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UBS 34th Annual Global Media & Communications Conference Begins Today; Features Presentations By 85 Major Media Companies

Posted on: Monday, 4 December 2006, 15:00 CST

The 34th Annual UBS Global Media & Communications Conference, "the longest running show on Wall Street," opens today at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City and runs through Thursday, December 7. The conference will feature presentations by chief executives and other senior managers of 85 leading companies representing advertising, broadcasting, publishing, multi-channel television distribution, entertainment and new media companies from the globe. For the first time, this year's conference includes the Communications sector as the two industries have blurred together.

"This year's conference comes at a time when the media industry is perhaps at its most dynamic state. With the 2007 planning process well underway, we look for senior management teams to articulate strategy and positioning in the year ahead," said Aryeh Bourkoff, managing director of the Media and Communications Research Group at UBS and conference co-host."

The four-day conference will kick off with its traditional analysis advertising forecasts in the coming year. As the week progresses, the conference will focus on publishing, gaming, telecom, media, outdoor/broadcasting, entertainment & internet, professional publishing, Pay-TV, newspapers and multi-channel & technology companies.

Keynote presentations include:

Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive officer, WPP

Paul Richardson, chief financial officer, WPP

David Zaslav, president of NBC Universal Cable, TV Syndication, and New Media Future president & chief executive officer of Discovery Communications

John R. Alchin, executive vice president, treasurer & co-CFO, Comcast Corporation

Dave N. Watson, executive vice president -- operations, Comcast Cable

Jeff Bewkes, president & chief operating officer, Time Warner Inc.

Six industry panels with 17 leading experts discussing:

2007 Advertising Forecast (Universal McCann; ZenithOptimedia)

2007 Publishing Forecast (Borell Associates; Newspaper Association of America)

The Future of Online Video (Bolt Media, Fox Digital Media, Tangible Media)

New Media Economics (MagnaGlobal)

Evolution of Monetization (Ingenio, LinkShare, Revenue Science, Right Media, Softwave Media Exchange, Spot Runner)

Economics of Film Finance in Today's Marketplace (Creative Artists Agency, The Salter Group)

Since its inception in 1972 as a small meeting for New York publishing analysts, the UBS Media Week Conference has grown to encompass all aspects of media, entertainment and new media. Highlights from past conferences have included SKY TV's first synchronized satellite analyst presentation from Australia to New York; an analysis of the "electronic highway" in the early days of the Internet; and presentations by leading media entrepreneurs including Ted Turner, Jerry Yang, Steve Case and Barry Diller. Now in its 34th year, this year's conference is expected to host to 2,000 investors, industry executives and reporters from around the world.

Online conference information

To access audio transmissions and the conference agenda please go to the UBS Investment Bank website at www.ibb.ubs.com. Audio transmissions of company presentations will be available live and by replay. Replays will begin three hours after the actual presentation time and will be available on the site for four weeks.

The 34th Annual Media & Communications Conference underscores UBS's universal and comprehensive approach to covering the communications sector, with some 150 media, entertainment, publishing, cable, satellite, broadcasting, advertising and publishing companies covered by more than 40 analysts around the world.

In addition to Mr. Bourkoff and co-host Matt Coppet, UBS Global Media Strategist, the conference is hosted by other members of UBS's Global Media & Communications Research Team: John Hodulik, Wireline Services analyst; Brian Shipman, US Publishing & Advertising analyst; Ben Schachter, US Internet analyst, Polo Tang, head of European Media Research and Lucas Binder, Fixed Satellite analyst.

UBS Securities LLC is a business group of UBS AG (NYSE: UBS), one of the largest financial services firms in the world with 75,000 employees in more than 50 countries. UBS is a leader in equities, corporate finance, M&A advisory and financing, financial structuring, fixed income issuance and trading, foreign exchange, derivatives and risk management.

Source: Business Wire

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