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 The SuperSession Tuesday, June 19th 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM State of the Industry Hollywood and the Digital Consumer The next generation of technology within the digital home will bring with it not only more content to the consumer, it will bring with it greater choice and more individual personalization into the process. While the actual definition of the digital home is still emerging, the idea of a fully connected consumer, living in a high speed DTV, PVR, HD, broadband and wireless environment is a good jumping off place. Hollywood, the provider of the content will not only flourish in this environment, it will probably enter a new golden age of production as it discovers how best to relate to it consumer base. How Hollywood will respond to a fully realized OnDemand television, film and games universe is the latest challenge to be faced. The technologies now finding their way into the home are disruptive, not only to the content community, but to the consumer electronics community as well. The brave new world of the digital home is not only an exciting new market opportunity for Hollywood, it is also brings with it a complex labyrinth of difficult options. Moderator: Enrique Rodriguez, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft TV, Microsoft Corp. Speakers: Jeffrey G. Weber, Vice President, Video Products, AT&T Operations Dan Marks, Chief Executive Officer, BT Vision Dan Marks, 43, is CEO of BT Vision, BT’s next-generation TV service. He is responsible for the development and market introduction of BT Vision, one of the most highly-anticipated services in Britain’s home-entertainment market. Appointed in February 2005, Dan joined BT from Universal Studios where he was president of Universal Studios Networks UK and ran the Sci-fi channel. Previously, he was senior vice-president, business development for Universal Studios’ worldwide TV-channels business. From 1998 to 2000, He worked at Video Networks Limited, the UK on-demand operator where he was its first head of programming. In that role, he negotiated pioneering video-on-demand deals with studios, film distributors, TV suppliers and major music companies. Prior to this, Dan was the one of the founders and general director of TV3 Russia, the successful Russian national terrestrial commercial broadcaster. And before this, he lived and worked in Los Angeles as a documentary film producer and director. Among his film credits are the Academy award-nominated ‘Gang Cops’ (as director) and the Sundance Special Jury Prize-winning ‘My Crasy Life’ (as producer). Dan holds a BA (Econ) degree from Manchester University and an MA in film and anthropology from the University of Southern California. Enrique Rodriguez, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft TV, Microsoft Corp.: As corporate vice president of the Microsoft TV Division, Enrique Rodriguez leads the teams responsible for the development, marketing, sale and deployment of Microsoft's software & service solutions for the digital television industry worldwide. Rodriguez heads the Microsoft TV Division, guiding the group toward its goal of helping service providers deliver exciting, new TV-based digital entertainment services and derive more value from their video and network infrastructure investments. As corporate vice president, he is also responsible for charting the division's growth and integration with Microsoft's global consumer initiatives. Microsoft TV is a family of software solutions for entertainment service providers and supports a full range of capabilities, including interactive program guide, digital video recording, high-definition TV, on-demand programming and Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) services. With solutions for both broadband and cable delivery of TV services, Microsoft TV solutions are designed to work across a full range of TV devices such as set-top boxes. Before heading Microsoft TV, Rodriguez served as vice president of Xbox Partnerships, where he was a key contributor to the launch of Xbox and Xbox 360 products and services. In this role, he led the team defining the expansion of the Xbox 360 platform to non-gaming entertainment applications. Rodriguez brings extensive experience working with service providers to deliver innovative products and services to market. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2003, Rodriguez spent over 20 years at Thomson/RCA, where he served in a variety of engineering and executive roles. Most recently, he was executive vice president, broadband access products, responsible for Thomson's worldwide digital set-top box, DSL and cable modem activities focused on telecommunications, cable and satellite network operators. Before that, as senior vice president of Thomson's multimedia products business unit, Rodriguez led the development and commercialization of digital set-top boxes, as well as professional products and services dedicated to TV content owners and digital network operators. Rodriguez holds more than 25 U.S. patents and numerous international derivatives. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electical engineering from Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico) in 1982. Jeffrey G. Weber, Vice President, Video Products, AT&T Operations, Inc.: Jeffrey G. Weber, Vice President, Video Products, is responsible for the new data and video product lines under Project Lightspeed. Project Lightspeed is the initiative to expand its fiber-optics network deeper into neighborhoods to deliver AT&T U-verseSM TV, voice and high-speed Internet access services. AT&T companies expect to reach approximately 18 million households by the end of 2008 as part of initial deployment, using fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) and fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) technologies. Mr. Weber’s responsibilities include defining and bringing to market the Internet access product line, the actual video and programming made available to customers, the electronic program guide (EPG), video on demand (VOD), gaming and other interactive applications. He is also responsible for product development and strategy for the above areas. Mr. Weber joined SBC in 1986 and has held a number of jobs, including stops in IT, sales, strategy, network operations and marketing, while working on local, long distance, data, wireless, and entertainment. Mr. Weber is a native of Norman, Oklahoma. He received a MIS degree from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management. Mr. Weber and his wife, Lesa, have two children, Allie and Parker.