Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from a previous Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Digital Hollywood Events at CES January 5-7, 2011 Thursday, January 6th 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Track II – DH9 - Digital Hollywood The Flat Panel-Television Platform: HD, Downloads, Interactivity, Widgets – New Relationships, New Technology The combination of the TV, the set-top, the broadband connection and digital video recorder is breaking down the barriers of the TV viewing experience. Every player in the entertainment and technology food chain – from content owner to middleware and head-end 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. Russ Schafer, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Connected TV, Yahoo! Inc. Zia Zaman, Vice President, Strategy, LG Electronics Nick Colsey, Vice President, Network Promotion, Sony Electronics Inc. Michael Schreiber, Vice President, Sales Business Development, NBC Universal Digital Distribution Rob Lewis, Chairman, Omnifone Keenan Gates, VP and GM, Nagra-Medioh Olivier Manuel, Lead, Content Solutions Group Samsung Electronics America Kris Alexander, Chief Strategist, Connected Devices and Gaming, Akamai Technologies, Moderator Russ Schafer, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Connected TV, Yahoo! Inc.: Russ Schafer brings twenty years experience in product and corporate marketing to his role as Senior Director of Product Marketing for Yahoo! Connected TV. Russ has global product marketing responsibility including consumer insights, segmentation, concept development, branding, pricing, positioning and compelling “out of the box” consumer experiences. Yahoo! Connected TV is at the leading edge of the Web’s intersection with the “10-foot experience” of television viewing. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Russ held positions as Director of Marketing, Director of Technology Management, Director of Business Development and Operations, and Regional Sales Manager for Intel, Sybase, and IBM. He has marketed a broad range of hardware, software, and Internet products and services to consumers and businesses. His responsibilities spanned the entire product lifecycle, including research, design, development, branding, pricing, manufacturing, inventory management, distribution and intellectual property. Russ’ experience as an entrepreneur included time as Director of Product and Business Management for an Intel-funded startup that developed a mobile wireless and e-commerce software platform and service. He was responsible for market development and business management including market research, pricing, user interface design, e-commerce transactions, e-coupon advertising, and a multi-million dollar P&L. Russ holds an MBA in international business from Duke University and a BBA in Management from Texas A&M University. Keenan Gates, VP and GM of Nagra Medioh: Keenan has more than 13 years of experience in building companies, developing strategies for new media products, and managing new business opportunities. The last three years were spent at Medioh where Keenan co-founded an early-stage company and merged it with Nagra to oversee the growth of its Web Services as Nagra’s Application Publishing business. Prior to Medioh, Keenan held roles in business development, program management, and marketing at other companies, including EchoStar Technology Corporation where he helped shape product strategy with contributions to key strategic investments and partnerships. Keenan also built operational expertise by successfully commercializing and managing a Direct-to-Home Satellite Multi Distribution service, SkyVista, a subsidiary of EchoStar. Keenan enjoys building new businesses and products that make an impact. Keenan holds a B.A. in Economics from Colby College and received his MBA from Daniels College of Business. Zia Zaman, Vice President, Strategy, LG Electronics: LG Electronics USA named Zia Zaman, a noted strategist and innovator, as Vice President, Strategy, in July 2009. Zaman joined LG Electronics with 16 years of experience as a veteran strategist, working most recently as executive vice president for FAST Search & Transfer Inc., a software vendor acquired by Microsoft in 2008 for more than $1 billion. Previously, Zaman held a variety of strategic management positions, including managing partner with Gartner Inc., Stamford, Conn., corporate and business development manager with Sun Microsystems in Palo Alto, Calif. and in Singapore, and strategy consultant with Gemini Consulting in London. Zaman earned his Masters of Business Administration from The Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. He also earned a Bachelor's of Science and Master's of Science in electrical engineering and operations research respectively, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Nick Colsey, Vice President, Network Promotion, Sony Electronics Inc.: Nick Colsey is general manager of product planning for Sony Electronics’ TV Operations of America division. A veteran of Sony Electronics for 17 years, Mr. Colsey is an integral member of the team responsible for Sony’s successful BRAVIA televisions line. In this capacity, he worked extensively on development of Sony’s new BRAVIA Internet Video Link, which brings internet video directly to the TV screen without a PC. Michael Schreiber, Vice President of Sales Business Development leads the execution of new distribution deals for NBC Universal content with Internet, wireless and emerging technology partners. He is responsible for closing distribution deals for NBC Universal offerings in electronic sell-thru (EST), video-on-demand (VOD), subscription on-demand (SVOD) distribution and other emerging models. In addition, he supports the TV Networks Distribution team with distributing the company’s cable network and content portfolio to Telco MVPDs. He reports to Ron Lamprecht, Senior Vice President, Sales Business Development. Most recently, Schreiber played an instrumental role in the distribution of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games on alternative platforms such as Apple iTunes, Sony Playstation, Microsoft’s Xbox, AT&T, Verizon, and MobiTV as well as one of the industry’s first TV Everywhere initiatives with over 70 multi-channel operators. And, Schreiber has been pivotal in closing innovative NBC Universal distribution deals with a number connected TV players such as Yahoo, Sharp and Tivo and