Saturday, February 23, 2008

"Broadband Video: What Is the Future?"

Bill Sobel, friend of the PGA NMCe, will be hosting one of his fantastic NY:mieg breakfasts on Thursday, February 28th. If you haven't been to one of his events, definitely check it out... and this looks to be a good one.

Broadband-delivered video represents a paradigm change for all of the players in today's video distribution value chain. For the first time in history, video content providers have the technical ability to deliver high-quality video directly to their intended audiences, without a business relationship involving a third-party distributor. Our panel of industry veterans will look at the many opportunities and challenges and help define the future of this exciting and ever changing medium.

Featuring

Fred Seibert, Mike Hudack & Kevin Shively
Fred Seibert/Co-Founder of NextNewNetworks

Fred makes cartoons and television networks. In 1998 former Hanna-Barbera Cartoons president Fred Seibert formed Frederator Studios. He is the executive producer of seven animated series on Nickelodeon. He is a founder of Channel Frederator, and Next New 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.

Mike Hudack/CEO of blip.tv

Mike Hudack is a co-founder of blip.tv and serves as the company's president and CEO. He is responsible for blip.tv's overall business strategy, focusing in particular on community relations along with syndication, distribution and advertising partnerships.Prior to blip.tv, Mike worked as a developer and administrator for the National Hockey League, where he managed the team responsible for one of the biggest IT projects in the history of the League — consolidating and re-developing the NHL's internal applications, which serve hundreds of employees using dozens of technologies.

Kevin Shively/EVP of TVWorldwide, Inc.
Kevin Shively has spent the last decade working to develop revenue streams for streaming media companies. He initially spent several years developing the Internet radio industry with Beethoven.com and Net Radio Sales, where he helped negotiate the Small Webcaster Settlement Act of 2002 and brought many Fortune 500 advertisers to the medium. In 2003 he was named one of the top 100 people in digital media by Digital Media Magazine. Currently, Kevin is responsible for developing new business and revenue streams for TV Worldwide through advertising and sponsorship sales and developing new Internet TV channels with clients and partners.
7:30am - 10:00am

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