Industry Leaders Take on Hot Topic at Upcoming Streaming Media West
'Inventing Desire - Content's Role in the Broadband Revolution'
PRNewswire
04/17/2002
**Executives Available for Interviews and Comment**
Panel Background:
Bandwidth is only as valuable to the consumer as the content it carries.
Is a diet of movie trailers, music and the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
robust enough to keep current users at the table and entice new
subscribers, or has broadband's past offerings merely trivialized its
much-vaunted potential? How can content providers expand and deepen the
desire for increased bandwidth? The panel also will explore: what
business models work for content providers, what kind of content will
consumers pay for, and how content producers can expose and convert non-
broadband users.
Who:
Patrick Kennedy, Senior Vice President, Sony Pictures Digital
Entertainment, will lead the discussion on what will compel greater
broadband adoption in the coming years. A diverse group offering
different industry perspectives and insights will participate, including:
-- David Lynch, Creator, DAVIDLYNCH.com
-- Eric Bassett, Managing Consultant, DAVIDLYNCH.com
Award-winning Director David Lynch and Managing Consultant Eric Basset
(founded Bassett and Associates in 1991) recently debuted
DAVIDLYNCH.COM - pursuing a dream of delivering original motion picture
content exclusively via the Internet.
-- Jon Healey, Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times
Jon Healey, a 22-year veteran of daily newspapers and news magazines,
is a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, covering the convergence of
entertainment and technology in the digital living room.
-- Michael Skoletsky, Director Media & Entertainment Practice, Viant
Michael Skoletsky, Viant's Practice Director, Media & Entertainment, is
responsible for furthering Viant's capabilities within the M&E
industry. He specializes in leveraging brand and content asset value
within the digital environment, gaining insight on the consumer's needs
and mind-set, and developing digital business models and interactive
marketing strategies.
-- S. Scott Spector, Executive Director, Media & Entertainment Practice,
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Scott Spector, Director of Business Development for
PricewaterhouseCoopers' Entertainment and Media Practice, has a broad
range of senior level experience in entertainment technology, digital
media, corporate finance, business development and corporate
development gained from 22 years of experience working for global
companies.
When: Inventing Desire: Content's Role In The Broadband Revolution
Wednesday, April 24
11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
Room: 150B
Where: Streaming Media West
Los Angeles Convention Center
1201 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Interview Opportunity:
Interviews are available pre- and post-show via phone and in-
person by request only.
Contact: Kristen Tarnol, SPDE, 310.840.8234; on-site contact
information 310.994.9333; or Liana Miller, eLuminate,
949.595.4320; on-site contact information 714.423.4394.
PRNewswire -- April 17
SOURCE: Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment
Website: http://www.spe.sony.com/