[March 20, 2006] NBC's Jay Ireland to Keynote Kagan's Radio/TV Values & Finance Summit Tweet MONTEREY, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- March 20, 2006 -- Kagan Research has announced the schedule and roster of speakers for its RADIO/TV '06 VALUES & FINANCE SUMMIT, to be held on Thursday, March 23, 2006, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. Jay Ireland, who will be a featured speaker at the event, believes TV stations have little choice but to jump on the new media bandwagon and "harness" rival media as best they can to develop new business lines. Ireland's keynote comes on the heels of NBC's broadcast of the winter Olympics. NBCOlympics.com drew a hefty 15.1 mil. unique viewers who rolled up 361 mil. page views. Besides audience muscle, the Website demonstrated the vast scalability for video content. In a two-week period, NBC crammed 9.1 mil. video steams amounting to over 125,000 hours of programming on NBCOlympics.com. Ireland says NBC stations have the infrastructure in place to reinvent the concept of metropolitan-area Websites by having viewers contribute video using portable video devices, which will augment Web content from NBC's professionals. "We need to be interactive with the ability to bring viewers or users into the product rather than simply bringing the product to them," he says. "I think that this will bring real value to the consumers." The one-day conference will provide the latest outlook on the future of the broadcast industry, new technology for television and radio stations, deals, values, revenues, competition, and finance across the broadcast spectrum. Other conference speakers include dozens of leading executives from across the media, communications and entertainment sectors. -- Special Presentation -- Robert J. Struble, President, CEO & Chairman, iBiquity Digital Corporation -- Special Presentation -- Jason Helfstein, Director/Equity Research, CIBC World Markets -- Elliot B. Evers, Managing Director, Media Venture Partners -- Gary Lawrence, President & Vice Chairman, First Broadcasting Investment Partners -- Chesley Maddox-Dorsey, President & COO, Access.1 Communications -- Mary Quass, President & CEO, NRG Media -- Mary Catherine Sneed, COO, Radio One -- Brandon Burgess, CEO, ION MEDIA NETWORKS (Paxson) -- Douglas G. Kiel, President, Journal Communications, Vice Chairman & CEO, Journal Broadcast Group -- Larry Morton, President, Equity Broadcasting -- Bill Peterson, Sr. Vice President/Television Station Group, The E.W. Scripps Company -- Perry Sook, President & CEO, Nexstar Broadcasting Group -- Michael Andres, Managing Director/U.S. Media & Communications, Harris Nesbitt -- Patrick Brubaker, General Partner, Alta Communications -- James Downey, Director/Media Originations, Wells Fargo Foothill -- Garret Komjathy, Sr. Vice President/Originations, GE Commercial Finance -- Abby Auerbach, Exec. Vice President, Television Bureau of Advertising -- Lynn Claudy, Sr. Vice President/Science & Technology, National Association of Broadcasters -- Ronald Loewen, Vice President/Strategic Development, Liberty Corporation -- Eric Ronning, Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Ronning Lipset Radio -- Chad Steelberg, Chairman & CEO, dMarc Broadcasting, Inc. & General Manager/Audio, Google -- George Stewart, Category Development Officer/Music, Yahoo! Inc. -- Michael McHugh, Managing Director, MCG Capital Corporation -- Marci Ryvicker, CPA, CFA, Sr. Analyst/Media Equity Research, Wachovia Capital Markets -- Stephan Sloan, Associate, Media Services Group. This annual event brings together station owners, managers, investors, advertisers and operators seeking the most current and comprehensive outlook for the radio/TV market. The RADIO/TV '06 VALUES & FINANCE SUMMIT agenda, in addition to the keynote and two special presentations, features four panel discussions titled: -- Radio Values, Revenues & Finance: Tuning in to Future Trends -- The Clear Picture: The Future of TV Station Values, Revenues & Finance -- Broadcast Finance: Capital Costs, Availability, and Required Returns -- Digital and the Internet: Opportunities and Perils for Broadcasters Moderated by respected Kagan analysts and industry consultants Robin Flynn and Michael Buckley, the conference will present exclusive Kagan financial data, analysis and projections; up-to-date and accurate information on the deal market and station values; trends in station finance and the public markets; the outlook for competition and new technology; and the prospects for revenue growth in a pivotal election/recovery year. EVENT INFO: Date: Thursday, March 23, 2006 Location: The Grand Hyatt Hotel, NYC For press passes please contact Jennifer Gregory, Conference Coordinator at [email protected] For more information on the RADIO/TV '06 VALUES & FINANCE SUMMIT agenda go to www.kagan.com/summit06 About Kagan Research, LLC. Kagan Research consulting and publishing services offer exclusive financial data and analysis, relevant market advisories and expert 5- to 10-year projections on cable and DBS, broadcast television and radio, movies, entertainment and sports, digital, wireless and Internet technologies and media finance and law. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]