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[itvt] Presents... InteractiveTV Today [itvt], the first, best and most widely read news source on interactive and multiplatform television, is pleased to present the second annual TV of Tomorrow Show, March 11th-12th (Tuesday-Wednesday), 2008 in San Francisco, California at the famous Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The first TV of Tomorrow Show was praised by sponsors, speakers and attendees not only as a true "experts' conference" that attracted a veritable "who's who" of the interactive TV industry, but as a thoroughly unique and enjoyable experience. We are working hard to ensure that the TV of Tomorrow Show 2008--which is already attracting an array of high-powered speakers and which will feature a line-up of fascinating entertainments--is even better. --->**ONE WEEK UNTIL EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION CLOSES**<---Early bird registration for [itvt]'s TV of Tomorrow Show ends next Tuesday, January 15th! Early bird registration allows you to attend the TV of Tomorrow Show for just $875, representing a savings of $200 off the regular price of a ticket. To take advantage of this discounted pricing, click here. Call us at 415-824-5806 or email us at events@itvt.com to find out about additional discounts for students and large groups. From January 16th through February 18th, tickets will be priced at $975. Tickets are already selling at a brisk pace: to date, the event is attracting attendees from technology vendors, broadcast networks, cable, satellite and IPTV operators, broadband video operators, advertising agencies, and other US and international companies. SpeakersWe have already put together a first-class line-up of speakers and we
will be announcing details shortly. Speakers, who have confirmed to
date, hail from: Adobe, Alticast, AMD, the American Film Institute, the
BBC, BIAP, BlackArrow, Blitz Agency, BlogTV, BoomerangiTV,
Alcatel-Lucent, Bravo, CableLabs, Charter Media, Digital Dynamic
Depth (DDD), Denuo Group, Digitalsmiths, DirecTV, Geek
Entertainment TV, Hillcrest Labs, HSN, International Creative
Management (ICM), ICTV, Integra5, Inuk Networks, Jewish TV
Network, Lauder Partners, LucasFilm, Magnify.net, MediaVest,
Method, MGM, Microsoft, MindMatics, Miniweb, Motorola, Navic
Networks, NBC Universal, NDS, The Opportunity Management
Company, Panasonic, PlayTV UK, Podaddies, Puff TV, PushButton,
Revision3, Rentrak, SETI, SinglePoint, Showtime Networks, Softel
Group, Starcom, Star Trek New Voyages, Starz, Time Warner Cable,
Tvinci, Verisign, Verizon FiOS, Vidiom, Visible World, Weapon7,
WPP/Schematic, and Zodiac Interactive.
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  How to SubscribeAbout [itvt] Radio Interview: Hans Fischmann, General Manager of Advanced Media, Charter Media
Since Hans Fischmann joined Charter Media, the advertising arm of cable MSO, Charter Communications, in January, 2007, he and his team have launched over 600 interactive TV and VOD advertising campaigns. In this recorded interview from [itvt]'s new talk radio show, "The TV of Tomorrow Show with Tracy Swedlow," he describes the kinds of interactive TV advertising offered by Charter Media; provides statistics on the efficacy of the company's ITV ads; describes its efforts to market its ITV advertising capabilities; provides some thoughts on the cable industry ITV advertising initiative, "Project Canoe"; discusses "Did You See It?," a new channel Charter is launching that will be devoted to on demand advertising; and much more. To listen to the interview, please click here. How to Listen and Participate To listen to the show live, simply go to its homepage. [itvt] readers can participate in the show in a number of ways:
Archived Broadcasts [itvt] is making past broadcasts of the show available on the show's homepage: Broadcast #8: Peter Price, president and CEO of the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, one of two organizations that are responsible for television's annual Emmy awards (the other is the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences), discusses, among other things, the relationship between the two Academies, and their ongoing legal dispute over the National Academy's awards for Advanced Media (which were presented Monday at CES 2008). Broadcast #7: Upstate New York resident, James Cawley, whose background includes, among other things, a stint as an Elvis-impersonator, is the executive producer of Star Trek New Voyages (startreknewvoyages.com), a production company that produces original episodes of "Star Trek," based on the characters from that show's first season (Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Sulu, Uhura, etc.). Downloads of these hour-long, fan-generated broadband TV episodes have been in the multiple millions, and their audience base appears to be growing rapidly. Cawley shares his thoughts on producing original, fan-generated "Star Trek" programming for the Internet; describes the events that led to the formation of Star Trek New Voyages; discusses the company's relationship with CBS (the owner of the "Star Trek" franchise); provides a preview of new episodes and new characters that the company has in the pipeline (including "Star Trek's" first gay character); discusses the possibility of making the show interactive or building a social network around it; and much more. Broadcast #6: Three high-profile figures from the interactive TV space--Patrick Donoghue, VP of ITV product management at Time Warner Cable; Bill Niemeyer, chief of analysis and research at BlackArrow; and David Preisman, VP of interactive television at Showtime Networks--provide a retrospective of the year in interactive TV, present their picks for the year's most important ITV stories, and predict the important ITV trends for 2008. Topics discussed include the rise of user-generated content; the demise of TMG; the significance of the top-secret interactive TV advertising initiative, "Canoe"; the emergence of big-budget broadband TV programming; EchoStar's purchase of Sling Media; DirecTV's purchase of ReplayTV; and much more. Broadcast #5: Three senior executives from mobile interactive TV specialist, SinglePoint--president and CEO, Rich Begert; VP of industry relations, Doug Busk; and director of marketing, Philippe Poutonnet--discuss, among other things, the company's recent deal with NBC Universal. The deal will see SinglePoint providing mobile interactive/participation TV services for a range of NBC Universal's programming and channels, including NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, Bravo, Telemundo, USA Network, NBC Sports, and NBC News. Broadcast #4: Steve Rosenbaum is founder and CEO of Magnify.net, a company that provides a new Web 2.0 service which allows end-users to create video galleries/channels complete with social networks. He discusses Magnify.net's service and the business model behind it; provides examples of how it is being used; outlines the company's current strategy and future plans; and more. Broadcast #3: Brian Seth Hurst, a well-known figure in interactive TV circles, was recently elected as vice chairman of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the organization behind the Primetime Emmys. His election marks the first time ever that a new media specialist has served in such a senior role at the Academy. Hurst discusses what his election says about the evolution of the Academy and of the television establishment in general; the significance of the ongoing writers' strike for the interactive and broadband TV industries; and much more. Broadcast #2: Jodie McAfee, who was formerly SVP of corporate development and marketing at The Media Group (TMG), a high-profile interactive TV advertising and programming company that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this year, discusses that company's demise; his new company, BoomerangiTV; the cable industry interactive TV advertising initiative known as "Project Canoe"; the current state of the ITV advertising industry in general; and more. Broadcast #1: Louis Slothouber and Dan Levinson of BIAP discuss their company's technologies; the challenges involved in deploying the company's interactive TV applications (which include eBay on TV, Yellow Pages on TV, and Fantasy Football and Baseball Trackers); the company's patent portfolio; the current state of the cable industry; ITV standards; artificial intelligence; emerging market opportunities; and more. Advertiser
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