Welcome to 2006 Future of Television Forum

Authored by Ned Sherman on November 10, 2006 - 2:37pm.

Dear Friends and Colleagues,
As Founder and Co-Chair of Future of Television Forum, I welcome you to your online community for the 2006 event. You can use this site to post feedback and comments, read the latest event updates and news, and to connect with your industry peers who are registered to attend the November 16-17 event. We hope that you will find these tools to be useful as you plan for the event. We look forward to seeing you on November 16.

Sincerely yours,
Ned Sherman
CEO & Publisher
Digital Media Wire, Inc.

Here are the latest event details:

KEYNOTES & FEATURED SPEAKERS:
Saul Berman, Partner, Media & Entertainment, IBM Business Consulting
Albert Cheng, EVP, Digital Media,Disney-ABC Television Group
Robert B. Clasen, Chairman and CEO, Starz LLC
David Del Beccaro, President, CEO & Founder, Music Choice
Jean-Briac (JB) Perrette, SVP, New Media / CFO, NBC Universal Cable
David Poltrack, Chief Research Officer, CBS Corporation / President, CBS VISION
John Rose, Director, Global Convergence Initiative, Boston Consulting Group
Tom Rutledge, Chief Operating Officer, Cablevision Systems Corporation

SPEAKERS & MODERATORS:
Ellen Agress, SVP, Deputy General Counsel, News Corporation
Eric D. Alterman, CEO, KickApps
Simon Applebaum, Contributing Editor, Cable World/Cable360.net
Eric Bader, SVP, Director of Digital Connections, MediaVest USA
Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai, Director, Broadband & Gaming, Parks Associates
Brian Cooley, Editor at Large, CNET.com, CNET Networks, Inc.
Mike Fidler, Chief Executive Officer, Digeo
Barry Frey, SVP, Cablevision Advanced Platforms
Paul Gluckman, NY Bureau Chief & Editor, Consumer Electronics Daily
Jeffrey A. Greenbaum, Partner, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
Julie Kearney, Senior Director & Regulatory Counsel, CEA
Peter Kerckhoff, SVP, Content & Portal, Deutsche Telekom/T-Online
Steve Jacobs, VP, Broadband Alliances, Sony Corporation of America
Al Lieberman, Executive Director, EMT Program, NYU Stern School of Business
Joseph Laszlo, Research Director, Broadband Media, Jupiter Research
Lydia Loizides, VP, Technology & Media Experience, Interpublic Media
Marsha MacBride, EVP, Legal & Regulatory Affairs, NAB
Dr. Ken Morse, VP, Client Architecture, Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company
Andrew Nachison, Co-Founder and Executive Director, iFocos
David D. Oxenford, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Shelly Palmer, Chairman, EMMY Advanced Media Committee
Gary Price, Partner, TAG Strategic
Robert Riesenberg, CEO, Full Circle Entertainment (an Omnicom company)
Max Robins, Editor-in-Chief, Broadcasting & Cable
Mark Rowland, Partner, IBB Consulting Group
Jason Rubinstein, Sr. Dir., Mobile Video & Gaming Mobile Devices, Motorola
Bijan Sabet, General Partner, Spark Capital
Adam Shaw, SVP, Distribution, Sales & Marketing, NFL Network
Eric Shepcaro, SVP, Business Development, AT&T
Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire
Perry Solomon, Sr. Dir., Media Business Development, FAST Search & Transfer
Steven Starr, CEO, Revver
Dave Thomas, SVP, Strategic Planning & Business Dev., Nielsen Media Research
Daniel Tibbets, EVP, GoTV Labs
Denmark West, EVP of Strategy & Business Development, MTV Networks
Marty Yudkovitz, SVP, Corp. Strategy & Bus. Dev., The Walt Disney Company

The program consists of 4 industry leadership keynotes and 7 discussion panels on timely topics focused on the industry's future.

Key topics include:

A View from the Top: The Outlook for Digital Media & the Television Industry
New Television Technologies & the Battle for the Digital Consumer
The Future of Television Advertising
The Buzz about Consumer Generated Media: Can it be the Backbone of a Viable Business Model
Mobile TV: The Next Frontier
The FCC & the Television Industry
It’s Not Ma Bell Anymore: Global Interactive Networks & the Future of Television