Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from a previous Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Digital Hollywood, May 2-5, 2011 Ritz Carlton Hotel, Marina del Rey, California Wednesday, May 4th 10:45 AM - Noon Track III: ViDeo-18, TV-2011-17 Over the Top Video - TV, iPad – Tablet - SmartPhone - PC – Connecting into the Future Randa Minkarah, Senior Vice President of Revenue and Business Development, Fisher Communications Eric Anderson, VP Content and Product Solutions, Samsung David Strehlow, Director of Marketing, Media Solutions, Huawei Consumer Software Jim Taylor, Chief Technologist, Rovi Corporation Paul Sweeting, founder and principal, Concurrent Media Strategies Michael Alexander, Strategy & Growth Initiatives, IBM Global Telecommunications Industry James M. Burger, Attorney at Law, Dow Lohnes, Moderator Eric Anderson, VP Content and Product Solutions, Samsung: Since January 2010, Mr. Anderson has served as vice president of content and product solutions for Samsung Consumer Electronics America responsible for developing Samsung’s strategy and market offerings related to IP connected devices and content for the US market. In this role, Mr. Anderson oversees content, applications and multi screen services and solutions for the Home Entertainment, Mobile Entertainment, Home Appliance and PC portfolios. Prior to joining Samsung, Mr. Anderson served as senior vice president for global business/corporate development and channels for Handango which was one of the first successful smartphone content aggregators. In this role Eric was responsible for driving new and existing business with over 50 channel partners worldwide which included wireless operators, device manufacturers, smartphone operating system providers, portals and big box retailers. Prior to joining Handango, Mr. Anderson was the vice president of media and entertainment for Ericsson North America. During his tenure years with Ericsson, he held the positions of vice president of marketing, director of service layer sales and business development, and director of mobile internet consulting. His responsibilities included the oversight of business lines for mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs); satellite service providers; cable and mobile convergence; gaming; and content, media and entertainment. Eric was on the core executive team that developed Ericsson Global Services in the early 2000’s. Before Ericsson, Mr. Anderson was a senior manager with Accenture at its world headquarters in Northbrook, IL. During his eight years there, he developed and led Accenture’s first mobile/wireless data practice. Prior to Accenture, Mr. Anderson served as a regional market manager for General Cellular Corporation for three years and was responsible for developing Rural Service Areas (RSAs) in the Midwest. Eric has over 20 years experience in the content, mobile and services industry and holds a BS degree in marketing and advertising from Ball State University and a MS in information communication sciences from the Center for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State University. Dr. Ton Kalker, Vice President of Technology of Corporate Research, Huawei Technologies: Dr. Ton Kalker is Vice President of Technology of Corporate Research at Huawei Technologies, responsible for driving the strategy and work programs for new Media Technologies. He is a Fellow of IEEE for his contributions to applications of digital watermarking, and holds more than 40 patents. He is active in IEEE and has held key leading technical positions in various standardization groups related to DRM interoperability, in particular Coral and DECE. He also actively participates in the academic community. He is a co-founder of the IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and is former Chair of the Associated Technical Committee. Prior to Huawei, Dr. Kalker was a Distinguished Technologist at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, where he led R&D programs on real-time communication, acoustical audio processing and media security. Before Hewlett-Packard, Dr. Kalker was a Principal Scientist at Philips Research, where he made significant contributions to Philips’ Multimedia Security Program, in the area of digital watermarking and content identification. Dr. Kalker holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, The Netherlands, and he has been a faculty member of the Technical University of Eindhoven. His interests are in the field of signal and audio-visual processing, media security, biometrics, information theory and cryptography. Jim Taylor is Chief Technologist at Rovi Corporation. He is the author of DVD Demystified and Blu-ray Disc Demystified, the best-selling book series published by McGraw-Hill. Called a "minor tech legend" by E! Online, Jim created the acclaimed Internet DVD FAQ and the UltraViolet FAQ, speaks and writes about digital video and audio technology, holds several patents, and serves as Chairman of the International Digital Media Alliance. Jim was named one of the ten 2007 Content Agenda Setters, one of the 21 most influential DVD executives by DVD Report, and one of the Pioneers of DVD by One to One magazine. Jim has worked with interactive media for over 30 years, developing computer software, laserdiscs, CD-ROMs, Web sites, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs, along with teaching workshops, seminars, and university courses. He is also involved in DECE, the cross-industry group working on UltraViolet, the electronic delivery equivalent to DVD and Blu-ray. Jim was previously Chief Technologist and GM of the Advanced Technology division of Sonic Solutions, which