Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from Digital Hollywood Spring, 2006 For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Thursday, August 17 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Track II: Video Distribution Across Platforms: Broadband, IPTV, Cable, TV and Mobile In this session we bring together leading content owners and aggregators, along with media asset management providers and network providers who provide solutions, tools and advice to enable the delivery of video. Content creators from web innovators to studios, broadcasters, and cable companies are rolling out services to an increasing number and complexity of distribution channels, formats and devices. Media storage and distribution across platforms is one of the most overlooked issues in the mission-critical world of near-realtime delivery. Determining the master format for archiving, encoding formats for distribution, and transcoding formats for transformation is different in every case. At the same time the industry is going tapeless, HD has come and changed everything. Addressing which files live online, nearline, offline and putting in place a disaster recovery strategy for a hybrid tape and disk world significantly impacts daily workflow and ultimately the bottom line. Millions of dollars are literally at stake. Scott Crowder, Chief Operating Officer, Entriq Norman Liang, Business Development Manager, Technology Collaboration Solutions, IBM Corp. Mitchell J. Weinraub, Senior Director, New Media Initiatives and Implementation, Comcast Courtney Jane Acuff, Associate Director, Denuo Rodrigo Sepulveda, CEO, vpod.tv John Delay, Director of Strategic Management, Networking Solutions, Harris Corp. Katherine L. Parker, Internet, Media & Entertainment Industry Sales Global Business Development Manager, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Moderator Scott Crowder was appointed to chief operating officer of Entriq in May 2005. In his role, Crowder oversees the day-to-day operations at Entriq, and drives the business and technology strategies. Additionally, Crowder is focused on continuing to secure top content owners and service providers as Entriq customers. Prior to his position as chief operating officer, Crowder was senior vice president of business development and General Manager of Mobile Services at Entriq, and successfully launched the company's highly-anticipated Mobile Solution. The Entriq Mobile Solution provides full security and DRM capabilities including OMA, video, audio and image delivery via WAP or Java applications. Prior to joining Entriq, he held the position of Chief Operating Officer for Clearkey Solutions. ClearKey focused on rights management solutions for media and document security. Prior to joining Clearkey Solutions, he was Vice President of Product Operations for the Content Networking group at Inktomi. Crowder developed key business relationships with technology companies and led several large CDN deployments using Inktomi products. Previously, Crowder served as Senior Vice President of Technology Services at AKAMAI/INTERVU. He led the team that built the first globally distributed broadband Content Delivery Network (CDN) for streaming media. Before that, he held the position of Director of Advanced Products Support for Sprint. At Sprint he created several innovative multimedia product offerings that increased revenue and customer satisfaction. Courtney Jane Acuff, Associate Director, Denuo: With more than 200 million cell phone users in the U.S. alone, Courtney Jane Acuff's charge with Denuo is to deliver consumer insights and innovative media solutions in the wireless space. Prior to this role, Acuff stood at the helm of one of the mobile marketing industry's most influential media agencies, SMG Digits, where she harnessed the power, influence and potential of mobile communication. There she designed, researched and executed the first-ever domestic, consumer-centric wireless market analysis, providing insights into the medium's potential for relevant engagement. It was the first effort by an agency to understand consumers burgeoning use of existing applications, the content they access and how they want this technology to be a part of their lives. In 2006, Acuff will unveil results from a follow-up proprietary study that digs deeper into consumers' reactions to various mobile marketing tactics commonly found in today's marketplace. During her time at SMG Digits, Acuff executed work for clients such as Allstate, G4 and Kellogg's. Acuff maintains strong relationships with mobile back-end providers and is an active member of the Mobile Marketing Association. Her influence in the industry earned her a coveted slot on Advertising Age's "Twentysomethings" list in 2004. Acuff holds a bachelor's degree in political science as well as a bachelor's degree in communications, both from Lake Forest College in Illinois. Mitchell J. Weinraub, Senior Director, New Media Initiatives and Implementation, Comcast: Mitchell J. Weinraub is Senior Director of New Media Initiatives for the Comcast Media Center. In this role, he is responsible for all of the Comcast Media Center's production and new media services including the national VOD platform, studios, post-production, live events, web streaming, store and forward delivery and video over IP at the Denver-area facility. Weinraub has 15 years of experience designing facilities, systems and processes for the purpose of managing technology. Before his current assignment, he held roles at PRIMESTAR, DIRECTV, National College Television and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He has a B.A. in broadcast journalism from The American University, and an M.A. in broadcasting, telecommunications, and mass media from Temple University. Weinraub is co-author of Universal Access to On-line Services: An Examination of the Issue, published as Chapter 6 in The Digital Divide: Facing a Crisis or Creating a Myth by MIT Press, August 2001. Norman Liang, Business Development Manager, Technology Collaboration Solutions, IBM Corp.: Norman Liang, Business Development Manager for IBM Engineering and Technology Services, drives business strategy and direction for the Consumer Electronics and Digital Media Practice and builds alliances to develop products for the next generation Digital Home. Drawing upon IBM's extensive patent portfolio and technologies, Norman identifies solutions where IBM technology can enhance/differentiate customer's products and services which includes the Cell Broadband EngineTM offering used in today’s advanced game consoles. Prior to IBM, Norman was involved in the early development of online photo services, web applications, and other early Internet B2C startups. Norman brings 8 years of experience working with new media applications, services, and products for the consumer as an experienced contributor in startups and venture-backed companies." John Delay is Director of Strategic Management for Harris Corporation, Broadcast Communications Division’s Networking Solutions business unit based in Mason, Ohio. John Delay has provided technology and marketing leadership in media for over 20 years. His work with digital forms of content management and distribution has lead to complete solutions for video encoding, receiving, networking and data-broadcast. John articulates market drivers and technology trends for integrated approaches to media delivery, transport, and retrieval. Prior to being named to his current position, John headed the digital television studio product line, identifying, developing and marketing technologies for evolving broadcast needs. Before that, he held positions in increasing responsibility in product management and engineering. Katherine L. Parker, Global Business Development Manager, Media & Entertainment Industry Sales, Sun Microsystems Inc.: Katherine is responsible for solutions initiatives in digital asset management and digital distribution across broadcast, film,cable, online media and publishing sectors at Sun. In her current role she manages worldwide go-to-market activities with leading vendors and customers. Earlier at Sun, she developed strategy and roadmaps for Sun in media, entertainment and publishing markets. Additionally, Katherine was a member of Sun's web services software organization, specializing in Digital Identity solutions. Ms. Parker is a recognized market expert in driving B2B adoption of digital asset management and distribution technologies and a frequent presenter at NAB, Digital Hollywood/ CES, and Jupiter DRM Conference. She also serves as VP, Chapter Development for the Global Society for Asset Management (G-SAM), and is author of the G-SAM DAM Report.