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Thursday, October 18, 2018

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Track I: Haas Conference Center, Room 171

Internet TV Packages: Innovation in the Package – Innovation in the Technology – The One-Three Year OTT Outlook

Dan Goman, Founder and CEO, OwnZones

Thomas K. Arnold, Publisher and Editorial Director, Media Play News

Josette Bonte, Chief Strategy Officer, CTM: Institute for Communication Technology Management, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

Jack Davis, co-founder and CEO, Crypt TV

Robin Wilson, Director, RW TV

Moderator, Patrick Redmond, Principal, Altman Vilandrie & Company

 

Thomas K. Arnold, Publisher and Editorial Director, Media Play News: Thomas K. Arnold has been covering the home entertainment industry for nearly three decades. For more than 12 years he was the Publisher and Editorial Director of Home Media Magazine, the home entertainment industry’s weekly trade publication. He writes a weekly column for Variety and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, summits and other events, including CES and Digital Hollywood. He has written for The Hollywood Reporter, USA Today, and the Los Angeles Times, and appeared on television to talk about home entertainment

issues on CNN’s “Showbiz Tonight,” “Entertainment Tonight,” Starz, The Hollywood Reporter and the G4 network’s “Attack of the Show.” Arnold also served as the executive producer of The Home Entertainment Summit, a key annual gathering of studio executives and other industry leaders, and has given speeches and presentations at a variety of other events, including Home Media Expo and the Entertainment Supply Chain Academy. Arnold is an alumnus of San Diego State University, where he majored in Business Management and minored in Journalism.

 

Jack Davis has built Crypt TV to be a force by bringing “Scary” to your phone.  That is how the company has launched, and now backed by $12M in funding, Davis has focused the company on using Facebook and YouTube to be their primary distribution channels so they can further develop their IP against the backbone of Data. While Netflx uses data to predict what users want and what is being watched.  Crypt is one of the few companies that uses a data driven process to alter and change content based on what their users like…with the goal of creating more connected IP that resonates with audiences. At 26 years old, Jack was named a New Leader by Variety, keynoted at Facebook’s conference 2-months ago and recently was a featured panelist at the PGA’s Produced by Conference.  With the goal of making Crypt Marvel for Monsters, I want to book Jack on to talk about how the company relies on data to grow their IP and ensure their content resonates with fans and viewers, increasing the value for all.  And how they leverage that across numerous social platforms.

 

Josette Bonte, the Chief Strategy Officer, USC CTM: where she is in charge of industry relations and overseeing the Institute's research programs. Bonte, an industry veteran and expert in digital media and filmed entertainment, spent the first 11 years of her career as a film and television industry executive in Hollywood, and the past 17 years in the fields of telecom, interactive television, broadband content, and online games. Bonte joins the CTM from Cisco where she served as Executive Digital Media Strategist for the Internet Business Solutions Group's Global Media & Entertainment Practice. Prior to Cisco, Bonte was the Vice President of Digital Media at Cookie Jar Entertainment-producers of acclaimed children's TV series, including Arthur, Caillou, Zaboomafoo, The Doodlebops and Johnny Test. She also served as Vice President of Content and IPTV for Ovum, working on IPTV content deployment strategies with service provider clients including AT&T, Verizon, France Telecom, and BT. A telco TV pioneer, in 1994 Bonte joined then US West (now CenturyLink) as Head of Strategic Marketing, Entertainment, and Interactive services, where she participated in the company's early interactive media and video-on-demand trials, soon becoming the company's liaison to the Hollywood entertainment industry for content strategy. In the late 1980s, Josette served as Executive Director of Unifrance Film, where she represented the French motion picture and television industries in Hollywood. She subsequently founded EuroScreen Partners, a film production and distribution company where she served as CEO. Bonte has an M.F.A from the UCLA School of Film and Television, and a Ph.D. in telecommunications and new media from the Sorbonne. She is the author of the best-seller book La Television a la Carte aux Etat-Unis.

 

Dan Goman is the founder and CEO of OWNZONES Media Network, a global provider of technology and media solutions for the motion picture, television and digital content creation industries. Dan has played a pioneering role in the development and growth of the global OTT market, helping media companies deliver world class viewing experiences across the web, mobile and connected devices. Prior to OWNZONES, Dan spent 15 years in the computer sciences industry as a technical engineer and consultant at companies including Microsoft, AT&T Wireless and Lucent Technologies. While a program manager in the Windows Media division of Microsoft, Dan coordinated with content and hardware partners to develop and enhance digital rights management functionality for the company’s device-independent PlayReady DRM product.

 

Robin Wilson, Director, RW TV: As the former VP of Business Development at NAGRA, Robin Wilson’s responsibilities include ensuring that the company’s current and future solutions are developed and applied whenever new opportunities or markets arise. Robin has over 25 years of international broadcast technology experience in companies that include BBC, NBC, RCA, DiviCom, Grass Valley and Modulus Video where he has held various marketing, engineering, management and founding positions. Robin’s technical expertise encompasses compressed video (MPEG-2, MPEG-4), content distribution (satellite, cable, IPTV, OTT,OVP, broadband), content security (DRM, CAS) and user interfaces. He recently had the opportunity to participate in government relations and lobbying on regulatory matters affecting digital TV, OTT and broadband. Robin has participated in and presented at many industry organizations including SMPTE, EBU, IBC, ATIS, and IEEE. He is also a member of NATAS, the group charged with investigating and selecting EMMY award recipients for innovative TV technology, and of the FCC advisory committee on Downloadable Security for US operators (DSTAC). Robin graduated with a BSc. degree in Applied Physics (EE) from Dundee University, Scotland, and holds a watermarking patent. NAGRA is the digital TV division of the Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.S) and a pioneer in pay-TV technology. NAGRA solutions include DRM, Conditional Access, Digital Media Security, User Interfaces for Tablets, SmartTVs, Set Top Boxes for operators using MPEG-4, HEVC, Streaming Media, OTT, IPTV, Cable, Satellite, Mobile TV & VOD.

 

Patrick Redmond, Principal, Altman Vilandrie & Company: Patrick is a Principal with AV&Co. in our Boston office, where he has worked since 2007. His areas of expertise include growth strategies, new product development and pricing, and the SMB (small and medium business) segment across the telecom and print and digital media sectors. During recent engagements, Patrick helped clients establish roadmaps for emerging products, develop multi-year strategic plans, and undergo a complete strategic reevaluation. He also provides M&A-related due diligence services to private equity firms and strategic buyers. Sample diligence targets include telecom operators, metro fiber providers, and equipment vendors. Additionally, Patrick has deep functional knowledge of and experience with advanced quantitative research tools and techniques. Prior to joining AV&Co., Patrick was a Vice President with Deutsche Bank. Patrick holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. with High Distinction from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.