BRAVE NEW (OPEN) WORLD: A PRODUCER’S PRIMER ON THE LATEST OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

From Wikis to Ruby on Rails; How to Produce Content the Open Source Way

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Theresa Lang Auditorium
The New School
55 W. 13th Street
New York, NY 10011

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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The Open Source software revolution, long the province of computer

scientists and software developers (e.g., LINUX, Mozilla), now offers a

wide spectrum of free, open source tools ranging from wiki builders to

video and audio packages. Companies ranging from Ning and KickApps have

benefited from the move to flexible, modular applications. New media

producers are now the beneficiaries of an innovative movement that

offers continuously improved software – thanks to the open source

community – that can deliver lower costs and high-quality features for

web and mobile apps; video editing and distribution; audio recording,

and collaborative applications.

This session will provide a snapshot of the open source software

movement’s key features for those producing in the virtual world.

Panelists include:

• Ron Yetkutiel, Kaltura (open source video)

• Tatum Lade, Diversion Media (open source web; Ruby on Rails)

• Ted Metcalfe, Lime Bits (open source audio)

• Rony Greenberg, Funambol (open source mobile)

Panel moderated by Chris Pfaff, Chapter Chairman, PGA New Media Council

East

Wine and refreshments will be provided.

For more information about the PGA New Media Council and to access a membership application, please visit:http://www.pganewmedia.org

For more information about the PGA and to access a membership application, please visit:http://www.producersguild.org

Previous events from our 2005-2009 event series can be accessed in webcast format at:http://www.scribemedia.org/pga

5th season of NMC East programming begins CORE CLUB EVENT Magnify.net founder and CEO Steve Rosenbaum

This coming year – 2009-2010 – marks our 5th season of NMC East programming, and we are very pleased to bring our membership and guests some of the leading digital media producers, executives, and industr gurus through our event series which, as always, is recorded and webcast for posterity by Scribe Media (www.scribemedia.org/pga).

A Conversation with Steven Rosenbaum, Documentary Filmmaker and CEO of

Magnify.net.

Wednesday, September 30 at 7:00pm

The Core Club

66 East 55 Street, between Madison and Park Aves.

The explosion of user-generated video content both professional and amateur has spawned a new generation of video archive and curation tools that offer a wide range of filters for producers and viewers alike. The melding of editorial and filtering has created a new metric for how the public views news and actualities today, the most discussed piece of video may not be shot by a professional news crew, but produced and or captured by an amateur. As the mainstream media races to catch up to the shifting video viewing habits of a voracious public appetite for video,companies ranging from Mediaite to Weather.com offer new ways to

syndicate and cull video for a wide range of tastes and applications.

Steve Rosenbaum, a noted documentary filmmaker and CEO of New York based

Magnify.net, will discuss the landscape for video curation, and talk

about his company's video publishing platform, which enables the integration of user generated video into company websites and provides tools for building video communities.

STEVEN ROSENBAUM, CEO, MAGNIFY.NET

Steve Rosenbaum is an award winning documentary film director and producer who, together with his wife and business partner Pamela Yoder, has also created the CameraPlanet Archive, the largest compendium of 911 related images and videos, which was recently contributed to the September 11th Memorial and Museum. Steve directed the acclaimed 7 Days in September, a documentary that examined the effects of the World Trade Center attacks on New Yorkers.

Steve created the first audience participation TV series of its kind MTV Unfiltered and was an early proponent of merging off line and online content. He has produced a wide range of films, documentaries, and web projects for the likes of A&E, CNN, Discovery, HBO, MSNBC, and many others.

As CEO of Magnify.net, Steve has helped develop tools that engage,embrace and facilitate media creation, sharing, and discussion. He is a member of the Producers Guild of America New Media Council East.

Moderator: CHRIS PFAFF, President, Chris Pfaff Tech/Media LLC; board delegate, PGA New Media Council

BUILDING DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT BRANDS: HOW TO PROFIT IN THE MULTI-PLATFORM UNIVERSE

Producers Guild of America New Media Council East Presents the 2008-2009 Panel and Salon Series

***EXCLUSIVE MEMBERS ONLY EVENT***

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

BUILDING DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT BRANDS: HOW TO PROFIT IN THE MULTI-PLATFORM UNIVERSE

A Conversation With Fred Seibert, President & Executive Producer, Frederator Studios

The development of profitable digital media ventures relies as much on knowing when the next wave will hit as it does on creating sustainable revenue models. In some respects, the first decade of the 21^st-century belongs to the media entrepreneurs who have the foresight to create new digital brands that build a trusted, satisfied audience that can attract revolving advertising and syndication revenue streams.

