[MPEGIF News] Don't Miss the MPEGIF Master Class and Networking Party at NAB 2009

MPEGIF is proud to present the 

MPEGIF Master Class at NAB2009

 

The New World of Digital Television

 

Room 228, Las Vegas Convention Center

Sunday, 19 April, 2009 

10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Cost: $395.00

 

As with past years during NAB, 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 many parts of the world the era of analog television is coming to a
close. Over the air analog television ends in the USA this year. Analog
cable transmissions are being replaced, slowly but surely, by all-digital
transmissions that free up valuable bandwidth for new advanced services.
Satellite broadcast has enjoyed digital technology from its early days by
embracing MPEG-2 initially and more recently MPEG-4, especially for HD
services. Video over DSL, without any analog legacy, has come out of the
gate with all digital, all IP addressable services. However, as one era ends
and another begins, there are still more questions than answers in many
areas especially regarding the business efficacy of the new services that
digital technology, and especially IP addressability, enables. How can these
new services be implemented without creating an intolerable “cap-ex” burden
on operators that can’t be offset by the new ARPU models? How much of the
load can be put into the network to reduce subscriber acquisition costs? How
will the legal challenges presented by privacy, copyright and fair access
issues be resolved? The MPEGIF Master Class will tackle these issues head-on
by bringing prominent contributors from pioneering service operators and
content owners around the world to speak at this Master Class. In addition
the Open IPTV Forum will provide insights into the way in which standards
for end to end IPTV ecosystems can benefit operators and their business
models. Throughout the Master Class executives with a track record of
breaking new ground with new advanced service offerings and business models
will share their experiences, both good and bad, from these initiatives.
This MPEGIF Master Class is the 7th in the series that take place at NAB and
IBC each year.

For a complete program agenda and speaker bios go to: MPEGIF Master
<http://www.mpegif.org/exhibitions/NAB2009/agendaNAB.php>  Class at NAB2009 

 

 

TOPICS:

*	The World in Transition
*	New Technologies for New Services
*	Revenue Generation versus Regulation in the New Digital World
*	The Standards Based Ecosystem

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

*	Robert Clasen, Starz
*	Oleg Kolesnikov – Technical Director, NTV Plus
*	Roderick Snell – Founder and Research Director, Snell & Wilcox
*	Bob Luff – CTO Nielsen
*	Kay Johansson – CTO MobiTV
*	Shelly Palmer – Managing Director, Advanced Media Ventures Group,
LLC & Host of MediaBytes
*	Yun Chao Hu – Open IPTV Forum Chairman

 

PANELISTS:

*	Bob Wilson – General Manager, Networked Video Solutions Group,
Broadband Home Solutions, Motorola
*	Hanno Basse – Vice President, Broadcast Systems Engineering, DIRECTV
Inc.
*	William Cooper – Chief Executive, informitv
*	Randy Hank – Video Planning Chief of Staff, AT&T
*	David Gillies - CEO, Isis Digital
*	Jim Kutzner – Chief Engineer, Public Broadcasting Service
*	Allen Harkness – Director, Licensing, MPEG LA
*	Scott Lofgren – Product Manager, Industry Standards and Initiatives,
Intel Corp.
*	Stephen Christian – VP Marketing, Verimatrix
*	Lieven Vermaele – Director, EBU Technical and EBU IT Services
*	Alvaro Gazzolo – President & CEO, IPTV Americas

 

Chaired By: 

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

 

For more information on the MPEGIF Master Class go to: MPEGIF
<http://www.m4if.org/exhibitions/NAB2009/index.php>  Activities at NAB2009 

 

MPEGIF Party at the Harley Davidson Café:

 

Join MPEGIF for an evening of food, drinks and entertainment at the Harley
Davidson Café.

 

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

8:00 – Midnight

Harley Davidson

 

 

The MPEGIF Master Class and Party are sponsored by:

 <http://www.harmonicinc.com/> harmonic      

 

 

 

 

 

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Nicola Wissler

Association Specialist

MPEG Industry Forum

48377 Fremont Blvd., Suite 117

Fremont,  CA 94538

Phone: 510-492-4028

Fax: 510-492-4001

Email: nicola.wissler-8/[email protected] 

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