[MPEGIF News] Net Neutrality Hot Debate expected at CES 2010: Part of the MPEGIF Master Class

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Net Neutrality Hot Debate expected at CES 2010

Part of the MPEGIF Informational Session on Next Generation TV on January
8th, 2010

 

Fremont, California, December 22, 2009 - At the MPEGIF Master Class titled
"TV X.0 Present and Future" at CES a key part of the presentations and panel
discussions will concern Net Neutrality and whether it is a viable concept
given the infrastructural investment being made by operators around the
world. Professor Tim Wu, an advisor to the FCC and the person often cited as
coining the term "Net Neutrality" will give a Keynote Speech in which the
complex relationships between content owners, service operators and
programmers will be examined and the legal precedents and challenges that
face them will be explored.

 

The MPEGIF Master Class at CES is the latest in the long running MPEGIF
Master Class series that has been a cornerstone of the NAB and IBC
conferences each year. The Master Class will be held on Friday, January 8th,
2010 between 9:00 am and 12:30pm in the Las Vegas Convention Centre (N260).
This unique conference session will bring together industry experts
representing the most influential leaders in next generation video
entertainment, multimedia and television.

 

The CES 2010 MPEGIF Master Class showcases senior executives and experts
with a track record of pioneering the adoption of new advanced technology
and innovative service offerings bringing to bare new business models. They
will share their experiences, challenges, and expertise with a focus on
technological progress, regulatory and commercial issues, and opportunities
in the overall ecosystem of Digital Television. 

 

"In our mission to help find solutions and compromises to important issues
engaging our industry, MPEGIF has always provided an ideal platform for open
and constructive discussion" said Prof. Dr. h. c. Sebastian Moeritz,
President of MPEGIF and CEO at dicas. "Net neutrality is a subject of
extreme relevance - it must be addressed, considered and managed by all
industry participants accordingly."

 

"The current growth rates of TV delivered over the open internet, sometimes
referred to as OTT, is staggering", said David Price, Vice President of
MPEGIF and Vice President at Harmonic Inc. "This CES Master Class is vital
to provide some clarity into what operators and programmers are thinking and
to the possible way the conflicting interests from different parts of the
creation and delivery chain are going to work together".

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

*        Tim Wu - Professor, Columbia University

*        Christine Heckart - General Manager of Marketing and Business
Development, TV, Video & Music Business, Microsoft Corp.

*        Robert Zitter - Executive Vice President & CTO, HBO

*        Paul Whitehead - Executive Director, Video Planning, AT&T

 

PANELISTS:

*        Jim Kutzner - Chief Engineer, Public Broadcasting Service

*        Ajay Luthra - Senior Director, Motorola

*        Yuval Fisher - CTO, RGB Networks

*        Thierry Fautier - Senior Director, Convergence Solutions, Harmonic
Inc.

*        David Strehlow - Director of Marketing, Media Solutions, Huawei

 

This MPEGIF Master Class will be chaired by:

*        Sebastian Moeritz, President, MPEGIF / CEO, dicas

*	David Price, Vice President, MPEGIF / Vice President, Harmonic 

 

To view the complete agenda, please visit:
http://www.m4if.org/exhibitions/CES%202010/Index1.php 

 

To register, please click here:
http://www.cesweb.org/sessions/search/results.asp?categoryID=1876 

 

About CEA: 

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is the preeminent trade
association promoting growth in the $172 billion U.S. consumer electronics
industry. More than 2,000 companies enjoy the benefits of CEA membership,
including legislative advocacy, market research, technical training and
education, industry promotion and the fostering of business and strategic
relationships. CEA also sponsors and manages the International CES. Where
Entertainment, Technology and Business Converge. All profits from CES are
reinvested into CEA's industry services. Find CEA online at www.CE.org
<http://www.ce.org/> .

 

About MPEGIF

The MPEG Industry Forum is an independent and platform neutral
not-for-profit organization representing more than 20 international
companies and organizations from diverse industries with the goal to
facilitate and further the widespread adoption and deployment of MPEG and
related standards in next generation digital media services. It provides a
forum to exchange information and views on technological, economic and
regulatory issues that are relevant to these services. It also provides a
powerful industry voice advocating the adoption of standards and
consolidating the direction of the industry in the time of transition from
analogue to digital television and media services.

MPEGIF has played a significant role in facilitating the widespread adoption
and deployment of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, the Emmy-Award winning video compression
technology, as the industry's video compression standard powering next
generation television and most mainstream content delivery as well as
consumption applications including packaged media.

 

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Media Contact: Nicola Wissler, MPEG Industry Forum Coordinator,
+1.510.492.4028, nicola.wissler-8/[email protected]   

 

 

MPEGIF is managed by Association Management Solutions: www.amsl.com
<http://www.amsl.com/> 

 

 

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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