Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from the last Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Digital Hollywood Fall 2006 Tuesday, October 24 2:15 PM – 3:30 PM Track IV: The TV and Set-top as the Consumer Gateway to Entertainment & Information – Set-Top, Broadband, Guides & PVRs While there will always be a few holdouts, the trinity of the TV, the couch potato and the TV remote is about to go the way of the horse and buggy. The combination of the TV, the set-top, the broadband connection and video recorder is about to break down the barriers of TV viewing. As the 50” flat screen TV saturates the consumer landscape, the idea of windowing screens on a TV set may not be that far way. The idea that consumers might use a TV as they do a computer may be right around the corner. In the near future, viewers might be watching a football game and at the same time, on a second window on the TV, that viewer might also be shopping for tank-tops or buying snacks from the supermarket. That viewer might be taping a show, watching a movie and doing research for a term paper on the web at the same time. The TV set will serve as gateway to entertainment and information as sure as the computer opens the door to a world of information. TV, interactive TV, IPTV, PVR TV, broadband based TV, there will likely be as many ways to describe the way consumers will use and access content and programming as there are companies supplying the options. In this session we will explore that coming future. Tara Maitra, VP Content Services, TIVO James Glasscock, Group, Vice President, Video On Demand, Playboy Entertainment Philip W. Schuman, founder, HighView Media Larry Smith, COO, Archos John Burke, General Manager, Connected Home Solutions, Corporate Vice President, Motorola, Inc. David L. Meister, founder & former CEO, The Tennis Channel, founder, The Sundance Channel Adam Mayer, Director, Strategy & Business Development, Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company Aditya Kishore, Director, Global Media & Entertainment, The Yankee Group, Moderator Tara Maitra, Vice President, General Manager, Content Services, TiVo Inc.: Tara Maitra serves as Vice President, General Manager of Content Services for TiVo. In this role, Maitra is responsible for cultivating relationships with content companies and unique content offerings for delivery via broadband. Previously, Maitra served as Senior Director of content development at Comcast, where she was responsible for day-to-day operations of Select on Demand, a collection of new niche non-linear networks delivered via video on-demand and broadband. Maitra helped to create new channels through partnerships, acquisitions and original programming. Prior to Comcast, Maitra was Executive Vice President, General Manager of Primedia Digital Video, where she developed on-demand and broadband video businesses for Primedia’s established print franchises. Her accomplishments include launching video services on Comcast and Real Networks. Ms. Maitra also held a series of editorial and management positions at NBC, including Vice President, General Manager of CNBC/Dow Jones Business Video, a joint venture of NBC, Microsoft and Dow Jones. There she led the development and managed one of the first profitable streaming video web sites to offer financial content thru both subscription and syndication models. A graduate of Washington and Lee University, located in Lexington, Virginia, Ms. Maitra holds a B.A. in Journalism and Psychology. James Glasscock, Vice President, Video-on-Demand, Playboy Entertainment Group: James Glasscock joined Playboy in November of 2005. In his current role as Vice President, Video-on-Demand, Glasscock manages all aspects of the Company's video-on-demand business and serves as a liaison with Playboy's distribution partners. Glasscock focuses on distribution implementation and optimizing revenue specifically related to VOD and SVOD product. He works closely with Playboy's Sales and Affiliate Relations division and the Programming division. Prior to joining Playboy, Glasscock was the Director of New Media Business Development at Turner Broadcasting System Inc. where he was responsible for developing and executing non-linear distribution for the Turner brands across broadband, VOD, interactive/enhanced television and wireless platforms. While at Turner, he helped develop and launch advertising supported video-on-demand for CNN, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, TBS and TNT. Glasscock has also served as Director of New Ventures for Zone Ventures and as an associate at KPMG Digital Media Incubator. Glasscock has a BA in accounting from the University of San Diego and served 5 years active duty in the U.S. Navy. He is currently a member of the Cable Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) and the On Demand Consortium. Glasscock is based in Playboy’s Los Angeles Media Center office. Larry Smith, Chief Operating Officer, ARCHOS: Larry