Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from a previous Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Digital Hollywood, Santa Monica Tuesday, June 12th 10:45 AM - Noon Track II: Mobile & Broadband Music: New Platforms + New Technology + More Music + Dynamic Marketplace The music industry, the mobile community and the broadband univerise have now become near perfect if not reluctant partners. We got an inkling of what was coming twenty years ago when the Walkman changed the way people listened to music, but we didn’t understand just how it would emerge until a couple of hundred million wirelessly connected handheld devices got sold to the consumer in one year. That is a whole other story. As a result of the mobile explosion on top of the fully realized broadband base, music and the consumer experience is about to take on a whole other relationship. With music as ringtone, mobile device as retail provider, mobile device as radio player, mobile device as music library and broadband-home connection as the backbone, the consumer is fully immersed in a music experience. In this session we will not only address the question of device as a musical provider, we will address the issue of revenue generation in that process. With the industry experts in the session representing all sides of the mobile revenue question, it is bound to be informative. Dale (Ty) Roberts, Chief Technology Officer, Gracenote Tim Bucher, CEO, ZING Scott Campbell, VP Business Development, Digital Media, Arbinet-thexchange Ken Hertz, Entertainment Attorney, Senior Partner, Goldring Hertz & Lichtenstein LLP Daren Gill, Senior Vice President of Product Development, ChoiceStream David Thompson, Content Acquisition Manger, Music and Video/ Mobile TV, Sony Ericsson Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic, Moderator David Thompson, Content Acquisition Manger, Music and Video/ Mobile TV, Sony Ericsson: David joined Sony Ericsson in May 2005 and is responsible for Video/Mobile TV content acquisition within the Content Alliances team. David joined Sony Ericsson from the operator "3" where he from their start in Sweden has been working as Content Manager, responsible for creating, negotiating and implementing many of their most successful and innovative service and content offerings predominantly in the areas of video streaming and download. Prior to that assignment, David was for over 15 year active in the area of commercial television and broadcasting, working in the US and Sweden with channels and production companies such as TV4, TV 3, SVT, STRIX, MTV, Jarowskij och Nordisk Film, and internationally with companies such as Egmont, Endemol and VH1. His experience in these areas and his wide network within the broadcasting business will bring valuable knowledge to Sony Ericsson in the implementation and acquisition of consumer oriented entertainment services going forward. Daren Gill, Senior Vice President of Product Development, ChoiceStream: Daren Gill serves as Senior Vice President of Product Development. He was elevated to his new role in March 2007. In this role, Daren helps shape the company’s Entertainment product strategy while leading ChoiceStream into new areas of product innovation. Previously, he held the title of Vice President of Business Development, Entertainment Products Group. In this role, Daren focused on sales and business development efforts in the entertainment industry’s significant and growing market for music, movies, games and TV personalization. Prior to this appointment, Daren served as ChoiceStream’s Vice President of Music Development. Daren’s work prior to ChoiceStream includes serving as Senior Vice President of Marketing for MusicMaker.com (NASDAQ: HITS), a leading Internet music service, where he managed the worldwide marketing efforts and direct response marketing strategies for album releases by high-profile artists such as Jimmy Page, The Black Crowes and The Who. Before MusicMaker, Daren was Senior Vice President and COO for Putumayo World Music, a leading world music record label. While at Putumayo, Daren built a direct distribution network of 3,000+ stores across the United States, signed over 40 distributors in foreign territories, grew revenue from $3m to $12m, and established a European base of operations that continues to contribute a significant portion of the parent company’s revenues to this day. Dale (Ty) Roberts, Chief Technology Officer, Gracenote: Ty Roberts is widely recognized as one of the inventors of enhanced CD technology and is accredited with producing the industry’s first enhanced CDs. He joined Gracenote in November of 1998 after the company acquired ION, a multimedia and music technology company that he founded in 1993. Roberts serves as Gracenote’s chief technology strategist, providing technology direction and overseeing the creation of products and services that leverage the power of the Gracenote database to deliver information services. While at ION, Roberts produced the recording industry’s first enhanced audio CD titles, including David Bowie’s "Jump" and "Headcandy" from Brian Eno. He was the company’s lead