RNWK--Rob Glaser & Leo Hindery Added to Keynote Roster for THE KAGAN STREAMING MEDIA SUMMIT April 5-6 in New York
BUSINESS WIRE - March 22, 2000 08:22
CARMEL, Calif., Mar 22, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rob Glaser, CEO of RealNetworks, Inc., and Leo Hindery, CEO of Global Crossing, Ltd., have been named keynote speakers for THE KAGAN STREAMING MEDIA SUMMIT: The Race to Television Next, Wednesday-Thursday, April 5-6, at the RIHGA Royal Hotel in New York.
Glaser and Hindery join a world-class lineup of keynoters, including Paul Sagan, President of Akamai Technologies, Jonathan Taplin, President & CEO of Intertainer, and Jeff Morris, CEO of Yack.
The conference will convene more than 40 of the most influential and sophisticated leaders in the streaming media space for two full days of freewheeling discussion of the challenges ahead for the sector; the dangers for traditional distribution platforms such as broadcast TV, cable and satellite systems; and the opportunities for investors, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.
"The rollout of high-speed access to the Internet is accelerating and with it the development of an entirely new platform on which audio and video is delivered -- much of it enriched with unique interactive features," says Kagan Sr. Vice President and Sr. Analyst Larry Gerbrandt, lead moderator of the summit.
"As bandwidth increases," Gerbrandt says, "the day is fast approaching when viewers will no longer think about television in terms of schedules and networks but in terms of a single virtual channel with virtually unlimited content, much of it available on-demand."
Attendees will hear the latest on the business models, metrics and technologies behind the explosive growth, value and potential of this powerful sector changing the media and entertainment landscape. Among the key questions to be answered:
-- How much of the future of streaming media will be driven by advertising, how much by e-commerce and how much by subscription? -- What improvements in retention and clickthrough rates are enabled by the addition of streaming media to Web sites and advertising? -- What is the potential impact on traditional media -- principally radio and TV -- when broadband networks allow viewers to flip Web sites as easily as they channel surf today? -- What is the best way to play the upside in this sector: software, content or distribution?
Participating sponsors of the conference include: ClearBand
Digital Broadcasting, Entera, Inc., GMV Network, ReplayTV and
Ucentric.
Panel lineup and confirmed speakers:
Keynote Speakers:
Rob Glaser, CEO, RealNetworks, Inc.
Leo J. Hindery, Jr., CEO, Global Crossing, Ltd.
Paul Sagan, President, Akamai Technologies,
Jonathan Taplin, President & CEO, Intertainer
Jeff Morris, CEO, Yack, Inc.
DAY ONE -- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5
BANDWIDTH UNBOUND: Is Streaming Media the Future of TV?
-- Dave Fester, Director/Marketing, Microsoft
-- Rimas P. Buinevicius, Chairman & CEO, Sonic Foundry
-- Bernard Gershon, Vice President & General Manager, ABC News.com
-- Tim Carruthers, President, Webcasts.com
-- Robert Burke, Executive Vice President/Programming, Microcast
-- Tom Gillis, Vice President/Marketing, iBEAM Broadcasting Corp.
-- Mark Rauch, Executive Vice President, The Auto Channel
STREAMING ECONOMICS 101: Decoding the Revenue Model
-- Ed Huguez, COO, InterVu
-- Jeff Schrock, Co-Founder & COO, Activate.net
-- Dan Miller, President, On2
-- Joe Nassour, President, BreakTV.com
-- Peggy Miles, President, Intervox Communications
PLATFORMS: Translating Market Share into Revenue and Value
-- Martin Dunsmuir, General Manager/Emerging Technologies,
RealNetworks, Inc.
-- Doug Robertson, Executive Vice President, Entera
-- Martin Tobias, CEO, Loudeye
-- Joseph Hawayek, COO, ClearBand Digital Broadcasting
-- Michael Casey, Founder & CEO, GMV Network
WHAT DOES AUDIO & FULL-MOTION VIDEO MEAN FOR WEB COMMERCE &
ADVERTISING?
-- Bob Greene, CEO, Digital Lava
-- Larry Kenswil, President/Global E-Commerce, Universal Music Group
-- Kenneth Papagan, Broadband & Enhanced TV, iXL
-- Alec Gerster, Executive Vice President, Mediacom
Day Two -- THURSDAY, APRIL 6
ORIGINAL VS. REPURPOSED CONTENT:
Is The Blair Witch Project the Future of Streaming Media?
-- Mark Greenberg, Exec. VP/Corp. Strategy & Communication, Showtime
Networks
-- Jeff Mandelbaum, CEO, Global Media.com
-- Santo Politi, President/New Media, Blockbuster
-- Robert Meyrowitz, President & CEO, Eyada.com
-- Rick Davis, CEO, 21E
EYEBALLS, BITS & CLICKS:
The New Language and Metrics of Web Audience Measurement
-- Marc Morgenstern, Executive Vice President/Internet Licensing,
ASCAP
-- Gerry Philpott, President & CEO, E-Poll.com
-- Timothy Sean Kelly, Dir./Internet Media Strategies, Nielsen Net
Ratings
-- Bill Rose, VP & General Manager/Internet Info Services, Arbitron
New Media
-- Andrew L. Fry, CEO & Chief Strategist, Lariat Software, Inc.
WALL STREET STREAMING ROUNDTABLE: What's it All Worth?
-- Robert Fagin, Managing Director, Bear Stearns
-- Tom Wolzien, Sr. Media Analyst, Sanford C. Bernstein & Company
Inc.
-- John Powers, MD/Research, BancBoston Robertson Stephens
-- Geoff Yang, Partner, Redpoint Ventures
-- Peter Ausnit, Equity Analyst, Prudential Securities
THE KAGAN STREAMING MEDIA SUMMIT is being held in conjunction with THE KAGAN VOD SUMMIT: Revenue Models, Hot Boxes & New Viewing Paradigms, on Tuesday, April 4, also at the RIHGA Royal Hotel. Key VOD players, including keynote speakers Eddy Hartenstein, President of DIRECTV, and John Sie, Chairman & CEO of Starz Encore Group LLC, will address the economics, strategies and technologies involved in delivering new, on-demand digital video.
The Kagan Group has been researching, analyzing and valuing the media and communications industries for more than 30 years. To register or for more information on these Kagan events, contact Timothy Akin at: Tel: (831) 624-1536; email: seminars@kagan.com; or visit our Web site at: www.kagan.com. |
