Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from a previous Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Digital Hollywood Tuesday, October 30th 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM Track I: Hollywood Reinvented! Internet Video, Mobile, User Generated Media, IPTV and Broadband as Next Generation Mass Media Programming and Big Business Personal media has invaded the territory of the media giants. TV networks, even cable networks and radio networks can no longer ignore the potential threat posed by User Generated Media, broadband video, social networks, the blogosphere and the world of Podcasts. By the millions, consumers are flocking to the web and mobile experience provided by the new technologies. If you think that blogs are simply parasites of the news business that are to be slapped at and complained about, then you’re not paying attention to the business at hand. Bloggers may be individually unique and only sometimes accurate, but as a whole, as a blogosphere, they are a billion person universe of ideas and free expression that far exceeds the reach of all TV networks combined. While the world of personal media remained behind a disorganized technological barrier, it posed no threat to traditional mass media, but as new and amazingly inventive tools are created to unleash the power of personal media begin to appear so does its power as an information, entertainment and advertising force. In this session we will explore this new territory. Lewis Henderson, Senior Vice President, William Morris Agency Colin Decker, Director, Content & Programming for Yahoo! Video, Yahoo! Inc. Erik Flannigan, Executive Vice President, Digital Media - MTV Networks Entertainment Group Marc DeBevoise, SVP of Business Development and Strategy, Starz Media LLC Terry Mackin, Executive Vice President, Hearst-Argyle Television Ron Grover, Bureau Manager, Los Angeles, BusinessWeek, Moderator Colin Decker, Director, Content & Programming for Yahoo! Video, Yahoo! Inc.: Colin Decker, director of content and programming for Yahoo! Video, oversees the strategy, development and programming of content for Yahoo! Video. Colin is responsible for delivering a premium video experience that serves a diverse range of consumers and content publishers, including Yahoo!’s partners, advertisers and original content producers. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Colin served as online executive producer, during the development and launch of Current TV, a home cable network and Web destination chaired by former Vice President Al Gore. While there, Colin developed Current TV’s user-generated content experience, online video training tools and groundbreaking V-CAM (Viewer-Created Ad Message) program. Prior to working at Current TV, Colin produced and directed several documentaries, commercials and musical works for clients such as Goodyear, Volkswagen, Artisan Entertainment and Dreamworks. Colin has taught storytelling and film criticism at Boston University and Harvard. Colin holds a Bachelor of Arts in studio art and English literature from Bowdoin College as well as a Master of Fine Arts in film from Boston University. Walter Delph, Director, Content & Programming, Verizon FiOS TV: Walter I. Delph has a breadth of professional experience that includes operations, finance and strategic planning. Since 2004, Mr. Delph has worked at Verizon Communications as a Director in its FiOS TV department. He oversees FiOS TV’s IPTV content strategy, gaming service, cross platform convergence and content acquisition. He also works closely with Verizon’s product management to develop new products and services with this content, particularly on the broadband and wireless platforms. Prior to joining Verizon Communications, Mr. Delph was at Time Warner as a member of Time Warner’s MBA Management Program. His primary focus was on originating, structuring and negotiating new business opportunities for the Time Inc division. In addition he worked with Fortune 500 advertisers to design and implement advertising pricing solutions for Time Warner properties. He is a former investment banker with Goldman Sachs and was responsible for originating, structuring and executing over $1 billion in financings. Mr. Delph holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Middlebury College Lewis Henderson, Senior Vice President, William Morris Agency: Mr. H enderson is a Senior Vice President at the William Morris Agency and oversees the company’s digital media business. His responsibilities include building digital business opportunities for all William Morris clients across film, television, music, publishing, theater, sports, corporate and international. During his fifteen year tenure at William Morris, Mr. Henderson has worked with some of the agency’s leading clients in emerging platforms ranging from wireless, video games, broadband and VOD. Prior to running William Morris’ digital business, Mr. Henderson served as a liaison between the agency’s television department and advertising, working with the leading advertising agencies and media buyers to create and package television programming. In the area of entertainment marketing and brand extension, Mr. Henderson worked with leading brands to deliver their message through film, television and publishing properties. His clients in this arena have included Monster.com, the United States Olympic Committee, 24 Hour Fitness, and the NFL. Mr. Henderson started his career as a trainee in the company’s mailroom in 1989 and eventually advanced to the agency’s television department. After two years, Mr. Henderson was selected to participate in the formation of the William Morris Consulting division. He holds a B.S. from Southern Methodist University. Erik Flannigan, Executive Vice President, Digital Media - MTV Networks Entertainment Group: Erik Flannigan is executive vice president, digital media, MTV Networks Entertainment Group. He is based at the networks' New York City headquarters and reports to Doug Herzog, president of MTV Networks Entertainment Group. The Entertainment Group is comprised of a multi-platform portfolio of brands featuring the COMEDY CENTRAL, Spike TV and TV Land cable channels as well as internet sites AtomFilms, AtomUploads, GameTrailers.com and Xfire. Flannigan supervises the linear channels’ digital media teams, overseeing the networks’ digital programming initiatives, to maximize revenue growth opportunities for the group. He will now oversee all of the Entertainment Group’s digital businesses as well. Flannigan brings a wealth of experience