumer Electronics Group, Intel Corporation Matt Johnston, SVP Strategy & Business Development, Zodiac Interactive Jim Jones, Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners Carl Gressum, Senior Analyst, Ovum Ciaran Quinn, VP and General Manager of EMEA, Entriq, Moderator William O. Leszinske, Jr., General Manager, Intel Consumer Electronics Group, Intel Corporation: Bill Leszinske is the General Manager of the Consumer Electronics Group within Intel Corporation's Digital Home Group. He previously served as the Intel® Viiv™ Technology Platform Manager. Bill has an extensive background in sales and marketing. In 2004, he formed the Digital Home marketing team within Intel's Desktop Products Group. He also served as director of Chipset and Software Marketing for the same group. Prior to joining Intel, he was a regional applications manager for one of the world’s largest computer companies. Bill joined Intel in 1989, and holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University. He is based out of Intel Corporation’s Folsom, California campus, and lives nearby with his wife and three children. Joe Seidel, Director Partner Ecosystem, Microsoft TV: Joe Seidel is director of the worldwide partner ecosystem team for the Microsoft TV Division at Microsoft Corporation. In this capacity, he is responsible for developing the partner support system required to extend Microsoft TV into a total end-to-end solution for both telecom and cable operators around the world. Seidel is responsible for developing strategic worldwide partnerships with encoding, server, storage, business/operational support system, consumer electronics/OEMs, silicon, independent software, and systems integrator vendors. He is also responsible for driving Microsoft TV’s next generation silicon and OEM strategy. Prior to joining Microsoft in September 2001, Seidel served as director of business development for ReplayTV. In that capacity, he was responsible for several strategic deals with cable TV providers and consumer OEM’s. Prior to joining ReplayTV, Seidel was a business unit manager at Raytheon, where he staffed and managed a team of engineers responsible for the development of mobile satellite TV for recreational vehicles and boats. His career started at Texas Instruments, where he held numerous positions in engineering and management including managing business development offices around the country. Seidel has spent the last 15 years concentrating his efforts on the video market. He holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri, Columbia and a master’s degree in engineering management from Southern Methodist University, Dallas. Matt Johnston, SVP Strategy & Business Development, Zodiac Interactive: Matt Johnston is an experienced entrepreneur and marketing executive. Following a successful chapter in software development and systems integration for companies like Mediapost, Citigroup, and Prebon Yamane, Matt joined the sales team at Persistence Software, later successfully sold to Progress Software. Matt ended his tenure as a Vice President of Sales, having led the introduction of multiple new products and secured the largest sales contracts in company history with companies like Cablevision and Motorola. Matt has successfully held multiple senior sales & marketing positions for companies including LBi Software, a boutique systems integrator, Alloptic, a startup in the fiber-optic equipment (EPON) space, and Panoratio Database Images, a business intelligence software maker spun-off from Siemens. Matt has also helped launched and sell multiple eBay software companies. To Zodiac, Matt brings familiarity with iTV, a thorough understanding of internet marketing, and solid startup experience. Jim Jones, Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners: Jim's investment focus is in semiconductor and MEMS components and enterprise systems. Jim joined Scale Venture Partners in 2000 and currently sits on the boards of Auvitek, CipherMax, Discera, Entone, Enuclia, NComputing, and Xceive. Jim was also responsible for Scale VP's investment in Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ: MPWR). Prior to Scale Venture Partners, Jim led product management, product marketing, and business development groups at 3Com Corporation, where he managed a diverse $1.2 billion product line. He also spearheaded the company's entry into and market leadership of Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet solutions as well as its foray into the home networking market. Prior to 3Com, Jim worked in integrated circuit development and marketing with National Semiconductor, focusing on analog, ATM, FDDI, and Ethernet controller and transceiver solutions. Jim holds a BSEE from the University of California, Davis. Carl Gressum, Senior Analyst, Ovum: Carl Gressum is a senior analyst in Ovum’s global Consumer Practice. He specialises in the impact of broadband services on consumer electronics, and the market challenges presented by networked homes. Carl is the lead analyst in Ovum’s ConnectedHome@Ovum advisory service, and contributes with forecasts, reports and market comments. Prior to joining Ovum, he worked for Canalys, where he joined to launch and develop its new Digital Home Analysis service, which focused on the market convergence of the consumer electronics, IT and entertainment markets. He also contributed with analysis of the PC markets, and on consulting projects. Before moving to the UK, Carl worked as country manager at an online consumer electronics retailer in France. He holds a master’s degree in Business and Economics from the Norwegian School of Management, and also as part of his studies followed part of the MBA at Carlson School of Management in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Stephen Condon, Vice President, Marketing, Entriq: Stephen Condon brings more than 20 years of marketing experience to Entriq from the advertising and technology industries. His primary role as Vice President, Marketing, is to clearly position the company in the pay media marketplace. His responsibilities include strategic marketing, marketing communications as well as developing the company's advertising, public relations and trade show strategy. Condon commenced his career in advertising working for J. Walter Thompson and Chiat/Day on leading brands such as Kraft Foods and NutraSweet. His advertising career introduced him to the high technology entertainment business when he worked on the hugely successful launch of DIRECTV at the advertising agency, Campbell-Ewald. He later joined DIRECTV, as Senior Director of Marketing and was responsible for program marketing and subscriber acquisition promotions. In 1998 Condon moved from delivering video over satellite to delivering video on the Internet and joined INTERVU as Vice President of Marketing where he lead strategic marketing efforts and marketing communications up until the Akamai acquisition. Since then, Condon has held various senior technology marketing positions including Chief Marketing Officer of Intertainer, which was one of the first online video delivery portals. He holds a bachelor's degree in business and has completed post graduate studies in Marketing at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia