Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from a previous Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Media Summit 2009 Thursday, March 19 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Session A: Bridging TV and Broadband: Strategic Relationships - Advertising, Technology & Content 2009 is the Year of Broadband and Television. Most major television networks have launched ad-supported or subscription-based online video initiatives. They're competing and partnering with aggressive online brands like Yahoo, AOL, Google, and thousands of smaller players all seeking the holy grail. Broadband penetration has surpassed 50% of US homes, technology has improved the product, and demand for online video advertising now outstrips supply. What's happening in 2009, and what are the implications for 2010 and beyond? Traditional media is definitely responding to the challenge of broadband, but success is elusive and the future is never without danger. Don't miss this lively and frank discussion about the present and future of the industry's hottest topic! Fahad Siddiqui, Director Strategy & Partnerships, Business Development Americas, France Telecom Tara Maitra, VP & GM of Content Services & Ad Sales, TiVo Inc. Luke Bradley-Jones, EVP, Digital Media and Business Development, BBC Worldwide America Richard Kang, EVP, Strategy & Business Development, MTV Networks John Riske, Director of Business Development, Swarmcast Ed Forman, COO and EVP, ActiveVideo Networks Jed Horovitz, President and CEO, Internet Video Archive (IVA) Rick Doherty, co-founder and Director, The Envisioneering Group, Moderator Tara Maitra, VP & GM of Content Services & Ad Sales, TiVo Inc.: In this role, Maitra is responsible for cultivating relationships with content companies and unique content offerings for delivery via broadband. Previously, Maitra served as Senior Director of content development at Comcast, where she was responsible for day-to-day operations of Select on Demand, a collection of new niche non-linear networks delivered via video on-demand and broadband. Maitra helped to create new channels through partnerships, acquisitions and original programming. Prior to Comcast, Maitra was Executive Vice President, General Manager of Primedia Digital Video, where she developed on-demand and broadband video businesses for Primedia's established print franchises. Her accomplishments include launching video services on Comcast and Real Networks. Ms. Maitra also held a series of editorial and management positions at NBC, including Vice President, General Manager of CNBC/Dow Jones Business Video, a joint venture of NBC, Microsoft and Dow Jones. There she led the development and managed one of the first profitable streaming video web sites to offer financial content thru both subscription and syndication models. A graduate of Washington and Lee University, located in Lexington, Virginia, Ms. Maitra holds a B.A. in Journalism and Psychology. Luke Bradley-Jones, Executive Vice President, Digital Media and Business Development, BBC Worldwide America: Luke Bradley-Jones is responsible for managing BBC Worldwide’s digital media business in the U.S. and for leading all strategic and business development activities, including commercial partnerships and joint ventures. He is also responsible for strategic and audience research. BBC Worldwide’s digital presence in the U.S. includes BBC.com, the online expression of the BBC outside the UK, key brand sites including bbcamerica.com, lonelyplanet.com and topgear.com and digital on-demand services across a range of platforms. His previous role at BBC Worldwide was Head of Corporate Strategy, where he was responsible for the company’s strategic development throughout all its global priority territories, in addition to managing and developing corporate partnerships and JVs. Luke joined the BBC from Spectrum Strategy Consultants, where spent 7 years consulting exclusively across the media and telecommunications sectors. He gained extensive international experience, working in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America (including a year based in Brazil), advising clients such as RAI, TV New Zealand, Channel 4, Johnston Press, Brazil Telecom, and Vodafone. Ed Forman, Executive Vice President, Products and Services, ActiveVideo Networks™: Ed returned to ActiveVideo Networks in 2006 after having co-founded and served as CEO of Switched Media, a developer of solutions for mass customization of live video streams that merged with ActiveVideo Networks. With Active Video Networks, he has been responsible for shaping the company’s strategic direction in the cable, IPTV and consumer electronics spaces. In his previous engagement with ActiveVideo Networks, from 2001-04, Ed served as senior vice president of marketing and in an executive consulting capacity and was instrumental in launching the company’s HeadendWare product. Previously, Ed had been president and CEO of RealContax, Inc. and vice president of marketing and new ventures for enCommerce, Inc., an Entrust acquisition. From 1996-99, Ed was senior vice president of product development and marketing for Elemental Software, Inc., where he managed the development and launch of “Drumbeat,” the first drag-and-drop tool for active server pages. Ed was instrumental in the acquisition of