in digital programming and content development to the job, with a deep and varied business background in Web development, digital media, video-on-demand as well as online and offline subscription services. He is a seasoned manager of multi-disciplinary teams and has extensive hands-on experience in creative editorial and content specialization for movies, music, television, sports and news. Flannigan joined MTVN from AOL in Los Angeles in 2006, where he had been vice president of programming, responsible for strategic and operational oversight of Moviefone.com, AOL Music, AOL Radio and AOL Television. Before that, he was at Buena Vista Datacasting/The Walt Disney Company (2003-2005) in Burbank, CA as vice president of programming, overseeing programming and acquisitions for MovieBeam and prior to that, vice president of music services and programming at RealNetworks in Seattle (2001-2003). Earlier, Flannigan was senior vice president, Entertainment Verticals, for the Walt Disney Internet Group in Seattle (1995-2001). During his various tenures in the digital media world, Flannigan was also active in publishing as managing editor of ICE magazine, contributing editor of The Rocket as well as working on several albums and books. He is a graduate of the University Washington in Seattle. Terry Mackin, Executive Vice President, Hearst-Argyle Television: Terry Mackin, a longtime television executive with extensive and varied experience in building and managing broadcast groups, joined Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. as executive vice president in May 1999. Mackin directly oversees the company’s efforts in digital media including programming for digital broadcast spectrum and for digital devices using technologies such as broadband, wireless application protocol, Java for mobile video and other applications. Before joining Hearst-Argyle, Mackin was president and chief operating officer, based in London, of StoryFirst Communications, Inc., where he was responsible for the design and management of several rapidly growing Russian media properties, including the terrestrial broadcast television network CTC, as well as television stations and a production company. Prior to joining StoryFirst, Mackin was executive vice president, chief operating officer and a director of Ellis Communications, in Atlanta, where he had management responsibility for all aspects of a group of 12 television stations and two radio stations. Before Ellis, Mackin served for eight years with Columbia Pictures Television Distribution, most recently as vice president and manager, syndication and cable network sales. Before joining Columbia, Mackin was with Blair Television, as an account executive in Atlanta and, subsequently, as vice president and manager of Blair's Houston office. He began his broadcast career as a radio account executive. Mackin was named to the NBC Affiliate Board in March 2002, and later was named the board’s President-Chairman, serving until April 2006. He also served as Chairman of the NBC Affiliates’ "Futures" committee, in which capacity he was an architect of new-media initiatives and joint ventures between the network and its affiliates, including Weather Plus, launched in October 2004 to provide local weather channels over digital broadcast spectrum; and the NBCOlympics.com websites launched in connection with NBC’s carriage of the Athens 2004 and Torino 2006 Olympics. He also serves on the board of Internet Broadcasting. In 2007 he was named among Mediaweek magazine's "Top 50 Most Indispensable Executives in Media." Mackin holds a bachelor of science degree in communications from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Ron Grover is BusinessWeek’s Los Angeles Bureau chief and west coast media and entertainment reporter. A one-time Washington Post sports reporter, he joined BusinessWeek’s Washington Bureau in 1979, where he initially covered energy issues. He later covered the Carter and Reagan Administrations before moving to LA in 1986. As BusinessWeek’s Hollywood reporter, his cover stories have included those on the Walt Disney Co., Rupert Murdoch and Steven Spielberg. In recent years, he has expanded his coverage to include new media and emerging digital technologies, including those distributing content online and through wireless devices. He is author of the 1991 book, The Disney Touch, and is a frequent commentator for CNN, CNBC and other news outlets. Grover graduated from the George Washington University, has a Master’s Degree from the Columbia School of Journalism and a MBA from George Washington University. Marc DeBevoise is the SVP of Business Development and Strategy for Starz Media LLC, responsible for the generation, evaluation and execution of business development and growth opportunities. Marc is primarily focused on exploring opportunities related to emerging digital platforms. Digital delivery deals DeBevoise has overseen include content distribution agreements with Amazon Unbox, Xbox Live 360, Heavy.com, Netflix and others. DeBevoise and his team were also responsible for the launch of manga.com, a destination site for global fans of Japanese anime animation. Prior to joining the company in 2006, DeBevoise was the Director of Emerging Markets for NBC Universal Digital Media. In this role, DeBevoise was responsible for generating and executing new business development opportunities related to NBCU’s Internet/Broadband and Wireless businesses. DeBevoise joined NBCU as a member of the Business Development group where he executed various corporate-level projects and transactions including the evaluation of potential acquisitions and investments in digital media and related industries, the analysis of various motion picture slate-financing structures for Universal Pictures, and the integration, strategic review and restructuring of Universal Parks & Resorts. Prior to joining NBCU, DeBevoise was an Associate in the Technology, Media &Telecommunications Investment Banking Group at JPMorgan in San Francisco and New York. In this role, DeBevoise executed and advised on equity, debt and M&A transactions in various sectors including Internet Media, Software, and Information & Business Services. DeBevoise has also worked in Corporate Financial Planning & Operations at Cablevision Systems Corporation and Motion Picture & Television Production Finance at Miramax Films. DeBevoise received his MBA with distinction in Finance and Entertainment, Media & Technology from NYU's Stern School of Business and his BA in Economics and Computer Science from Tufts University.