Monday, October 1 12:45 PM - 2:00 PM Session II: Subscription Models in Music, Film and Information Content Distribution The conversation is about subscriptions. Whether it’s the music MP3 industry, the Cable VOD industry, the radio industry or the information content industry, everyone is experimenting with subscriptions. In the cable industry, the original subscription model is being gussied up with new packages, genre choices and greater access to content. In the music industry, the goal is to strike some a necessary answer to the upside down world of Napster, and in the news and content industry, subscription models are being tested out every day to determine customer appetites. The question of which subscription model will serve which type of product is yet to be determined. In this session however, we bring together companies who are investing their futures on the answer. Jeremy Hinman, Director, Business Development, MSN Music, Microsoft Corp. Barbara Meili, Partner, Greenberg Traurig, LLP Elliot Broadwin, CEO, iVAST Chris Gladwin, Chairman & CEO, FullAudio Aron Campisano, CEO, Filmspeed Gene Hoffman, President & CEO, EMusic.com Frank Hausmann, Chairman & CEO, CenterSpan Communications RealNetworks, speaker to be announced Derek Alderton, Partner, McKinsey & Company, Moderator Barbara Meili, Partner, Greenberg Traurig, LLP: Barbara Meili is a shareholder in the New York office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, a full-service international law firm. Barbara concentrates her practice primarily in representing clients in the United States broadcast and cable industries. She represents a number of US-based broadcast and cable networks as well as television station groups in connection with all aspects of distribution, licensing and production arrangements, merger and acquisition activity and regulatory issues. Barbara also provides general corporate representation of clients engaged in various aspects of video and audio programming production and distribution. Barbara is a member of the American Bar Association, Association of the Bar of the City of New York and Women in Cable and Telecommunications. She graduated magna cum laude from the New York Law School and received her undergraduate degree from Bennington College. Jeremy Hinman is the director of Business Development for MSN® Music and is responsible for its strategic direction. Hinman was a project manager on the NASA Gravity Probe B Satellite Program from 1995 to 1996 and a software engineer for ReleaseNow.com, an electronic software distribution company, from 1996 to 1999. He was the founder and president of Mongomusic Inc. and now finds himself at Microsoft Corp. after its successful acquisition of MongoMusic. Hinman is an established visionary regarding the future of music distribution and promotion, and has some truly clairvoyant theories about consumer scenarios regarding digital music use and the importance of interface design in digital media distribution. Hinman has a bachelor’s degree in symbolic systems from Stanford University. He is also a trained classical pianist who has engaged the hearts and ears of many vacationers dining at numerous Utah ski resorts. Chris Gladwin, Chairman & CEO, FullAudio: Prior to FullAudio, Mr. Gladwin was the founding CEO of the leading supplier of cordless network computers, Cruise Technologies. In one year he led Cruise Technologies to $3 million in revenue; distribution partnerships with Wyse, Motorola and IBM; and selection by ComputerWorld as one of the 100 Hottest Technology Companies in the U.S. Previously, Mr. Gladwin was a Director of Product Development and Product Management for mobile products at Zenith Data Systems. Mr. Gladwin is the primary inventor of the wireless thin client and is listed on 18 patent applications related to wireless remote interface technology. Mr. Gladwin holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Aron Campisano, CEO and Co-Founder, FILMSPEED: Aron Campisano is the CEO of FILMSPEED, a provider of complete, one-stop services around secure motion picture distribution to every online environment, including peer-to-peer trading clients and portable devices. Aron's career in digital video entertainment includes producing credits from companies including Disney Interactive and CNET, where he developed his expertise in digital video development, optimization, compression, and delivery. He is a graduate of New York University's department of Film & Television. | Frank Hausmann, Chairman & CEO, CenterSpan Communications Corporation: Frank G. Hausmann joined CenterSpan Communications in July 1998, where he held the position of CFO prior to being named CEO. Before coming to CenterSpan, he was VP, Finance and CFO of Atlas Telecom, Inc., a developer of enhanced facsimile and voice mail solutions. Frank also served as VP, Corporate Development and General Counsel of Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc., a designer and marketer of computer peripherals such as graphics and sound cards. He was also EVP and CFO for Supra Corporation, a designer and marketer of modems that was acquired by Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. in 1995. Frank holds a J.D. degree from the University of Oregon, a B.S. degree in economics and political science from Willamette University, and is a member of the Oregon State Bar. Elliot Broadwin, President & CEO, iVAST: Elliot is the founder and former CEO of OpenTV, which is a publicly traded (OPTV) provider of interactive television software and applications. His next venture was as CEO of S-VISION, a silicon imaging technology startup. Elliot has also held positions as General Manager of Thomson Consumer Electronics High End Color Television business unit marketing the RCA, GE and ProScan brands, and 9 years in Product Marketing, Program Management, and Engineering roles within the RCA, GE, and Zenith consumer electronics businesses. Elliot earned his B.S.E.E degree from Purdue University and is the co-inventor of a system for the network distribution of Internet content via digital interactive television networks. Gene Hoffman, President & CEO, EMusic.com: At 25 years old, Gene Hoffman has already established himself as one of the most influential leaders in the digital music revolution. Hoffman co-founded EMusic.com (then know as GoodNoise Corp.) in 1998 and became the company’s president & CEO. Since its inception, EMusic has consistently broken new barriers in online music distribution. EMusic became the first company to release and sell music from established artists in the MP3 format when it launched its Web site in August 1998. In July 2000, EMusic launched the Internet’s first music subscription service featuring a low monthly fee for access to unlimited downloads. Featuring more than 180,000 tracks from over 700 independent labels, EMusic has emerged as the most popular MP3 music service. Under Hoffman’s direction, EMusic grew to more than 200 employees and became the operator of one of the Internet’s most popular networks of music Web sites. In June 2001, EMusic was acquired by Vivendi/Universal, the world’s largest music company, and currently operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Hoffman has been a highly visible advocate for the distribution of music on the Internet having been speaker at industry events, featured on the cover of Forbes Magazine, and having testified in front of Congress about the future of the New Internet Economy and Internet Music Distribution. Prior to founding EMusic.com, Hoffman joined Pretty Good Privacy, Inc. in 1996 as its Director of Business Development and was later appointed Director of Interactive Marketing, responsible for the company’s web site operations, strategic marketing relationships, and electronic commerce operations. He was instrumental in the reorganization and streamlining of the PGP web commerce presence. Prior to that he was Executive Vice President of PrivNet, Inc. where he ran business affairs and technology licensing, performed certain development work for the company, and supervised its merger with PGP. Hoffman has a patent pending for his work with HTTP stream interception technology. He attended the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill where he was a staff member of the men’s collegiate basketball program under Dean Smith and Bill Guthridge. Hoffman also worked at IBM’s component facility in Charlotte, North Carolina and performed there as a radio disc jockey for WNOW Radio. He has performed audio services for The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Norman Schwarzkopf, and Mikhail Gorbachev. His musical background includes running a recording studio, freelance music production, band management, and work as a live sound re-enforcement engineer.