Stellar Speaker Lineup Announced for Future of Television East, November 19, 2010

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Digital Media Wire, NYU Stern School of Business and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) have expanded their elite roster of speakers for Future of Television East on November 19 at NYU Stern’s Paulson Auditorium in New York City. Future of Television East brings together executives from the top companies in the television and technology industries for a full day of power networking and stimulating discussion about the future of television.

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This year’s Topics Include: The Outlook for the Television Industry & Digital Media; How to Create Successful Transmedia Franchises; How to Use Digital Tools to Build Community around Television Properties; The New Upfronts: The Evolution of Advertising; Unlocking the Wonders of Mobile Video; and Over the Top: New Distribution Strategies, Not Involving Cable.

Matthew Blank, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Showtime Networks Inc., will be doing a 1-on-1 keynote interview with NYU Stern Professor Al Lieberman at the 2010 event. Cesar Conde, President of Univision Networks at Univision Communications will be interviewed by Georg Szalai, NY Bureau Chief & Business Editor, The Hollywood Reporter, and John Penney, Executive Vice President, Strategy & Business Development for Starz, LLC will deliver a Keynote Presentation.

    Other confirmed speakers include:

    Avner Ronen, Founder & CEO, Boxee
    Kelly Day, EVP & COO, Digital Media, Discovery Communications
    Mark Mackenzie, Head-Telecom/Media/Tech Venture Capital,
     AllianceBernstein
    Paul Glist, Co-Chair, Communication, Media & IT Practice /Partner,
     Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP
    Dan Suratt, EVP, Digital Media & Business Development, A&E Television
     Networks (AETN)
    Mike Vorhaus, President, Magid Advisors
    Frank O'Connor, Franchise Development Director, Microsoft (Halo)
    Jan Korbelin, Managing Partner, Curious Pictures
    Frank Rose, Contributing Editor, Wired
    Alan Seiffert, SVP, Syfy Ventures, NBC Universal
    Mike Monello, Co-Founder & Executive Creative Director, Campfire
    Shelly Palmer, Host, WNBC-TV's "Digital Life" /President, NATAS-NY
     & the Emmy(R) Awards
    Christy Tanner, SVP & GM, TV Guide Digital
    Scott Lincke, Senior Director of Products, Yahoo! Connected TV
    David Puner, Director of Social Media, Havas Digital
    Kristin Frank, Senior VP & General Manager, MTV & VH1 Digital
    Warren Lee, Venture Partner, Canaan Partners
    Craig Woerz, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Media Storm, CIO, BOLT
    Tara Maitra, VP & General Manager, Content Delivery, TiVo
    Mark Mitchell, Chief Relationship Officer, Canoe Ventures
    Kevin Arrix, EVP, Digital Advertising Sales, MTV Networks
    Aaron McNally, Manager TV Ads, Google, Inc
    Colin Gillis, Senior Tech Analyst & Director, Research, BGC Financial
    Joe Bilman, EVP, Global Products, Fox Mobile Group
    Maitreyi Krishnaswamy, Director, Interactive Video Services, FiOS TV,
     Verizon
    Tim Connolly, VP Mobile Distribution, Disney/ESPN/ABC
    Joe Lazlo, Director of Research, Interactive Advertising Bureau
    Richard Bullwinkle, Chief Evangelist, Rovi
    Ashish Arora, VP & GM, Digital Home Group, Logitech
    Todd Weaver, CEO & Founder, ivi TV(TM)
    Phil Wiser, Co-Founder, Chairman & President, Sezmi
    Jack Perry, CEO, Syncbak
    Simon Applebaum, Producer/Host, Tomorrow Will be Televised
    Event sponsors and media partners include Rovi, Davis Wright
     Tremaine, LLP, TAG Strategic, NVPR, Parks Associate, Under30CEO, NY-
     Tokyo, NY:MIEG, AFTRA, Fusicology, Mary-Margaret Network and PR
     Newswire.

For complete agenda, registration and event details please visit: http://www.televisionconference.com/east/ .

Other prominent Digital Media Wire events include the LA Games Conference; NY Games Conference; Future of Television East; Future of Film Summit; Digital Music Forum East and West; Digital Media Conference East and West; and Digital Media Insider @ CES. Digital Media Wire is also a programming partner for the annual Canadian Music Week.

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