This year's programming (and schedule) is
tentative and is still being developed.
Listed speakers are confirmed.
10 AM Welcome/Opening/EMA Digital Council Update
EMA’s Digital Council, including content providers, digital retailers and technology and service providers, was formed two years ago to support the needs of digital video retailing. It’s projects include publishing a glossary of industry terminology and standardizing industry metadata communication. Council co-chairs will update attendees on the current state of these projects and future objectives.
- Bo Andersen, President & CEO, Entertainment Merchants
Association
- Mark Fisher, Executive Vice-President, Entertainment
Merchants Association
- Mitch Mallon, Vice President/Sales & Marketing/Digital
Distribution & Television, Image Entertainment
10:15 Today's Landscape - Bruce Eisen, Vice-President/Online
Content Development and Strategy, Dish Network
10:35 Supporting the Supply Chain
Supply chain management isn’t just for physical goods. It’s
even more crucial to efficiently and effectively support the flow of
digital content from production through retailers and ultimately to
consumers. This first group of guests will discuss opportunities to
improve these processes (including authoring and encoding, asset
management and database management) and how they can impact both top
sales growth and profitability.
- Morgan Fiumi, Senior Vice-President & COO, Deluxe Digital
Studios
- Eric Hanson, Group Content Publishing Mgr, Zune Video
Marketplace, Microsoft
- Mark Vrieling, CEO, Screenplay
11:15 Getting the Content to the Screen
It’s common expectation that the easier it is for the
consumer to view digital content - either on a big screen or on a
portable device - the quicker digital delivery will expand its
consumer base. This group of guests will help layout today’s
landscape for moving content from the Internet to the screen, and
discuss how are some of the leading and cutting edge options doing?
- Jim Funk, VP, Business Development, Roku
- Dan Kelley, Senior Director/Marketing, D-Link Systems
- Ryan Pirozzi, Director/Movies, Best Buy
- Evan Young, Director of Broadband Services, TiVo
11:45 Learnings from the Research Community
- Russ Crupnick, The NPD Group
- Chris Roberts, Rentrak Corporation
- Brett Sappington, Parks Associates
12:45 Lunch
2 PM Brand and Title Marketing in the Digital Environment
How do digital retailers market their brand? How do they
differentiate themselves from their competitors? How do content
providers market their titles for digital sales and rentals? And,
how important are “search and discover”?
- Sean Besser, Vice-President/Business Development, Rovi
- Gary Delfiner, Senior Vice-President/Digital Distribution,
Screen Media Ventures
- Mark Ely, Executive Vice President, Sonic Solutions
- Ute Rother, Founder & CEO, Q-Sensei
3 :10 Ever Changing Business Models and Opportunities
Business models continue to evolve and options for content
delivery continue to grow. Does the consumer prefer pay-per-view
(or rental), or do they prefer owning digital content? Are they
willing to accept free ad-supported viewing, or are they willing to
pay for an uninterrupted experience? Will monthly “all you can eat”
subscriptions be the preferred medium? How do release windows
impact the choices? And, how much do embedded players in devices
drive consumer choice, and how much content will be proprietary to
individual devices? This group of guests will discuss these
important issues and more.
- Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic
- Kelly DiGregorio, YouTube
- Bruce Eisen, DISH Network
- Jeff Shultz, Clicker
- Larry Smith, MOD Systems
3:55 Navigating the Future
Where will the digital video business be in 2015? How will
broadband adoption and bandwidth grow and how will new chipsets pave
the road? How important will 3D be for digitally delivered
content? Where would the content providers like to take the
industry in the long term? And, how will consumers habits and
expectations evolve? This final group of guests will discuss the
future - both in the short term and in the long term.
- Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic
- Phil Lelyveld, Program Manager, 3D Lab, Entertainment
Technology Council
- Jason Stoddard, Founder & CEO, Centric/Agency of Change
4:25 EMA Annual "Digi" Awards
4:30 Cocktail Party
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