Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from a previous Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Building Blocks 2008 Thursday, August 7th 2:15 PM – 3:30 PM Track I: Technology Redefining the Future Video Metadata Revolution: Unleashing the Value of Video Programming in an On Demand World As “on demand” video programming becomes widely accessible via numerous platforms and players, rich video metadata is being used to enable consumers to personalize their viewing experience, tailored to their interests and viewing environment. As a result, while consumers were once limited to viewing programs from beginning to end, they can now engage in video “snacking”, “playlisting”, “remixing” and “sharing”. At the same time, rich video metadata is offering content producers and distributors new ways to present and organize the program assets, thereby creating new revenue streams with the opportunity for higher CPM, metadata driven, contextual advertising. As technology, content and advertising companies now work together to unleash the power generated by rich video metadata, the consumer will be in the driver’s seat, watching video when they want and how they want. Greg Smith, CTO, Move Networks Mark Pascarella, President, Gotuit Media Corp. Thanasis Iatrou, President and Chief Executive Officer, Media Excel Chase Norlin, CEO, Pixsy Josh Kline, President & CEO, Secure Path Technology Shelly Palmer, Managing Partner, Advanced Media Ventures Group LLC, Moderator Mark Pascarella, President & CEO, Gotuit Media Corp.: As one of Gotuit's founding investors, Mark has been a member of the company's Board of Directors since inception and joined Gotuit full-time in 2001. Under Pascarella's direction, Gotuit has pioneered video discovery / monetization and has become the leading provider of next-generation video products for multiple platforms including broadband, mobile, and cable. Before joining Gotuit, Pascarella teamed up with Sidney Topol, the former Chairman and CEO of Scientific-Atlanta (Cisco), to found The Topol Group, an early-stage investment firm. In addition to Gotuit, The Topol Group's investments include broadband router manufacturer RiverDelta Networks (Motorola), cable services provider Navic Networks, and VoIP switch maker Cedar Point Communications. From 1992 to 1997, Pascarella worked in Business Development at Procter & Gamble. He holds a BS in Management from Bucknell University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Thanasis Iatrou: President and Chief Executive Officer, Media Excel: Thanasis is one of Media Excel's founding members and currently serves as Board Member, President and Chief Executive Officer, overseeing corporate strategy and operations. Thanasis has 18 years of management experience in the technology industry. Prior to Media Excel, Thanasis was with DELL Computer, where he started as General Manager (G.M.) of DELL's UK Midsize Corporate operation; subsequently he moved to DELL Americas, where he managed the Midsize Corporate division’s Marketing Operations and completed his tenure in DELL's Corporate Enterprise Services. Prior to DELL, Thanasis also worked for FUJITSU Computers Europe as V.P. of Business Development in EMEA, as V.P. and G.M. of Client Server Systems Asia based out of Singapore, G.M. of Network Products Division based out of the UK and Director of Mergers and Acquisitions participating in transactions from $10m to $1bn. Mr. Iatrou received an M.B.A. from Aston Business School in the UK, where he specialized in International Marketing, and a B.Sc in Physics from Athens University, where he studied Optoelectronics. Thanasis is a native of Greece and an avid scuba-diver. Josh Kline, President & CEO, Secure Path Technology: Josh is a digital media industry veteran who founded Secure Path Technology in 2005 and serves as President & CEO. As the former CEO of Sample Digital and COO of that company’s predecessor SampleReels.com Josh created the Digital Dailies system in use at many of the major studios and expanded it’s client base to include Universal, Disney, Sony, Warner Brothers, Paramount, New Line, Bad Robot, NetFlix, Movielink, CinemaNow and Technicolor. Josh amassed significant experience across numerous entertainment-related disciplines, including work for ICM, feature production at Paramount Pictures, commercial production at HSI, Pytka and Radical Media, and worked as an independent producer and writer before transitioning to technology as a New Media Consultant for the Holiday Inn Corporation. Greg Smith | Chief Technology Officer, Move Networks: Greg has 13 years of technology and product development experience in digital media. Vice President of Technologies at All Media Guide, Vice President of Sales at All Media Guide, Director of Technologies and Senior Product Manager at Edgix, Technology Acquisitions and Product Development Engineer at PanAmSat. Greg has led the development of bleeding-edge technologies in content distribution, media recognition, and video streaming with deployed technologies in the Globalstar constellation and on PlayStation