downloadable mobile merchandise business deals with Playphone, Thumbplay and Moderati. Previously as Director of Sales Business Development, he has secured new deals and expanded existing deals with numerous partners including Amazon, SanDisk and AT&T. In addition, he has assisted in securing the initial content partners for Hulu such as World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and Reveille. Schreiber joined the Digital Distribution group from the NBC Strategic Partnership Group within the NBCU's Ad Sales division where he was Manager of Business Development focusing on CNBC’s collection of properties across the globe, structuring and closing global ad sales packages with major U.S. clients. Previous to that role, Schreiber was Manager of Business Development within the TV Stations Ad Sales Division. A leader in the industry, Schreiber has had his work published in “Making TV A Two-Way Street: Changing Viewer Engagement Through Interaction.” And, he is a certified General Electric Six Sigma Black Belt and is also a graduate of General Electric's Experienced Commercial Leadership Program (ECLP). Schreiber graduated from the University of Virginia and has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He currently resides in New Jersey with his wife, Lisa and their three children. Rob Lewis is Executive Chairman and co-founder of Omnifone, the leading independent provider of cloud based unlimited music services for consumer electronics vendors, ISPs, automotive and mobile companies globally. Responsible for high level global relationships with the company’s key stakeholders, Lewis secured the first international licensing for unlimited music services with all four major music labels and leading independents in 2007 and is responsible for the rollout the company’s 48 multi-award winning MusicStation® powered unlimited music services across 20 countries with the likes of HP, BSkyB, Sony Ericsson and Vodafone. At CES 2009 Omnifone announced a partnership with Gracenote to bring cloud based interoperable unlimited music services to multiple device platforms including mobile, PC, in-car and in-home devices winning a ‘Best of CES’ award for an interoperable in-car entertainment system with MusicStation unlimited music service. In 2008 Omnifone won Best Mobile Music Service at the GSMA Global Mobile Awards, Best Mobile Internet Service at the Mobile Industry Awards, the Juniper Research Future Mobile Award’s Gold Award for Mobile Music, the Red Herring Global 100 Award and in 2007 the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) Music Service Meffy. Lewis serves on the Mobile Entertainment Forum’s (MEF) Global Board and is a 2009 Ernst & Young UK Entrepreneur of the Year and the PwC UK Technology, Innovation & Growth Awards 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year. Lewis was also named a Mobile Entertainment magazine Top 50 mobile content executive and a Mobile magazine Power 50 executive in 2008, as well as a Billboard magazine Top 10 Mobile Music Executive in 2007. Lewis previously founded Business & Technology Magazine (sold to Dennis Publishing) and along with Omnifone co-founders Phil Sant and Mark Knight, founded internet software developer Cromwell Media (sold to InterX for £850m in 2000). He was also the founder and CEO of Silicon.com (later sold to CNET Networks) and its sister companies, Paris-based Silicon.fr and Munich-based Silicon.de. Omnifone is headquartered in Island Studios, London, with its Asia Pacific HQ in Hong Kong <http://www.omnifone.com/>www.omnifone.com. Olivier Manuel, Lead, Content Solutions Group Samsung Electronics America: Olivier Manuel, Lead, Content Solutions Group Samsung Electronics America: where he pioneered the launch of Samsung’s connected TV products–first with the InfoLink service in 2008 and then with Yahoo Widgets in 2009–achieving a #1 market share in the connected TV category. Olivier has experience leading successful innovation projects in the US, Europe, and Asia for companies ranging from startups to the Fortune 100. Prior to Samsung, he worked as an entrepreneur on two successful venture-backed startups. He was a member of the management team at Self Trade (www.selftrade.co.uk), a pan-European online brokerage platform that was sold to DAB Bank for $900 million in 2000, and wrote the business plan for Poweo (www.poweo.fr), a French electricity retailer that IPO’ed in 2005. Olivier is an alumni of Goldman Sachs and is an avid investor and member of Joel Greenblatt’s Value Investors Club. He lives New York where he is active in the NY technology community and environmental and energy-policy reform. He has an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School and a BA with honors from Harvard College. Kris Alexander is the Chief Strategist focused on Connected Devices and Gaming at Akamai Technologies Inc. He is currently responsible for Akamai’s strategy for connected consumer electronics, and gaming and interactive entertainment software. Kris joined Akamai in 1994 as the Senior Product Manager who created and launched the Akamai Media Delivery Solution. He advanced to become Product Line Director, where he developed multiple strategies and managed many teams to successfully launch many new solutions and products including the Akamai HD Network with HD for Flash, HD for iPhone/iPad, HD for Silverlight, and Media Analytics, and Akamai Electronic Software Delivery Solution. He worked closely with many businesses over the years as partners and customers of Akamai, including Apple, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Nokia, Blizzard, EA, Viacom, and Fox. Prior to Akamai, Kris held several positions with Genuity (formerly BBN Networks) including Director of Marketing and Strategy and Product Manager. He also worked as an independent Marketing and Business Consultant focused on business strategy and products across of range of businesses including Parker Guitars, Turbine Games, WarCry Network, NaviSite, and Lahey Clinic. In 1999, he founded an independent record label, Empire Underwater Records in Boston which promoted and released music of local artists nationally. Kris has spoken at multiple industry conferences such as CES, E3, GDC, Cebit, and Digital Hollywood, on topics such as Interactive Entertainment, Gaming, Digital Media, and Connected Devices. He holds a BSE in Computer Engineering and BSBA in Marketing from Northeastern University and an MBA in Entrepreneurship from Babson College.