Fred Seibert is a hyphenate producer who has done as much to create today’s New York media landscape as any single individual: music producer, cable television programming pioneer, agency executive, cartoon producer, and Internet television executive. Frederator Studios has produced award-winning hits such as ‘The Fairly Oddparents,’ ‘ChalkZone,’ and My Life as a Teenage Robot, while creating hundreds of new characters for Nickeloden at the Random! Cartoons and Oh Yeah! Cartoons sites. His latest venture, Next New Networks, has aggregated micro-networks – including the likes of BarelyPolitical.com – with the stated goal of creating 101 new networks over the next three years.

He has helped launch brands as massive as MTV, rekindled such cherished icons as Hanna-Barbera, and produced Grammy-nominated jazz records while developing a portfolio of work that continues to evolve. In his own words, he “just can’t seem to stop living!”

Fred Seibert, President & Executive Producer, Frederator Studios

Fred Seibert makes cartoons and television networks.

In 1998 former Hanna-Barbera Cartoons president Fred Seibert formed Frederator Studios, an independent television production company. He is the executive producer of seven animated series on Nickelodeon’s networks: The Fairly Oddparents, ChalkZone, My Life as a Teenage Robot, The Nicktoons Network Animation Festival, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (with Susan Miller), Oh Yeah! Cartoons, and Random! Cartoons. He is a founder of Channel Frederator, the world’s first cartoon podcast, and Next New Networks, a company launching 101 micro-TV networks.

Seibert began his career in college radio, produced jazz records, and started in television as the first creative director of MTV: Music Television. He co-founded Fred/Alan Inc. with Alan Goodman as the first branding agency in television, where they created Nick-at-Nite and relaunched Nickelodeon as the #1 network in cable television.

Moderator: Chris Pfaff, President, Chris Pfaff Tech/Media LLC; board delegate, PGA New Media Council

This event takes place at The Core Club in New York City.

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Previous events from our 2005-2008 event series can be accessed in both webcast and podcast format at: http://www.scribemedia.org/pga

HOW TO PROFIT IN THE MULTI-PLATFORM UNIVERSE

Producers Guild of America New Media Council East Presents the 2008-2009 Panel and Salon Series

***EXCLUSIVE MEMBERS ONLY EVENT***

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

BUILDING DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT BRANDS: HOW TO PROFIT IN THE MULTI-PLATFORM UNIVERSE
A Conversation With Fred Seibert, President & Executive Producer, Frederator Studios

The development of profitable digital media ventures relies as much on knowing when the next wave will hit as it does on creating sustainable revenue models. In some respects, the first decade of the 21st-century belongs to the media entrepreneurs who have the foresight to create new digital brands that build a trusted, satisfied audience that can attract revolving advertising and syndication revenue streams.

Fred Seibert is a hyphenate producer who has done as much to create today’s New York media landscape as any single individual: music producer, cable television programming pioneer, agency executive, cartoon producer, and Internet television executive. Frederator Studios has produced award-winning hits such as ‘The Fairly Oddparents,’ ‘ChalkZone,’ and My Life as a Teenage Robot, while creating hundreds of new characters for Nickeloden at the Random! Cartoons and Oh Yeah! Cartoons sites. His latest venture, Next New Networks, has aggregated micro-networks – including the likes of BarelyPolitical.com – with the stated goal of creating 101 new networks over the next three years.

He has helped launch brands as massive as MTV, rekindled such cherished icons as Hanna-Barbera, and produced Grammy-nominated jazz records while developing a portfolio of work that continues to evolve. In his own words, he “just can’t seem to stop living!”

Fred Seibert, President & Executive Producer, Frederator Studios

Fred Seibert makes cartoons and television networks.

In 1998 former Hanna-Barbera Cartoons president Fred Seibert formed Frederator Studios, an independent television production company. He is the executive producer of seven animated series on Nickelodeon’s networks: The Fairly Oddparents, ChalkZone, My Life as a Teenage Robot, The Nicktoons Network Animation Festival, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (with Susan Miller), Oh Yeah! Cartoons, and Random! Cartoons. He is a founder of Channel Frederator, the world’s first cartoon podcast, and Next New Networks, a company launching 101 micro-TV networks.

Seibert began his career in college radio, produced jazz records, and started in television as the first creative director of MTV: Music Television. He co-founded Fred/Alan Inc. with Alan Goodman as the first branding agency in television, where they created Nick-at-Nite and relaunched Nickelodeon as the #1 network in cable television.

Moderator: Chris Pfaff, President, Chris Pfaff Tech/Media LLC; board delegate, PGA New Media Council

This event takes place at The Core Club in New York City.

***YOU MUST BE A MEMBER OF THE PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA TO ATTEND THIS EVENT!***

Previous events from our 2005-2008 event series can be accessed in both webcast and podcast format at: http://www.scribemedia.org/pga

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