October 11, 2012, TV Next Conference, Santa Clara, CA—Greg Ireland from IDC moderated this panel on OTT opportunities and strategies. Panel members were Jim Louderback from Revision3, Alex Vikati from Tribune Media Services, Tracy Geist from Digitalsmiths, David Anderson from Shine America, and Wayne Purboo from Quickplay Media. Apps can start as any function for…
October 11, 2012, TV Next Conference, Santa Clara, CA—The role of apps in TV and entertainment is growing, causing changes in all areas of the industry. A panel comprised of Eric Anderson from Samsung, Brian Glicklich from Glenn Beck TV, Tom Morgan from Net2.TV, and Kun Gao from Crunchyroll considered the issues. Mark Donnigan from…
October 10, 2012, TVNext Conference, Santa Clara, CA—A panel looked at the competitive pressures, a new TV ecosystem, and emerging technologies will shape the next generation operator. Colin Dixon from the Diffusion Group was the moderator. The panel consisted of: Bob V from Clearleap, Jimshade Chaudhari from Dish, John Goldred from SyncTV, Louis Toth from…
October 11, 2012, TV Next Conference, Santa Clara, CA—Rob Relick from CBS Interactive talked about the multi-screen space and how they are addressing it. In a constantly shifting marketplace, programmers need to experiment and invest in new platforms to address the changing consumer expectations. The entertainment industry has grown 82 percent between ’10 and ’12….
October 10, 2012, TVNext Conference, Santa Clara, CA—A panel considered the issues relating to multi-screen and social Web co-existing with TV programs. Jeremy Toeman from Dijit Media moderated. The panel members included Jesse Redniss form USA Network, Ellen Stone form Bravo, Anne-Marie Roussel Illuminate Ventures, and Allan McLennan from the Padem Group. The challenges in…
October 4, 2011, TVNext, San Jose, CA–A panel considered the issues of competitive pressures, new TV ecosystems, and emerging technologies on existing and future service providers. Colin Dixon from the Diffusion Group acted as moderator. The panel included David Jacobs form Amdocs, Ben Huang from Microsoft, Keith Kelley from Motorola Mobility, Eric Freund from SureWest…
October 4, 2011, TVNext, San Jose, CA–A panel considered the issues of the multi-platform universe. Jeremy Toeman from Dijit Media moderated the panel. Panel members included John Clancy from Azuki Systems, Sherry Brennan from Fox Networks, Kurt Hoppe from LG Electronics, and Richard Bullwinkle from Rovi Corp. Bullwinkle stated that perspective changes for the multi-screen…
October 5, 2011, TVNext, San Jose, CA–Eric Bruno from Verizon Communications described the intersection of mobile devices and the cloud and how it is changing the network as a platform for media delivery. Revolutionary changes are happening in the consumption space. Now there are many very intelligent connected devices and they are all connected through…