was acquired by Rovi in 2011. Prior to joining Sonic in 2001, Jim was DVD Evangelist at Microsoft. Paul Sweeting, founder and principal, Concurrent Media: a Washington, DC-based consulting and editorial services firm specializing in digital media technology and policy issues. He is also author of The Media Wonk blog. In 2007 he developed and launched Content Agenda, a web site owned by Reed Business Information, publisher of Daily Variety, Broadcasting & Cable, Video Business, Publishers Weekly and other media-related properties. He left RBI in 2009 and launched The Media Wonk blog, which examines the impact of digital technology on the way cultural products are created, communicated and perceived, both in commercial terms as as a cultural and political phenomenon. He is also a contributor to the GigaOm blog. His first report for GigaOm Pro was The Evolution of the E-Book Market, published August 2009. Michael Alexander, Strategy & Growth Initiatives, IBM Global Telecommunications Industry: Michael Alexander has more than 30 years of systems development experience in all aspects of the information technology business. Currently, Alexander is global solutions architect for SPST (service provider strategic transformation) in IBM’s global telecom solutions. He consults with clients globally as an NGN telco subject matter expert (SME) and as a technical leader in VoIP solutions. In addition, Alexander is responsible for the development of telco technical NGN and specifically for VoIP solutions developed by IBM for U.S. clients AT&T, BellSouth, Qwest, SBC & Verizon. He was previously the IT architect profession executive and enterprise architecture practice lead for business innovation services, Australia/New Zealand. Before joining IBM, Alexander was technical partner & chief architect in the solutions integration practice at AT&T Solutions. He was responsible for the development of solution architectures that ensured successful engagements with all clients. Previously, Alexander worked at Unisys for 22 years and was the chief architect for Unisys’ global systems integration practice. He has previously spoken on digital media topics at TM Forum Americas and TM Forum Nice. Stephen Condon, Director Market Development, Digital Media Solutions, AT&T: Stephen Condon brings more than 20 years of experience to AT&T from the advertising, entertainment and technology industries. His primary role at AT&T is to help grow the business by identifying and working with third parties that provide complimentary products and services and provide support and market expertise to the sales and marketing organizations. Condon commenced his career in advertising working for J. Walter Thompson and Chiat/Day on leading brands such as Kraft Foods and NutraSweet. His advertising career introduced him to the high technology entertainment business when he worked on the hugely successful launch of DIRECTV. He later joined DIRECTV, as Senior Director of Marketing. In 1998 Condon moved from delivering video over satellite to delivering video on the Internet and joined INTERVU as Vice President of Marketing where he lead strategic marketing efforts and marketing communications up until the Akamai acquisition. Since then, Condon has held various senior technology marketing positions including Chief Marketing Officer of Intertainer, which was one of the first online video delivery portals. Most recently he was Vice President of Marketing for broadband VeriSign. He holds a bachelor's degree in business and has undertaken post graduate studies in Marketing at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. James M. Burger, Attorney at Law, Dow Lohnes: James Burger is a member of the law firm of Dow Lohnes specializing in representationof technology companies on intellectual property, communications and government policy matters. Mr. Burger joined the firm's Media, Information and Technologies group in January, 1997. Prior to that, Mr. Burger was a Senior Director in Apple Computer's Law Department. During the nine years he was at Apple, Mr. Burger had a variety of assignments, including representing Apple's Advanced Technology Group, USA Field Sales organizations, and World-Wide Operations and Manufacturing, as well as General Counsel for Europe and Latin America and responsible for world wide government affairs. In addition, from 1991 until 1996, he was Chair of the Information Technology Industry Council's Proprietary Rights Committee. Mr. Burger has worked extensively on legal and policy issues arising from the confluence of digital technology, intellectual property protection and government regulation, particularly as affecting the Internet. Mr. Burger has participated in resolving such complex issues as DVD copy protection and digital download of music - representing the Computer Industry Group in negotiations developing the DVD Content Scrambling System copy protection rules as well as the Secure Digital Music Initiative. In addition, he has been engaged in such matters as the efforts to amend copyright law from leading the negotiations to exclude the computer industry from the Audio Home Recording Act, to avoid passage of the Digital Video Recording Act and to accommodate the protection of intellectual property on the Internet as well as the efforts to change the encryption export rules to protect digital communications. A native of New York City, he received his Bachelors (with Honors), Masters and Law (cum laude) degrees from New York University School of Law, where he served as an editor of the NYU Law Journal. For seven years, he was an adjunct professor at University of Virginia Law School, where he taught Advanced Administrative law.