Chinwag Live: Web TV Takeover
Event Info
Description
With the rush of audiences, broadcasters, and producers (both seasoned and upcoming) to the internet, it seems that Web TV’s time has finally come.
After nearly a decade of hype about webcasting and the like, what is the real state of the web TV landscape? How will business and production models develop online? What will become key factors in the success of video content on the web? What will the future hold for this medium?
Join us at Chinwag Live to explore the emerging business and production trends of this latest media space being transformed by the internet.
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Speakers
Cosmo Lush - Head Of Product Development,
4OD
Cosmo is Head of Product Management for 4OD,
Channel 4’s TV and PC
video on demand (VOD) service, in which capacity he is responsible
for day-to-day management of the Channel’s VOD business. Cosmo has
been with Channel 4 since December 2006, prior to which he was Head
of Marketing Strategy at VOD provider
Homechoice, now
Tiscali TV.
Ben Lavender - Group Digital & Product Director,
LOVEFiLM.com
Ben recently joined LOVEFiLM.com, Europe’s leading online DVD rental
service and entertainment portal. His role is developing the product
and digital service across Europe. Before that he was at the BBC
where he pioneered the catch-up TV service iMP – launched as
BBC iPlayer. iMP pre-empted SkyAnytime, 4OD and Five Download.
Paul Pod - Co-Founder,
Tapeitofftheinternet (TIOTI)
Paul has over 10 years experience in visual design, information
architecture and design strategy. He lives and works in central
London and is co-founder of TIOTI (Tape It Off The Internet), a
social media aggregator for TV scheduled for public launch in Summer
2007. His passion for exploring the future of TV and media is clear
from a portfolio including Aggregator.tv, Nokia, the BBC, Orange and
Vodafone. Prior to his work at TIOTI and Neuromantics, Paul held
design positions at Poke, Razorfish, BT Research Labs and Xerox.
Alexander Cameron - Managing Director,
Digital TX Limited
Alexander Cameron is a world-leading expert on IPTV and video
on-demand services and technologies. His company, Digital TX
Limited, are specialist digital media advisors to content owners,
telecoms networks and financial communities. As well as offering
educational programs, Digital TX build technology products and
services, and broker digital content acquisition and distribution
worldwide. Cameron’s articles are quoted as seminal references by
some of the world's largest brands. His book
IPTV/VoD: The Open 4th
Platform will be released later in 2007.
Raghav Gupta - VP, International Partnerships,
Brightcove
(blog)
As VP of International Partnerships at internet TV service
Brightcove, Raghav “Rags” Gupta works on content and distribution
partnerships. Prior to Brightcove, Rags consulted on digital media
strategy and fundraising to companies including including NPR, Giant
Step and kSolo, and he currently works with digital startups and
entrepreneurs in an advisory capacity. Rags served as COO of
internet radio network
Live365,
building it into a top user-created radio destination with thousands
of channels and millions of users. Prior to Live365, Rags was a
strategy consultant at Mercer Management Consulting, working with
Fortune 1000 clients in the insurance and publishing industries. He
writes for
Digital
Music News and
Digital Media
Wire.
CHAIR: Colin Donald -
Futurescape
Colin
is a director at the research and creative company Futurescape, which
has recently published the report Brand Marketing Via Video Social
Networking Sites. Colin started the New Media department at Flextech
Television (now Virgin Media) in the mid-Nineties, where he launched a
series of award-winning Web sites to market Flextech's televison
channels. He was previously at the business newsletter Financial Times:
New Media Markets and on the editorial board of media consultancy
Informed Sources, analysing broadband content, models for commerce via
TV and interactive TV. His ActiveTV column in Broadcast magazine
explained new media for the television industry.
Event Producer: Deirdre Molloy - Editor, Chinwag
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