Digital Media Wire Announces Agenda for the Future of Television Conference in New York City on November 8-9

Timely Event to Grapple with Digital Pressure Faced by Broadcast Behemoths

New York, NY (–October 30, 2007–)  Digital Media Wire announced today the agenda for the highly-anticipated Future of Television Conference (http://www.televisionconference.com/index.shtml) to be held at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, November 8-9, 2007, in New York City.  The innovative conference will tackle the digital demands being placed on the television industry as consumers increasingly shift their attention to the other “tubes” and advertisers sway their checkbooks from traditional broadcast.

“At the intersection of these significant market changes, great opportunity abounds,” said Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire. “We’ve lead the digital media landscape with timely market intelligence since its inception. It’s exciting to provide a medium where these changes can be explored and debated providing the stakeholders and other interested parties a platform to forge alliances.”

The conference agenda will cover compelling roundtable discussions and panels to include What’s Next: The Top 5 Digital Media Trends to Watch and Why, A View from the Top: The Outlook for the Television Industry & Digital Media, Global TV & the Emergence of Worldwide Content Distribution Networks, New Television Technologies You Need to Know, The Future of Television Advertising, Monetizing Consumer Generated Video: What Is an Acceptable Model for Consumers and the Television Industry?, Mobile TV: Hit or Miss?, Who’s Watching (and are they buying anything)? The Evolution of Metrics and Analytics for Television 2.0, Digital Television (DTV) is Coming!, What’s Next For Television News?, Innovations That Are Shaping the Future of Television, and other in-demand and challenging topics.

This event is presented by Digital Media Wire, CEA and NYU’s Stern School of Business. Attendees will include over 500 decision-makers from cable and broadcast networks, cable and satellite operators, high-tech and advertising to focus on the future of television.

Speakers include:
Larry Aidem, CEO & President, Sundance Channel
Eric Alterman, Founder & Chairman, KickApps
Simon Applebaum, Producer/Host, Tomorrow Will Be Televised, Contr. Editor, Cable World
Joakim Baage,  VP, Content & Sr. Writer, Digital Media Wire
Eric Bader, SVP, Director of Digital Connections, MediaVest USA
Saul Berman, Partner, Media & Entertainment, IBM Business Consulting
Ron Berryman, SVP, GM – FOX Stations Group, Fox Interactive Media
Ian Blaine, CEO / SVP, thePlatform / Comcast Interactive
Burt Braverman, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP
Rich Buchanan, VP, Marketing, Sling Media
Donna Campbell, Director, Ericsson Mobility World, Ericsson, Inc.
Sean Carey, Senior Executive Vice President, Sony Pictures Television
Charles Cerino, VP, New Media, Comcast, Pres., Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA)
Greg Clayman, EVP, Digital Distribution & Business Development, MTV Networks
Douglas Craig, SVP, Digital Media Operations, Discovery Communications
Salil Dalvi, General Manager, Wireless Platforms, NBC Universal
Mark Donovan, CMO & Senior Analyst, M:Metrics
Scott Ferris, SVP & GM, Emerging Media, Microsoft
Jason Forbes, VP, Media & Entertainment, Capgemini
Barry Frey, SVP, Cablevisions Advanced Platforms
Seth Geiger, President, Smith Geiger
Bernard Gershon, SVP & GM, ABC News Digital Media
Michael Gordon, Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder, Limelight Networks
Paul Greenberg, Senior Vice President and General Manager, TV Guide Online
Tim Herbert, Sr. Director of Research, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)
Jordan Hoffner, Head of Premium Content Partnerships, YouTube
Bill Holmes, VP, Business Development and Strategy, DivX, Inc.
Steve Jacobs, VP, Broadband Alliances, Sony Corporation of America
Steve Johnson, CEO & Co-Founder, ChoiceStream, Inc.
Todd Juenger, VP & GM, Audience Research & Measurement, TiVo
Julie Kearney, Sr. Dir. & Regulatory Counsel, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)
Candice Kersh, Attorney, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC
Kyoo Kim, VP, Sales, MSNBC.com
Bruce David Klein, President & Executive Producer, Atlas Media
Joe Laszlo, Director, Research, Interactive Advertising Bureau
John Lawson, President & CEO, Association for Public Television Stations
Al Lieberman, Executive Director, EMT Program, NYU Stern School of Business
Lydia Loizides, VP, New Media Division, Paradigm
Marsha MacBride, EVP, Legal & Regulatory Affairs, NAB
Terry Mackin, EVP, Hearst-Argyle Television Inc.
Rick Mandler, VP, Digital Media Advertising, Disney/ABC Media Networks
Steve Mitgang, CEO, Veoh Networks
Larry Moskowitz, Chairman, Teletrax
Shelly Palmer, Chairman, Advanced Media Committee, The Emmy Awards, NY
Ken Papagan, President & Chief Strategy Officer, Rentrak Corporation
Jean-Briac Perrette, President, Digital Distribution, NBC Universal
Dave Poltrack, Chief Research Officer / President, CBS Corporation / CBS VISION
Peter Price, CEO & President, The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Conrad Riggs, Co-Executive Producer, Mark Burnett Productions
Tom Rogers, President & CEO, TiVo
Bruce Rosenblum, President, Warner Bros. Television Group
Josh Sapan, CEO, Rainbow Media Holdings
Kurt Scherf, VP, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates
Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire
Howard Shimmel, SVP, Client Insights, The Nielsen Company
Jeff Siegel, SVP, Reg. Sales/Dir. Response/Emerg. Media, ESPN Customer Marketing & Sales
Victor Siegel, CEO, Blue Frog Mobile
Dan Simpkins, CEO, Hillcrest Labs
Jeremy Steinberg, VP, Digital Sales & Business Development, FOX News Channel
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld, Editor-in-Chief, Multichannel News
Howard Tiersky, VP, Media & Entertainment, Capgemini
Michael Vitelli, SVP, Consumer Electronics, Best Buy
Jon Vlassopulos, VP, Bus. Dev, Strategic Planning & New Media, Endemol USA
Mike Vorhaus, Managing Director, Frank N. Magid Associates
Andrew Wallenstein, Television/Digital Media Editor, The Hollywood Reporter
Blair Westlake, Corporate VP, Media & Entertainment, Microsoft
Anthony Wilhelm, Director of Consumer Education, National Telecommunications
& Information Administration (NTIA)
Rusty Williams, Co-founder & Vice President, Prospero
Michael Yudin, Managing Dir., Carat Entertainment, President, MY Entertainment Co.

Event sponsors and media partners include KickApps, Limelight Networks, Capgemini, Level 3 Communications, Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz, M:Metrics, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, Prospero, Hillcrest Labs, MoCa, Blue Frog Media, ChoiceStream, Whiteblox, blinkx, Studio Daily, Mobilize, Parks Associates, EMF and NVPR.

For complete agenda, registration and event details please visit: http://www.televisionconference.com/index.shtml. 

In addition to the Future of Television, Digital Media Wire will also host the annual Digital Music Forum East on February 26-27, 2008 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. Other prominent Digital Media Wire events include the Games & Mobile Forum, Digital Music Forum West, Mobile Games Insider, The Millennials, Mobile Games Insider, and the Washington Digital Media Conference, which it produces in tandem with Potomac Tech Wire.

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