Smith is the COO of ARCHOS and manages North American operations for the company, which includes setting sales and distribution strategy, driving strategic partnerships, and overseeing customer support, marketing and business development efforts. Smith has more than 20 years experience in the entertainment, technology and retail industries, and comes to ARCHOS from On Command Video Corporation, where he oversaw sales and operations for the in-hotel entertainment company. Previously, Smith was executive vice president of sales and marketing at IntelliReady Inc., a start-up venture designed to provide integrated home electronics services, and prior to that was cofounder and executive vice president of Internet Gift Registries, later acquired by Modern Bride. Smith has held sales and distribution positions in the satellite and cable industry at companies such as Echostar, Request Television, The Home Shopping Network and was one of the earliest employees at CNBC. Smith holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Missouri. Philip Schuman is CEO and Co-Founder of HighView Media. HighView Media is a media advisory and management firm that provides specialize strategy and implementation services to the media telecommunications, television and broadband industries. Prior to forming HighView Media, Mr. Schuman was Co-President of Universal Studios Television Distribution where he was responsible for the successful management of the global theatrical and television product distribution organization for Universal Studios, Inc. Mr. Schuman started at Universal as Vice President of Business Affairs in 1995. Previously, Mr. Schuman was Senior Transactions Counsel, at a division of General Electric. Mr. Schuman began his career obtaining extensive, relevant experience specializing in mergers and acquisitions and securities at the law firm of Shearman & Sterling in New York. Tara Maitra, Vice President, General Manager, Content Services, TiVo Inc.: Tara Maitra serves as Vice President, General Manager of Content Services for TiVo. In this role, Maitra is responsible for cultivating relationships with content companies and unique content offerings for delivery via broadband. Previously, Maitra served as Senior Director of content development at Comcast, where she was responsible for day-to-day operations of Select on Demand, a collection of new niche non-linear networks delivered via video on-demand and broadband. Maitra helped to create new channels through partnerships, acquisitions and original programming. Prior to Comcast, Maitra was Executive Vice President, General Manager of Primedia Digital Video, where she developed on-demand and broadband video businesses for Primedia’s established print franchises. Her accomplishments include launching video services on Comcast and Real Networks. Ms. Maitra also held a series of editorial and management positions at NBC, including Vice President, General Manager of CNBC/Dow Jones Business Video, a joint venture of NBC, Microsoft and Dow Jones. There she led the development and managed one of the first profitable streaming video web sites to offer financial content thru both subscription and syndication models. A graduate of Washington and Lee University, located in Lexington, Virginia, Ms. Maitra holds a B.A. in Journalism and Psychology. John Burke, General Manager, Connected Home Solutions, Corporate Vice President, Motorola, Inc.: John Burke is Motorola Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Connected Home Solutions. Mr. Burke leads the Digital Video Solutions group, which is the world’s leading supplier of digital video set-tops, content access and management software and solutions for cable, satellite and telecom providers. Mr. Burke previously served as the corporate vice president and general manager of Motorola’s Consumer Entertainment Solutions group. In this role, Burke was responsible for the business, which enabled operators to meet consumer demand for new applications, such as video telephony, wireless home networking and streaming audio. Prior to this role, Burke served as vice president and general manager of the Cable Modem Group within the IP Network Systems business unit of Motorola Broadband. Mr. Burke has been with the Company for over 17 years, serving in positions of increasing responsibility in marketing, business development, product management and finance. Mr. Burke holds a master’s degree in business administration from St. Joseph's University and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from The Ohio State University. David L. Meister has enjoyed a wide range of business successes and personal triumphs, across Madison Avenue, Wall Street and Television airwaves. Highlights include six early-stage cable networks (second to none!), Board representation on a $20+ Billion Mutual Fund Complex, and an award-winning mystery novel he created. The eclectic group of people he has worked for includes an Academy Award-winning matinee