Elemental Software by Macromedia, and in the sale of Network Innovations, Inc. to Apple Computer earlier in his career. Ed also helped to launch RadioMail, the first mobile wireless e-mail solution. Ed is a graduate of Harvard College, and earned his MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. He enjoys cycling, tennis, travel and cross country skiing. As a cyclist, he has been a mentor to Team in Training, an organization that helps individuals achieve personal goals while raising money to find cures for blood cancers. Fahad Siddiqui, Director Strategy & Partnerships, Business Development Americas, France Telecom Orange: Fahad currently manages the international corporate development of Orange/ France Telecom Group in the Americas by assessing new market entry opportunities either through acquisition of telecom licenses and telecom assets, or through developing industrial and strategic partnerships with local operators or technology vendors. In particular, he has been coordinating regional business development activities of group subsidiaries, especially in the Pay TV market and home technologies, where Orange offers partner operators multiplatform solutions and integration services to help build their own service offerings. In his other roles within Orange, Fahad has worked on competitive strategy topics helping the company better position against regional competitors in the enterprise space, as well as help BUs on a multitude of topics improving their knowledge of the American market. Previously, he has worked at Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI), a Sloan Foundation research institute in Columbia Business School, on several research projects in the telecom and media industries. Fahad did his BSc. at Rutgers University in environmental & business economics and computer sciences. Richard Kang is Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Development for MTV Networks, a division of Viacom Inc (NYSE: VIA-B). Based in MTVN’s corporate headquarters in New York City, Kang spearheads the development and articulation of MTVN's overarching corporate strategies and drives large-scale growth opportunities on a global basis, including mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances and partnerships, joint ventures, investments, and internal development. Prior to MTVN, Kang served as Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development at IAC/InterActiveCorp. His responsibilities included formulating IAC’s innovative media strategies, driving M&A transactions, and pursuing large scale business development initiatives in online search, media platforms and interactive advertising. Previously, Kang founded and served as Managing Director at The Confluence Group, where he advised and invested in online media, direct marketing, and wireless companies in the U.S. and Asia Pacific. Kang was also an investment banker at Wasserstein Perella & Co., where he provided M&A advisory to firms in consumer products and technology. Kang began his career as a strategy consultant, most recently with Corporate Decisions Inc. (a Bain & Co. spinoff boutique), formulating growth strategies for clients such as Microsoft, Samsung, AOL, Motorola, IBM, AT&T and LG Electronics. Kang is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations as well as the Asia Society. He received his M.A. from Harvard University in Economics and his B.A. in English Literature and Political Science from the University of Michigan. Jed Horovitz, President and CEO, Internet Video Archive (IVA): A 23-year veteran of the entertainment industry, Jed Horovitz is the President and CEO of Internet Video Archive (IVA), the industry’s leading distributor of movie and TV trailers, game previews, and music videos. A successful filmmaker and entrepreneur, Horovitz founded Video Pipeline Inc. (VPI), in 1985, the first company to aggregate and distribute movie previews and music videos to the retail trade. Clients of VPI included a who’s who of the retail entertainment/electronics community such as Blockbuster, Tower Records, Musicland and Best Buy. Horovitz entered the digital space in the late 1990’s when he foresaw the need for the major players of the entertainment industry (movie studios, TV networks, video game publishers) to have a reliable, easy-to-use database to archive and access their trailers. In 2004, Horovitz launched VideoDetective.com, and quickly turned the site into the premiere resource for movie trailers on the Internet. Currently boasting over 50,000 unique titles, Video Detective’s clients include Barnes and Noble, Comcast, Fandango.com, Hollywood Entertainment, Love Film, TV Guide and Sony. Determined to do for music videos what he had accomplished for movie trailers, he started the website SingingFool.com, which currently boasts one of the largest collections of music videos in the world and a client roster that includes AT&T, Cox Radio, Kit Digital and Slide.com. Though business-to-business preview supply is now the dominant share of IVA’s business, VideoDetective.com and SingingFool.com continue to function as the consumer website arms of the company. Prior to venturing into the digital entertainment space, Horovitz spent nearly 20 years as a filmmaker. During this time, he worked behind the camera and as an editor with the Oscar