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August 14, 2006

Event Update: Video on the Net - September 12-14 in Boston

In less than a month, Video on the Net will be taking in Boston at the Boston Convention Center.

At Video on the Net, we will be taking a hard look at the effects of the broadband internet on the movie, TV and broadcast industries. My goal is to bring together people who are helping to define the space and those that are being disrupted today as well those who we believe will be the disruptors of tomorrow. I look forward to welcoming the internet strategists and the executives of media companies to our inaugural event.

Industry Perspective at Fall 2006 Video on the Net include:

Ted Leonsis, Vice Chairman, AOL LLC, President, AOL Audience

Bram Cohen, CEO and Co-founder, BitTorrent

Jeremy Allaire, Chairman and CEO, Brightcove

Jeff Jarvis, Consultant and Blogger, Buzz Machine

Warren Schlictling, Vice President, New Business Strategies, Comcast

, Chairman & Founder, pulvermedia

Andrew Baron, CEO, RocketBoom

Channing Dawson, Senior Vice President, Emerging Media, Scripps Networks

, CFO & VP, Business Development, Sling Media

Dmitry Shapiro, CEO, Veoh

Caroline Little, CEO and Publisher, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive

Sessions include:

Film and Television Incorporates the Internet
- (M) Nick Demartino, SVP of Media & Technology, AFI
- Michael Downing, Co-Founder and CEO, GoFish
- Mark Langford, VP of Product Development, MovieBeam
- Adam Shapiro, Producer, AUTOMATIC
- Stewart St. John, CEO, StewdioMedia Entertainment

Is Video Peer to Peer a Money Making Option?
- Bram Cohen, CEO and Co-founder, BitTorrent
- Travis Kalanick, Founder and Chairman, RedSwoosh
- (M) Patrick Norton, Executive Producer, Ziff Davis Media
- Michael Weiss, CEO, StreamCast Networks
- Robert Young, Entrepreneur
- Roger Zimmermann, Research Assistant Professor, University of Southern California

Digital Rights Management
- Stephen Condon, Vice President, entriq
- Philip Haggar, Managing Director, Makeni Ltd
- (M) Shelly Palmer, Managing Partner, Advanced Media Ventures Group LLC
- Kevin Shively, EVP, Business Development, Executive Director, TV Worldwide
- Ian Tapp, Vice President Market Development, NDS

You Got Video! Who's Watching, Where?
- Andrew Baron, Creator & Co Producer, Rocketboom
- Ian Mccarthy, VP of Product Development, Orb Networks
- Ron Stevens, President and CEO, pixpo
- Jeremy Toeman, Vice President, Sling Media
- (M) Steve Vonder Haar, Digital Media Analyst, Interactive Media Strategies

Viewing TV from Afar: Time and Place Shifting
- (M) Larry Gerbrandt, Senior Vice President/General Manager, Nielsen Analytics, a division of VNU MMI
- Thom Kozik, Director Business Development, Yahoo!
- Tara Maitra, Vice President Content Services, TiVo
- Sean Morgan, Founder and CEO, ClipSyndicate
- Warren Schlichting, Vice President, New Business Strategies, Comcast

User Created Content
- Mike Hudack, CEO, Blip.TV
- Mary Hodder, CEO, Dabble
- Jeff Karnes, Director of Multimedia Search, Yahoo!
- (M) Peggy Miles, President, InterVox Communications
- Chris O’ Brien, Motionbox, CEO & Co-Founder
- Dmitry Shapiro, CEO, Veoh
- Rex Wong, CEO, DAVE.TV

Innovative Video for the Internet
- Channing Dawson, Senior Vice President, Emerging Media, Scripps Networks
- Michael Hirschorn, Executive VP, Original Programming and Production, VH1
- Sandy Malcolm, Executive Producer, CNN.com video
- (M) Shelly Palmer, Managing Partner, Advanced Media Ventures Group LLC

Advertising Models for Video on the Net
- Reggie Bradford, CEO, ViTrue
- Tom Desjardins, CTO, Lightning Cast
- Eric Leven, President, Rip Road
- Fred Mc Intyre, Vice President, AOL Video, AOL
- (M) Kevin Shively, EVP, Business Development, Executive Director, TV Worldwide
- Greg Verdino, VP / Director of Emerging Channels, Digitas

Business Models for the Future
- Larry Bouthillier, Director, Educational Technologies and Multimedia Development, Harvard Business School
- Rick Ducey, Executive Vice President, Strategic Advisory Group, BIA Financial Network
- Eric Elia, VP of Programming and Design, Brightcove
- (M) Peggy Miles, President, InterVox Communications
- Robert Petty, Chairman & CEO, ROO
- Steven Starr, CEO and Founder, Revver

Does TV's New Reality Raise New Public Policy Issues?
- Bruce Byrd, Vice President & General Counsel - Washington, AT&T
- Andrew Moss, Senior Director, Technical Policy , Entertainment & Devices Division, Microsoft Corporation
- Jonathan Potter, Executive Director, Digital Media Association
- Marty Stern, Partner, Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds LLP
- Scott Wolf, Co-Founder, CTO & COO, VDC Corporation

If you are aware of start-ups who you feel should be seen at Fall 2006 Video on the Net, please drop me a line and ask about our "Support a Start-up" program.

Registraton for this event is still open. Please visit the Video on the Net website for updates to our conference schedule.

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