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Historic Digital Revolution in Entertainment Will be Hot Topic At Kagan Seminar in Hollywood Feb. 11-12 Tuesday, January 27 2:22 PM ET
CARMEL, Calif. (BUSINESS WIRE) - The most sweeping technological evolution in the history of television, film and video will be the hot topic at Paul Kagan's DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT SUMMIT, Wednesday-Thursday, February 11-12, at the Wyndham Bel Age Hotel in Hollywood.
This conference will bring key players from motion picture, home video and high-tech companies together with leading executives from the cable, satellite and computer industries to explore how the digitization of the entertainment media is redefining business models and strategic plans and how it will change the way Hollywood attracts and dazzles the American consumer in the 21st century.
On Day Two of the summit, Satellite DIRECT magazine will release an exclusive Satellite DIRECT/Nielsen Media Research study of consumer demand, pricing and marketing of pay-per view (PPV) on digital broadcast satellite (DBS) systems. This is the first research of its kind and the first time details of the study will be released publicly.
Speakers at this Kagan conference will address the future of DBS, the value of movie and TV libraries in the digital era and the challenges streaming video over the Internet and high-speed access technologies pose to digital PPV and video-on-demand offerings. TV-PC convergence and the impact of new video delivery platforms such as digital video discs (DVD), digital cable and digital broadcasting will also be discussed in depth.
Veteran analyst Larry Gerbrandt will moderate Kagan Seminars' DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT SUMMIT. The panel line-up:
Wednesday, February 11
DIGITAL TV: It's Not About Sharper Pictures DIGITAL HOLLYWOOD: Show Me The Money? THE TV SET-TOP SPACE: Battling For The Most Valuable Square Foot
In America -- THE DIGITAL HOUSEHOLD: The New Consumer Electronics Value Chain
Thursday, February 12
DBS: The Next Seven Million Subs DVD OR NOT TO BE: Reinventing The Home Video Industry CREATING VALUE FROM DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CONTENT FOR THE DIGITAL TIER: Multiplexing, PPV, VOD and
Streaming Video
Confirmed speakers include:
Tom Rogers, President, NBC Cable & Business Development Gary Shapiro, President, Consumer Electronics Manufacturers
Association -- Tony Cassara, President, Paramount Stations Group -- Dan O'Brien, President & COO, PRIMESTAR -- Robert L. Meyers, Exec. Vice President & CFO, DIRECTV -- Stan E. Hubbard, President & CEO, USSB -- Monica Dodi, President & CEO, Entertainment Asylum/AOL Studios -- Paul Brindze, President/Entertainment Division, DIVX
Entertainment -- Hugh Panero, President, Request Television -- Camille Jayne, President & CEO, The Jayne Group -- Barry Rebo, Vice Chairman, REBO Group -- Mark Dyne, President, Brilliant Digital Entertainment -- Emiel Petrone, President/Entertainment Division, Philips DVD
Entertainment -- Brian Dougherty, Chairman, Wink Communications -- Ron Berger, Chairman, CEO & President, Rentrak -- Paul DeGonia, Executive Director, Advanced Television Technology
Center -- Stuart Levin, Chairman & CEO, TVN Entertainment -- Marshall Pagon, CEO, Pegasus Communications -- Jim Cardwell, Exec. Vice President & General Manager, Warner Home
Video -- Jamie Lightstone, Senior VP/Bus. Affairs & General Counsel, Your
Choice TV -- Phil Pictaggi, Sr. VP/Bus. Dev. & Operations, Universal Studios
Home Video -- Bill Humphrey, EVP/Digital Studios Division, Sony Pictures
Entertainment -- Jim Miller, Senior Vice President/Entertainment, Diva Systems -- Denton Kanouff, Vice President/Marketing, NextLevel -- Doug Augustine, Vice President/Marketing, The InterVU Network -- Sai Naimpally, Vice President, Panasonic AVC Labs -- Pete Mountanos, Director/DTV Partner Program, Microsoft -- Jeff Barco, Director/Broadband Technologies, WebTV Networks -- Jeff Logsdon, Managing Director & Director of Research,
Cruttenden Roth -- Don Dulchinos, Project Manager/Open Cable, Cable Labs -- David Siminoff, Portfolio Mgr. & Investment Research Analyst,
Capitol Research Co. -- Peter Black, Xiphias Corporation
And more to be announced!!!
The Kagan Group of companies has been researching, analyzing and valuing the media and communications industries for more than 29 years.
For more information or to register for Kagan's DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT SUMMIT, contact: Deborah Kramer, Conference Coordinator, at: Tel: 408/624-1536; Fax: 408/624-5882; email: seminars@kagan.com
Contact: Paul Kagan Associates Inc. Timothy Akin, 408/624-1536 |