technologist and innovator in adding multimedia content to traditional audio CDs. ION was also widely recognized as a leading provider of enhanced CD production tools utilized by recording and multimedia development companies. In September 1993, Bertlesmann Music Group created the first interactive record label after acquiring a 50 percent interest in ION. Prior to founding ION, Roberts was a founder and senior manager of LightSource, a software development company that produced multimedia and graphics editing software. Previously, he was a senior engineer at Pixar, where he created several award winning, Apple-based music applications including "Studio Session" and "Jam Session." Tim Bucher, CEO and Chief Product Officer, Zing: Tim Bucher, CEO and Chief Product Officer, is the principal founder and now leads the ZING team providing vision and guidance for the company. He has a twenty-year history of developing revolutionary products for consumers and professionals. Most recently, he served as senior vice president of Macintosh Engineering for Apple Computer, Inc., where he was responsible for product development on iMac, Mac Mini, PowerMac, PowerBook, iBook, eMac, and XServe, Apple display and wireless products – and managed the core technology of Apple’s iPod. A serial entrepreneur, Tim is the founder and chairman of Mirra, Inc., a developer of digital content protection products for the home and small businesses (now part of Seagate), and was part of the founding team for WebTV Networks, the first company to bring the Internet to television and pioneer interactive TV. Following Microsoft’s acquisition of WebTV, Tim served as VP of Microsoft’s Consumer Products and was a leader of the Xbox program. Tim was also part of the team that formed interactive gaming systems pioneer 3DO and shipped the first CD-ROM based gaming console. Previously, Tim held senior engineering positions at NeXT computer and was an early employee at Sun Microsystems. Kenneth Hertz, Senior Partner, Goldring, Hertz & Lichtenstein: Hertz, managing partner in the Beverly Hills law firm of Goldring, Hertz and Lichtenstein LLP, specializes in representing talent in the entertainment industries. The firm’s clients include Will Smith, Destiny’s Child, Beyonce Knowles, Christina Aguilera, No Doubt, Hillary Duff and Alanis Morissette. Prior to joining the firm, Hertz was vice president, music -- business and legal affairs -- for The Walt Disney Company. Hertz is also a principal in Membrain, an entertainment marketing strategy consulting firm that consults a number of firms engaged in businesses operating in the entertainment content, technology and marketing industries (including Hasbro, Alliance Entertainment, BMG and The Estate of Elvis Presley, Def Jam and Paul Frank Industries). Hertz is a frequent speaker on the subjects of entertainment, convergence and technology, and has been an instructor at UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management. Hertz is also active in various causes and in December 2002 he, and his partner Fred Goldring, received the ACLU’s Bill of Rights Award for their extraordinary commitment to social justice. Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic, Moderator: industry luminary and former, Vice President, Digital Development & Distribution, EMI Music: As Vice President of Digital Development & Distribution for EMI Music, Ted Cohen oversaw worldwide digital business development for this "big five" record company, which includes labels such as Capitol, Virgin, Angel/Blue Note, Parlophone and Chrysalis. Under Cohen’s guidance, EMI has led the industry with its initiatives in new technologies and business models such as digital downloads, online music subscriptions, custom compilations, wireless services, high-definition audio and Internet radio. In addition to seeking out, evaluating and executing business opportunities for the company, Cohen serves as both a strategist and key decision-maker for EMI’s global new media and anti-piracy efforts. He has worked to establish company-wide policies, which have allowed EMI’s artists and labels a substantial advantage in the digital music arena. Cohen served previously as the Executive Vice President of Digital Music Network Inc., where he co-founded and served as Chairman of the Webnoize ’98 & ’99 conferences. He currently chairs MidemNet, an international music/technology conference convened in Cannes each year. Cohen also held senior management positions at both Warner Bros. Records and Philips Media. Additionally, Cohen lead two highly successful new media consulting operations, DMN Consulting and Consulting Adults, attracting clients such as Amazon.com, Microsoft, Universal Studios New Media, DreamWorks Records, Liquid Audio, Wherehouse Records/Checkout.com and several other entertainment, computer and new media organizations. A 25-year industry veteran, Cohen serves on the NARAS (Grammy) Los Angeles chapter Board of Governors, the Board of Directors for the Neil Bogart Memorial Fund, Co-chairs the new media arm of the T.J. Martell Foundation, and lends his time and talents to the Grammy In The Schools Program.