idol, a Major League Baseball Commissioner, and a convicted felon. And, his strategies have revolutionized the Media & Marketing industries. Mr. Meister founded The Tennis Channel, the world’s leading "tennis-caster", which he ran as Chairman and CEO for five years. During this period, TTC acquired Rights to 47 of the Top 50 tennis events, by far the strongest concentration of any targeted network (e. g., Golf Channel, Speed Channel, HBO), and struck distribution deals with cable operators to access more than 50 million subscribers, with an unprecedented average contract life of more than 12 years. Previously, he created The Sundance Televison Channel, bringing his idea to entertainment legend Robert Redford, then striking a deal with Viacom to co-venture the film channel. Earlier in his career, while Mr. Meister was president of CNBC fore-runner, Financial News Network, he acquired The Learning Channel, and helped build both networks during their formative years. These successes followed his tenure at HBO, where he built HBO Sports, founded HBO Enterprises (including HBO International), and launched Cinemax, while serving simultaneously as president of Time-Life Films. Mr. Meister began his career in Advertising, serving as Media Director at the Carl Ally agency, following stints at Interpublic, Young & Rubicam, and Benton & Bowles, where he worked for such blue chip marketers as Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, Federal Express, Chrysler, Goodyear, Traveler’s Insurance, and PepsiCo. At Benton & Bowles, he helped pioneer Brand Development Indexing, and at Y & R, in response to a General Foods issue, he developed the strategy of Barter Advertising, which has been a main stay of top marketers for decades. Later, he applied a variation of this on behalf of P & G, in their unprecedented acquisition of the Time Life Films movie library. This "outside-the-box" perspective has been a staple of Meister’s business career, manifest recently by the Tennis Channel’s "rental" of Comedy’s Central’s Distribution Field Force. Mr. Meister also served as Head of Broadcasting for Major League Baseball, reporting to Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, responsible for their world-wide broadcasting and cable activities, and also found time to create a novel that was an Edgar finalist for Best Paperback Mystery of the Year. Meister has won multiple CableACE Televison Programming prizes, and was awarded the President's Award by the National Cable Television Association, where he served on the Executive Council of the Satellite Network Committee. He also has been Chairman of the Under-30 Program of the International Radio and Television Society; sat on the International Council of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences; and served on the NCTA's ACE Awards Committee, as Chairman of the Definitions Subcommittee. And, for more than 35 years, he has served on the Boards of The Royce Funds, a $20 Billion Mutual Fund Complex, with one of the best records on Wall Street. Mr. Meister has appeared in numerous media, ranging from The New York Times and CNN to TV Guide and Jeopardy, and has been an advocate of industry issues in front of Congress. As a manager, he has been an influential mentor to executives who went on to become media luminaries, as Presidents of ABC Television, CBS Television Network, Madison Square Garden, and 20th Century Fox TV Distribution. Mr. Meister is a graduate of Brown University, and earned an MBA from Columbia University. He and his wife Joan live in Pacific Palisades, California, where he continues to be one of the world's most mediocre tennis players. Aditya Kishore, Director, Global Media & Entertainment, The Yankee Group: Aditya Kishore is the director of Yankee Group’s Consumer Research, Global Media & Entertainment. Kishore manages research and consulting programs analyzing the impact of technology on entertainment products and services on consumers. He is responsible for managing and coordinating media research across Yankee Group analyst teams in North America, Europe and Asia. Kishore has spent more than a decade in consumer media. Six of those years have been with Yankee Group, where he originally joined as an analyst in the US media team. Kishore began his career in television news, and subsequently spent three years in advertising, developing strategic brand communication and tactical/promotional initiatives for a range of leading consumer brands, including Nestle, Samsung and McDonald's. During the following two years, Kishore developed a number of digital video and web projects for various New England broadcast stations and independent producers. This included interactive video projects with the PBS network series, Frontline. Thereafter he spent a year developing brand and market strategy for interactive media startups. Kishore holds a B.A. degree with honors in economics from Delhi University, India and a M.A. degree in media from Emerson College.