Track: IPTV (tp)
|
WELCOME
(IPTV-01)
Monday - 09/10/07, 9:00am
Chairman's Opening Remarks
Presented by:
| Lee McCabe
Director of Sales / North America
Braxtel Communications |
|
Keynote Address
(IPTV-02)
Monday - 09/10/07, 9:05-9:45am
Hear first hand how the leading service provider in the IPTV space has designed its business model. Discover how it’s overcoming the technical challenges and barriers to entry into the pay TV space.
Panel Session: IPTV or online video, what’s the next generation of TV?
(IPTV-03)
Monday - 09/10/07, 9:45-10:30am
As telecoms slowly roll out their television services to markets scattered throughout the U.S., online video services are effectively stealing eyeballs from the once impervious TV screen. IPTV providers need to demonstrate to consumers why they should pay for an alternative pay TV service when they can on demand the video they want online.
Presented by:
| Mitchell Berman (Moderator)
Industry Pioneer
| | Chip Gaskins
Prsident
Elevation Wireless | | Mark Langford
VP Marketing & Business Development
Technicolor Electronic Distribution Services | | Scott Stelzer
VP, National Accounts, Content Distribution
MTV Networks | | Jeff Richards
VP, Digital Content Management Services
VeriSign | | Doug Sylvester
Chief Operating Officer
TVN Entertainment |
|
Panel Session: IPTV Bill of Rights
(IPTV-04)
Monday - 09/10/07, 11:00-11:45am
Last year franchise rights were top of mind for the IPTV industry, and as legislation changes that process IPTV providers need to understand how the new process will affect their service rollout. Other legal issues like content access and acquisition need to be mastered by budding IPTV providers. What other regulatory or legal issues will the telcos face in the year ahead?
Presented by:
| Timothy McCallion
President, West Region
Verizon | | Deborah McAdams (MODERATOR)
Senior Editor
FierceIPTV | | Jane Bremer
President
Bremer Law |
|
Panel Session: Monetizing applications beyond TV
(IPTV-05)
Monday - 09/10/07, 11:45am-12:30pm
IPTV service providers understand that their networks provide for more interactivity between TV viewer and service provider than ever before, that’s why many are looking to offer services like gaming, embedded caller ID, interactive shopping services as well as mobile extensions to their core offerings. While it sounds like a throwback to 1999, these interactive applications could prove lucrative for the leading IPTV service providers. Discover which interactive applications will make the cut.
Presented by:
| Laura Buddine
CEO, Iacta LLC &
Architect, Games4TV | | Evan Young
Director of Broadband Services
TiVo Inc. | | Robin Mersh (Moderator)
COO
DSL Forum | | Bernardin Arnason
Managing Partner & Founder
Pivot Media LLC | | Kay Johansson
CTO
MobiTV |
|
Panel Session: Security and QoS
(IPTV-06)
Monday - 09/10/07, 1:30-2:15pm
Glitches in network rollouts and heated licensing negotiations with content providers have slowed down the growth of IPTV across the U.S. during the past year. The hot button issues of content security and network scalability will be tackled in this session. Join us for these presentations and learn best practices from security and QoS experts in the IPTV sector.
Presented by:
| Jose Alvear (Moderator)
Editor/IPTV Analyst
Multimedia Research Group | | Brian Caskey
VP Marketing
UTStarcom Inc. | | Deepesh Arora
Director, Application Testing
Ixia | | Deb Lenart
VP & Client Industry Executive, Global Communications, Media & Entertainment Industry
EDS | | Andrew Sachs
Director of IPTV Strategy, IPTV Service Assurance, CommTest/T&M
JDSU |
|
Panel Session: Lessons learned from Tier 2 and Tier 3 IPTV Deployments
(IPTV-07)
Monday - 09/10/07, 2:15-3:00pm
Hear from tier 2 IPTV service providers who launched IPTV services early on in the game. What types of services have proven the most effective? Do they compete with cable on price or content offerings? How has bundling helped win over potential subscribers? Attend this session to tap their pioneering experience and hear the real world case studies.
Presented by:
| Bill DeMuth
Senior VP & CTO
SureWest | | Ken Pyle (Moderator)
Managing Editor
The Viodi View | | Trevor Bonnstetter
CEO
West Kentucky Rural Telephone | | Keith Galitz
President
Canby Telecom | | Phil Erli
EVP
Ringgold Telephone Company |
|
Content Provider Roundtable: The IPTV Opportunity
(IPTV-08)
Monday - 09/10/07, 3:00-3:45pm
While the driving force behind the rollout of IPTV services across the U.S. are the telcos, who are looking to stay competitive with the ever increasing services from cable companies, content providers also see IPTV as a unique opportunity for their viewers. Attend this session to understand how IPTV will change the way content is developed, delivered and viewed from a content provider’s perspective.
Presented by:
| Scott Carnevale (Moderator)
Vice President, Multimedia Content and Distribution
iSuppli | | Josette Bonte
Vice President Digital Media
Cookie Jar Entertainment | | Mariana Danilovic
Vice President of Business Development
MediaZone | | Kevin McFeeley
VP of Affiliate Sales & New Media
Anime Network | | Steven Goore
Vice President, Western Region Affiliate Sales & Marketing
A&E Television Networks |
|
Panel Session: ISO the perfect Electronic Programming Guide
(IPTV-09)
Monday - 09/10/07, 3:45-4:30pm
Users are increasingly willing to pay a premium for a better user experience, which makes the electronic programming guide (EPG) all the more essential to a successful IPTV rollout. Join this panel to drill down into the subject of the EPG, including best practices for its design, functionality as well as the research that supports its all-importance. In age of “long tail” content aggregation, users need a way to easily navigate through the sea of video now available to them. Learn how to enable your subscribers to do just that.
Presented by:
| Dilshan De Silva
Director of Product Management
Espial | | Mark Kirstein (Moderator)
President & Co-Founder
Multimedia Intelligence |
|
Closing Keynote
(IPTV-10)
Monday - 09/10/07, 4:30-5:15pm
In this closing keynote session, one of the top directors of content acquisition in the IPTV business outlines best practices for content providers looking to forge content licensing deals with service providers as well as the big service providers’ views towards user-generated content, interactive programming, VOD, place-shifting, time-shifting and more.
Presented by:
| Lee McCabe
Director of Sales / North America
Braxtel Communications |
|
|
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
