Wednesday, March 7th, 2018

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Session B: Prague Room A, 3rd Floor

The Disruption: The OTT Multiscreen Experience – Internet TV Goes Mainstream

Netflix, Amazon and YouTube have officially altered the television experience. HDMI and the Internet have forever broken the barrier of the cable bundle as well as the technologies involved in the distribution of video and the devices and platforms most popular with viewers.

Bruce Tuchman, Media Entrepreneur and Executive

Jim Wilson, President, Premion, a Division of TEGNA

Fabian Birgfeld, founder and partner, W12 Studios

Jon Dakss, Chief Digital Officer, EPIX

Steven S. Oh, Chief Business Officer, The Young Turks (“TYT”)

Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor

Moderator - Jonathan Hurd, Director, Altman Vilandrie & Company

Jim Wilson, President, Premion, TEGNA Inc.: Jim Wilson has spent 20+ years in executive management roles with a track record of success in launching, scaling and transforming businesses in media, technology and entertainment. His experience includes advertising, video, games, music and licensing. Jim is currently the founder & President of Premion, a division of TEGNA focused on

the high growth “Over The Top” streaming video business. Commercially launched in September 2016, Premion serves as both a supply side and data management platform and has quickly scaled nationally with hundreds of major advertisers and thousands of campaigns. Jim joined TEGNA from TouchTunes, a digital music company, where he was COO and delivered new growth ahead of its sale. Prior to TouchTunes, Jim was CEO of Atari, where he led the successful transformation of the company from a retail to a digital and online publisher and restructured its French parent company leading its sale in 2013. Earlier in his career, Jim launched the games business at Universal Studios and delivered numerous global hit games. He also held senior marketing and general management roles at Universal, Sony Wonder and Disney.  In those roles, he directly launched and managed top global entertainment brands. He is a graduate of Loyola University and Harvard Business School.

Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, provides consulting services to the video industry, specializing in the positioning (and re-positioning) of companies in the advanced television space, as well as providing business and product development services.    He is a Cable Pioneer, class of 2011, having worked with both Time Warner Cable and Showtime Networks in their formative years.  He is also a member of the Television Academy Interactive Media Group. Rick is frequently called on by companies, from the very large to the very small, to organize and run custom in-house "workshops" to help senior management gain perspective on the rapid changes in the television space. His goal in these sessions is not to simply convey information; it is to create understanding of the nuances of this rapidly evolving business, so that the workshop participants can see through the screaming headlines about the business and concentrate on the underlying movements. Rick also moderates and speak on industry panels, and writes a column, published by Tracy Swedlow's itvt.com newsletter.  For 2018 Rick is focused on the inevitable collision of standards and platforms at the 2021 horizon, where Telco 5G, Broadcast ATSC 3.0 and Cable Broadband must work together to meet accelerating consumer needs.

Bruce Tuchman is a global media executive who has spent his career on the cutting edge of innovation. He has been responsible for taking some of the most popular and influential US television networks worldwide, transforming them into dynamic global brands. Currently, Tuchman is an active investor and entrepreneur within the global media and technology sectors.  He is a Board member of the global data sci-ence company Parrot Analytics and a senior advisor to iflix and AMC Global in China. Previously, Tuchman served as President of AMC Global and Sundance Channel Global, where he lead the strategic distribution, programming, business develop-ment and marketing of the AMC and Sundance Channel brands internationally. At AMC Networks Tuchman also managed Kinowelt TV, one of German-speaking Eu-rope’s leading film networks and a company that AMC Networks acquired in 2014 under his leadership.  Prior to AMC, Tuchman was President of MGM Worldwide Networks, a division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, where he developed and managed MGM’s interests in cable, satellite and other television networks around the world. Before that he was General Manager of Nickelodeon Global Network Ventures and Senior Vice President, Nickelodeon New Media Ventures, developing and overseeing branded Nickelodeon channels and services across Europe, the Asia-Pacific region and Africa. Before joining Nickelodeon, he served as Vice President, Business Affairs and Senior Counsel, International Development for MTV Networks. Tuchman began his career as an M&A attorney with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York and London. Tuchman is Chairman of the Americas Fund for the London School of Economics and member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Fabian Birgfeld, founder and partner, W12 Studios: Fabian Birgfeld is founder and partner of W12 Studios. The agency was founded in 2012 in London with a strong focus on media and technology. W12 Studios has developed comprehensive design systems for the big screen, delivering content across the device ecosystem and has helped shape entirely new digital content formats for markets across the globe. W12 Studios' clients include Intel, Microsoft, NOS, Red Bull, Vodafone, BBC, Samsung, WatchWith, Beamly, Shazam, Verizon, and Okko among others.  Beforehand Fabian worked at frog design, Method and the BBC where he led the design teams for iPlayer, BBC News, BBC Sport and 2012 Olympics. Fabian has taught design and theory at Princeton University, Syracuse University and NJIT. His art and designs have been frequently exhibited in the US and Europe and won numerous awards. Born and raised in Germany, Fabian holds a BA in Economics from Harvard University and a graduate degree in Architecture from Princeton University.

Jon Dakss, Chief Digital Officer, EPIX: Jon leads the EPIX digital team in continuing to build industry-leading digital products, advancing the user experience, and collaborating with distribution partners to pioneer authentication across devices and platforms.  Launched in October 2009, EPIX pioneered the development and proliferation of “TV Everywhere” and it was the first premium network to provide multi-platform access to its content online at EPIX.com and to launch on Xbox, PlayStation®, Android phones and tablets, and Roku® players. EPIX is also available across Chromecast, Apple® iPhones® and iPads®, Android TV and more. Jon joins EPIX from NBCUniversal where he was most recently Vice President of Media Labs, a corporate technology division dedicated to leading innovation across all of the company’s areas of business.  Jon led a cross-functional team responsible for a diverse set of projects including Interactive and Social video, Metadata-powered Video Search and Discovery Experiences, “360-degree” video and Virtual Reality, Next-Gen EST movies and advanced Connected TV and Set-top Box Apps.  Before helping found Media Labs, Jon led NBCU’s Converged Media team, responsible for stewarding NBCUniversal’s and Comcast’s partnerships with its Social TV investment portfolio and led the companywide production of 1,000+ synchronous enhanced television events across multiple platforms. Prior to joining NBCUniversal Jon was Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of WatchPoint Media, a global interactive media product company.  WatchPoint was acquired by GoldPocket Interactive, where Jon led product deployments with Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, Comcast, DISH Network and BellExpressVu prior to GoldPocket's acquisition by Ericsson.

Steven S. Oh, Chief Business Officer, The Young Turks (“TYT”): Steve is the Chief Business Officer of The Young Turks ("TYT"), one of the largest and most popular online news publishers. As the CBO, he oversees all business operations and strategic partnerships of the Company. Steve joined the Company in 2010 and has since helped grow it from a single YouTube channel with 18 million views per month to a full network of over 20 channels totaling over 7 billion lifetime views and 11 million subscribers across multiple platforms, including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Hulu, Amazon, AOL, Comcast Watchable, Pluto TV, SiriusXM and many more. