Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from a previous Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Media Summit 2008 Thursday, March 13th 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Session A: Movies and TV Programming to the Consumer – All Video All the Time: Broadband, ITV, DVD & Mobile Movies, TV and video programming delivered via broadband Internet! An idea that seemed to be dead on arrival just a year or two ago, is an industry on the verge of busting out. SVOD, VOD - features delivered via the Internet - via the PC and via the set-top is very much a part of our future. A centerpiece of this anticipated future is the expectation that the PVR, the Personal Video Recorder will become a fixture on the next generation of all home PCs as well as in Set-tops. Add to that a wireless connection between the PC/PVR and the Set-top or TV, and it doesn’t take brain surgery to see how the herky-jerky downside of IP delivery of rich media will become a thing of the past or at least a secondary consideration as consumers download content to the PVR and play it back in crisp, full screen DVD quality. Under this scenario, Internet SVOD will become a full competitor to SVOD via the cable or satellite. IP delivery of features is about to reshape the landscape of the film industry. Ron Berryman, Senior Vice President, GM – FOX Stations Group, Fox Interactive Media Marc DeBevoise, SVP of Business Development and Strategy, Starz Media LLC Ron Lamprecht, Senior Vice President, Digital Distribution, NBC Universal Stephen Condon, Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, Verisign Beth Clearfield, VP Digital Media & Program Management, BBC Worldwide Americas Lance Ware, CTO, Technicolor Electronic Content Distribution Services Shelly Palmer, Managing Partner, Advanced Media Ventures Group LLC and President of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Moderator Ron Berryman, Senior Vice President, GM – FOX Stations Group, Fox Interactive Media: Ron Berryman serves as Senior Vice President, GM of FOX Stations Group for FOX Interactive Media, where he guides the online strategic direction of FOX’s 24 owned and operated television stations, as well as the network’s 180+ affiliates. Ron previously founded and served as CEO of Sidereus Technologies, a company specializing in delivering rich-media desktop applications and rich-media-enabled web technologies. Siderous was acquired by Fox Interactive Media in August 2005 and recently rebranded as FIM Labs. Before founding Siderus Technologies – and also online ad company Sidereus Group – Ron served as VP of Marketing and Product Management at ZapMedia, a convergence technology company based in Atlanta. Ron was a key stakeholder in the development of ZapMedia’s Hardware Reference Platform, Software Reference Platform and Portal UI development. Prior to ZapMedia, Berryman worked for The Coca-Cola Company, serving as a team leader for brand measurement and analysis, and helped institute a formal CCUSA 2002 brand planning process. Working with the Sprite, Diet Coke, Powerade and Barq’s brand teams, Ron created brand measurement tools to effectively measure program objectives. Previously, Ron spent 10 years as the principal owner and operator of Berryman Communications, a Marketing Communications Company in Chicago, IL. Clients included Leaf Candy Company, Dannon, Inc., Nickelodeon, Kellogg’s, General Motors and The Cartoon Network. Additional management experience includes time spent at Rubbermaid, Inc., Wilderness Foods, Noble Tennant, Chicago and Dawson, Johns & Black in Chicago. Ron serves on several industry association committees, including the Internet Streaming Media Alliance and the Consumer Electronics Association. He has won several regional and national ADDY Awards and two REGGIE Gold Awards. Most recently, Ron was a key speaker at the National Association of Broadcasters’ (NAB) Futures Summit. Beth Clearfield, VP Program Management and Digital Media, BBC Worldwide: Beth Clearfield currently serves as Vice President, Program Management and Digital Media for BBC Worldwide Americas (BBCWA), a wholly owned subsidiary of BBC Worldwide, the commercial consumer arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Ms. Clearfield is responsible for the development of digital media markets for BBC programs – including VOD, broadband, mobile phones, and high definition. She also manages the program supply for the cable and satellite channel BBC America, and oversees a department that serves as the central program information resource for all BBCWA sales teams in North and Latin America. A 15-year veteran of BBC Worldwide, Ms. Clearfield’s accomplishments include the company’s first deals with clients such as Azureus, Amazon, Yahoo!, AOL, Here!, iN Demand, and Akimbo. She also worked on the conception of BBC America and of BBC Worldwide’s joint venture channels with Discovery Communications Inc. in Latin America, People & Arts and Animal Planet. Before joining BBC Worldwide, Ms. Clearfield was the Manager of the Story Department at CBS/Fox Video. She began her career at the off-off-Broadway theatre The Second Stage. Ms. Clearfield graduated magna cum laude from Yale with a degree in Economics and Political Science. