[MPEGIF News] Free Master Class at IBC 2008 - Presented by MPEGIF & Open IPTV Forum

MPEGIF is proud to present a FREE full-day Master Class at IBC2008

 

The Transition to a New Television Experience

 

Free to all IBC attendees

Room A, RAI

Thursday, 11 September 2008 

10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

 

As with past years during IBC, the
<http://www.mpegif.org/exhibitions/IBC2008/index.php> MPEG Industry Forum,
the largest advocacy group for MPEG technologies in the world, is presenting
a full day session bringing together industry experts representing the most
influential players in next generation video entertainment, multimedia and
standards-based video delivery.

 

In this Master Class, produced by the MPEG Industry Forum (MPEGIF) in
cooperation with the Open IPTV Forum, television service providers, network
operators and content owners will exchange their views on the progress and
evolution in technologies and business models (including an insight into IP
delivered personalized video and the latest trends for targeted, perfect
profile advertising) that are fundamentally changing the way digital
Television is created, delivered and monetized. For a complete program
agenda and speaker bios go to:
<http://www.mpegif.org/exhibitions/IBC2008/agendaIBC.php> MPEGIF Master
Class at IBC2008 

 

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

*	Roderick Snell, Founder, Snell & Wilcox
*	Yun Chao Hu, Chairman Open IPTV Forum
*	Thomas Staneker, Executive VP, T-COM
*	Luca Pesando, Standard Manager, Telecom Italia

 

PANELISTS:

*	Nick Hopkins - Head of Technology, Virgin Media
*	Clyde Smith - Senior VP Global Broadcast Technology & Standards,
Turner Broadcasting Systems
*	GianPaolo Balboni - Head, Innovation Trends, Telecom Italia
*	Dieter Engel -  Head of Product Development, T-Online
*	Mikhail V Seslavinsky - Head, Federal Agency for Press and Mass
Media, Russian Federation
*	Eduard M Sagalaev - President, National Association of  Television
and Radio Broadcasters of Russia
*	Yury I Pripachkin - President, Russian Association of Cable
Television
*	Gerassim S Gadiyan - President, The Association for High Definition
Television and Digital Cinema
*	Gary Schultz, President, MRG Inc
*	Stephen Christian - VP Marketing, Verimatrix
*	Thomas Stockhammer - Senior Researcher, Digital Fountain
*	Sven Reuter - LG Electronics
*	Thomas Nasstrom - Head of Connected Home, Ericsson
*	Thomas Stockhammer - Senior Researcher, Digital Fountain
*	Huw Price-Stephens - Principal Consultant, Ipsios/Marketing
Ambassador/Open IPTV Forum

 

Chaired By: 

*	Sebastian Moeritz, President MPEGIF / CEO dicas
*	David Price, Vice President MPEGIF / Vice President Harmonic
*	Monika Gadhammer, Vice Chair Open IPTV Forum Marketing Workgroup

 

 

For more information on the MPEGIF Master Class go to:
<http://www.mpegif.org/exhibitions/IBC2008/agendaIBC.php> MPEGIF Activities
at IBC2008 

 

The Master Class is sponsored by:

 <http://www.divx.com/> DivX.com: the official site of DivX video
<http://www.nagravision.com/>        <http://www.vsofts.com/> 

 

 

Media Partners:

               <http://www.csimagazine.com/>
<http://www.connectedtv.eu/>    

 

 <http://www.mrgco.com/>            <http://www.telecomwatch.in/>
<http://www.informa.com/>     

 

     <http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/>  

 

 
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Association Coordinator
MPEG Industry Forum
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