gaming devices. Greg holds a BSE degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and graduate certificates in advanced dynamics and control theory from Stanford University. Chase Norlin, CEO, Pixsy: Mr. Norlin is the CEO of Pixsy Corporation, the leading B2B provider of video and image search. Mr. Norlin has spent the last 15 years in the emerging technologies and digital media space. Prior to Pixsy, Mr. Norlin served as Senior Business Development Executive at ValueClick (NASDAQ:VCLK) where he managed publisher distribution and emerging technologies for the ValueClick display ad network, paid search, and comparison shopping divisions. Prior to ValueClick, Mr. Norlin held the position of Senior Business Development Consultant to InfoSpace (NASDAQ:INSP) charged with publisher distribution and emerging applications for the paid search division. Previously, Mr. Norlin developed Sony's first online photo sharing venture and founded the web's first video sharing company ShareYourWorld. Mr. Norlin also served as an EIR at Boeing Ventures in launching Boeing's (NYSE:BA) online photo and video licensing division. Mr. Norlin has served on the advisory board of CampusPoint (www.campuspoint.com), a leading online recruiting and staffing firm, and currently serves on the board of AdBid Central (www.adbidcentral.com)), the leading futures marketplace for the buying and selling of premium display advertising. He received his BA from UC Berkeley and MA from The University of Chicago and is a regular speaker on digital media, online advertising, and search. Recent speaking engagements include OMMA, NATPE, Bear Stearns Annual Media Conference, Goldman Sachs Ninth Annual Global Media Conference, iMediaConnection, Digital Media Summit, Monaco Media Forum, AlwaysOn, TheDeal, Gnomedex, and Digital Hollywood. Shelly Palmer, Managing Partner, Advanced Media Ventures Group LLC: Palmer is the President of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, NY (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards). He is the Vice-Chairman of the National Academy of Media Arts & Sciences an organization dedicated to education and leadership in the areas of technology, media and entertainment. Palmer also oversees the Advanced Media Technology Emmy® Awards which he created in 2003 to honor outstanding achievements in the science and technology of advanced media. Along with his contributions to the advancement of television, Palmer is a pioneer in the field of Internet technologies. He is the inventor of Enhanced Television used by programs such as ABC’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Monday Night Football. In 2004, ABC's Celebrity Mole Yucatan received an Emmy® Award in the category of Enhancement of Original Television Content. It was Palmer who led ABC’s team of advanced media professionals and spearheaded the award-winning project. Palmer is a popular speaker and moderator at technology and media conferences hosted by industry organizations and top tier colleges and universities, like: The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), The National Association of Broadcasters Convention (NAB), The National Show presented by the National Cable Television Association (NCTA), Telecom presented by the United States Telecom Association, Digital Hollywood, iHollywood, DV Expo and ITV Europe. He is a guest lecturer at the MIT Media Lab, Stern Graduate Business School at NYU, The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) at Columbia University, The Graziadio School of Business Management at Pepperdine University, The Digital Content Lab at the American Film Institute and other top tier colleges and universities. Over the last two decades, Palmer has enjoyed a highly distinguished career as a composer and producer. His professional vitae includes years of experience in television production and musical composition. He created and produced HotPop, a teen lifestyle and music show airing on Starz/Encore’s WAM! As a prolific composer, Palmer was the recipient of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP's) 12th Annual Film and Television Music Award for ABC’s hit series Spin City. He was also recognized the following season in the category of “Most Performed Television Themes.” Palmer's music credits include the theme songs for Live with Regis & Kelly, Rivera Live and MSNBC as well as the digital debut of the "real" cat singing the classic “Meow, Meow, Meow, Meow.” Palmer is the host of Media 3.0 with Shelly Palmer a weekly business news series. A graduate of New York University’s School of the Arts, he is the author of one of the most popular television business news blogs, www.Media30.com, a weekly columnist for the Jack Myers Report, The Huffington Post and a technology commentator for CNN.com. His book Television Disrupted: The Transition from Network to Networked TV(www.televisiondisrupted.com) about the technological, economic, and sociological forces that impact the future of television, media and entertainment is is available on www.amazon.com. For more information, visit www.shellypalmer.com.