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and two children. Lance Ware, CTO, Technicolor Electronic Content Distribution Services: Lance Ware serves as the Chief Technology Officer for Technicolor’s Electronic Distribution Services group and has over a decade of digital media space experience. As CTO, Mr. Ware is responsible for Technicolor’s digital supply chain platform that supports content ingest, hosting, security, delivery, and fulfillment. Prior to Technicolor, Mr. Ware was the co-founder and CEO of SyncCast, a leading digital media fulfillment company specializing in encoding & transcoding, digital rights management, delivery & distribution as well as content management services. The technologies and services developed under Mr. Ware’s tutelage power solutions for such distinguished companies as Microsoft, Billboard, Warner Music Group, The Motion Picture Association of America, Lionsgate Entertainment, NBC Universal, EMI Music Group, DirecTV and many others. One crowning achievement of Mr. Ware’s career is the role that he and SyncCast played in launching Microsoft’s Xbox Video Market Place. Mr. Ware brought the end-to-end electronic fulfillment assets of SyncCast to bear that enabled Microsoft Xbox to successfully capture the second highest market share in the video download space - within a matter of months. The success of this accomplishment caught the attention of Technicolor which fully acquired SyncCast in July of 2007 and appointed Mr. Ware as CTO. Mr. Ware hails from California and received a Bachelor of Science degree from Rochester Institute of Technology. Ron Lamprecht, Senior Vice President, Digital Distribution, NBC Universal: Ron Lamprecht, Senior Vice President, NBC Universal Digital Distribution, oversees digital sales and distribution of NBCU's television content across multiple platforms including wireless, Internet and emerging digital customers. He reports to Jean-Briac (JB) Perrette, President, NBCU Digital Distribution. He also supports the Television Networks Distribution team. Most recently, as Vice President, New Media, NBCU Cable, Lamprecht executed a number of industry leading distribution deals on emerging platforms including the distribution of two new mobile channels on MediaFLO and Verizon Wireless, and the licensing of Universal film content to iTVN, Wurld Media, and mSpot among others. In addition, Lamprecht managed the launch of Universal HD, which offers the best of NBC Universal's library in HD with award-winning series, films, sports and special events. He first joined NBC in 2000, and has held various Business Development positions at NBC Universal. Before NBC, he was an electrical engineer for a firm specializing in the design of large-scale trading floors and technology centers. Lamprecht has an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business and is a graduate of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, with a degree in electrical engineering. He is currently an adjunct instructor at Columbia University in the Executive Information Technology Management program. Lamprecht lives in Manhattan with his wife, Susanne and son Julian. 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. Stephen Condon, Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, Verisign: Stephen Condon brings more than 20 years of marketing experience to Verisign from the advertising, entertainment and technology industries. His primary role as Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, is to establish a leadership position for Verisign in the Media and Entertainment marketplace. His responsibilities include strategic marketing, marketing communications , tradeshow strategy, and packaging solutions specifically for the Media and Entertainment marketplace. Condon commenced his career in advertising working for J. Walter Thompson and Chiat/Day on leading brands such as Kraft Foods and NutraSweet. His advertising career introduced him to the high technology entertainment business when he worked on the hugely successful launch of DIRECTV. He later joined DIRECTV, as Senior Director of Marketing and was responsible for program marketing and subscriber acquisition promotions. In 1998 Condon moved from delivering video over satellite to delivering video on the Internet and joined INTERVU as Vice President of Marketing where he lead strategic marketing efforts and marketing communications up until the Akamai acquisition. Since then, Condon has held various senior technology marketing positions including Chief Marketing Officer of Intertainer, which was one of the first online video delivery portals. Most recently he was Vice President of Marketing for broadband video ASP Entriq. He holds a bachelor's degree in business and has undertaken post graduate studies in Marketing at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. 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.