winning documentary filmmaker Pierre Gaisseau, the Cousteau Society, and the Playboy Channel. He produced several features for Roger Corman, and wrote and produced “Willful Infringement,” a documentary about copyright law in the digital age. Horovitz received a Bachelor's degree in Film History from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and a Masters degree in Film and Television Production from New York University. He received his MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles. Kelly C. Egan, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Swarmcast: Kelly is responsible for all facets of Swarmcast’s business development and sales activities. Formerly the director of entertainment strategy at Best Buy, Kelly developed strategic initiatives targeting new media distribution platforms, mobile entertainment, and digital content opportunities. Active in the field of technology, media, and entertainment for more than ten years, and has worked in both creative and management roles in the film, music, television and interactive entertainment industries. Prior to joining Best Buy, Kelly was an associate in the Media and Entertainment practice at IBM Global Strategy Consulting. Specializing in Digital Film and Interactive Television, he was instrumental in developing and executing digital strategies for numerous global entertainment conglomerates, film studios and music labels. Prior to IBM, Kelly led Internet Strategy at video game publisher, Activision. He holds a BA in Mass Media Studies and Film from Loyola University of Chicago and an MBA from The Thunderbird School of Global Management. Kelly is a frequent speaker at industry conference and events including Digital Hollywood and the annual Media Summit. Rick Doherty, co-founder and Director, The Envisioneering Group: a two-decade old Seaford, NY Technology Assessment and Market Research Corporation. Before that, for thirteen years, Doherty was the Senior Technology Writer for Electronic Engineering Times, where he remains a guest columnist. Doherty is an electro-physicist who has garnered more than a dozen U.S. patents in computing, communications, medical electronics, high performance tooling and consumer electronics industry sectors along with dozens of international patents. During Doherty's 32 year career he has been Director of the Urban Vehicle Design Group at Pratt Institute, an engineer for Data General Corp., Chief Engineer of Lourdes Industries, Inc., founder and President of Optronic Labs and since 1983, co-founder and Director of The Envisioneering Group. There, he directs laboratory testing of technologies, products and services, oversees publication of the Envisioneering Newsletter, market research reports and provides senior executive counsel on market development and intellectual property protection, portfolio management and licensing opportunities. Doherty's prime focus is on researching and articulating the impact of advanced digital technologies, services, products, industry initiatives and standards efforts on consumers, industry and society. Doherty is a 31 year member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and is active with its Biomedical Engineering, Solid State Circuits Society , Consumer Electronics Society, Broadcast Engineering, Magnetic Technology Society, Technology & Social Policy and other I.E.E.E. societies. This is his eleventh year as a planning director for the International Conference on Consumer Electronics. Doherty is also a member of the Society for Information Display, Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers and many other technology & professional business industry associations. In addition, Doherty has been a co-chair of, and presently sits on several cross industry standards associations and technical working groups, spanning consumer digital electronics, communications, digital media and computing architecture definition groups. He is called upon by the industry to organize and chair panels at trade conferences and technical symposia more than a dozen times each year. Amongst his many industry awards, Doherty has been cited by the International Television Association for his many years of technology coverage of digital video design and engineering trends, and is the writer most cited by the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment for detailed features on the evolution of America's Digital TV system. Doherty also assisted Dr. Richard Feynman, NASA and Congressional researchers in the Shuttle Challenger accident investigation at the Kennedy Space Center, Johnson Space Center and many NASA contractor sites. In 2003, Doherty was nominated to and accepted a multi-year position on the Presidential Medal of Technology Award Selection Committee, reporting to the White House and Department of Commerce. Acting as an independent resource on the impact of digital and internet technologies on the consumer, society and business, Doherty is quoted frequently for his opinions on new technologies by CNN, CNBC, Fox News and by numerous American and international industry trade and daily business publications, including the Wall Street Journal, NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Newsday and the San Jose Mercury News. Doherty is married and resides in Seaford, NY with his wife and two daughters.