Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from a previous Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Building Blocks 2008 Tuesday, August 5th 10:45 AM - Noon Track IV: The Digital & Connected Home: The Connected TV and Set-top as the Consumer Gateway to Entertainment & Information – Set-Top, Broadband, Guides & PVRs The combination of the TV, the set-top, the broadband connection and digital video recorder is breaking down the barriers of TV viewing experience. Every player in the entertainment and technology food chain – from content owner to middleware and headend operator, to the subscriber service provider and finally to the CE manufacturer, all play an equally key role. The idea that consumers might use a TV, demanding personal and enhanced video services, as they do a computer has arrived – and it is our job to make the future happen today. 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. Tony Wan, Director of Product Management, Cisco Venkat Krishnan, Senior Director of Worldwide IPTV and Strategic Market Solutions, SeaChange International, Inc. Jonathan Symonds, VP of Product Management & Marketing, Media, 2Wire Neil Mitchell, Vice President of Marketing, Xceive Shawn G. DuBravac, Economist, Consumer Electronics Association Barry James Folsom, CEO, LeenbackTV Jeffrey Binder, General Partner, Genovation Capital, Moderator Venkat Krishnan, Senior Director of Worldwide IPTV and Strategic Market Solutions, SeaChange International, Inc.: Venkat Krishnan manages global product marketing for SeaChange’s IPTV software and systems, including the new SeaChange TV Platform, as well as the company’s rich portfolio of client application platforms – the products of one of the largest and most experienced software development forces in the industry. He has over a decade of business and product development experience in IPTV and related communications and high technology businesses. Prior to joining SeaChange, Krishnan was responsible for running Lucent Technology’s IPTV Consumer Premises product line, and played an integral role in architecting and executing the company’s IPTV strategy. He was part of the Lucent team that won a Bell Labs President’s Award for supporting operations of a "long haul" technology product. Previously, Krishnan was a senior engagement manager on Accenture’s high technology and communications practices. Krishnan holds a Masters of Business Administration from the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania; a Masters of Science in electrical engineering from Louisiana State University; and a Bachelors of Science in electrical engineering from BITS, Pilani, India. Shawn G. DuBravac, Economist, Consumer Electronics Association: Shawn G. DuBravac, CFA is the economist for the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® where he directs CEA’s economic analysis. He is responsible for handling analysis of the economy as it relates to the consumer electronics industry including forecasting future economic activity, econometric studies, examining trade flows, and ascertaining relative health of the industry. DuBravac also provides research into the technology trends underpinning the industry and quantitative support for CEA’s legislative initiatives. Prior to joining CEA, DuBravac was head research analyst in the Economic Analysis Group of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division. He holds economic degrees with Highest Honors from Brigham Young University and George Mason University. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a member of both the CFA Society of Washington, DC and the National Association of Business Economists. He has published on a wide range of topics in finance, economics, and technology. Additionally, DuBravac is an adjunct professor in the MBA program at George Washington University. In his free time, he volunteers in the community by providing financial education through the Virginia Cooperative Extension. DuBravac resides in Alexandria, VA with his wife and three sons. Jonathan Symonds, VP of Product Management & Marketing, Media, 2Wire: Jonathan Symonds is Vice President of Product Management and Marketing, Media, at 2Wire, where he is responsible for the product strategy and execution for 2Wire media platforms. Prior to joining 2Wire, Jonathan was Vice President of IPTV Business Development for TANDBERG Television (purchased by Ericsson) where he was responsible for the company’s alliance and distribution strategy for TANDBERG Television products in the Americas. Prior to his business development role, Jonathan was Vice President of Product and Distribution for GoldPocket Interactive, a TANDBERG Television subsidiary company, where he was responsible for developing and executing the product, sales and marketing strategy for the company’s North American IPTV business. Jonathan joined GoldPocket Interactive from ICTV where he was Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. At ICTV he was responsible for product marketing, business development and corporate marketing. Previously, Symonds served in a variety of strategic planning and product development roles for On Command, a Liberty Media subsidiary focused on providing interactive television products to the hospitality industry. Prior to On Command, Symonds worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Audit, Assurance and Business Advisory Services Group in San Francisco.  Jonathan began his career in Washington D.C where he was Director of Emerging Markets at The G7 Group, a consulting firm that provided political and economic risk analysis for hedge funds and investment banks. Symonds also served in the Department of State’s Office of Legislative Affairs during the administration of George H.W. Bush.  Mr. Symonds has a BA in Political Science from Washington and Lee University and a MBA from Cornell University’s Johnson School of Business. Brian Mathews, TV Segment Marketing Director, Xceive: Brian D. Mathews is Xceive’s TV Segment Marketing Director. Prior to Xceive, Mathews was Sr. Product Marketing Manager for Digital TV Demodulator ICs at AMD, responsible for the market-leading Theater DTV demodulator product line. Brian has held a variety of marketing, management and engineering roles in the semiconductor industry since 1985. He holds a BSEE from Cal Poly University in Pomona, California.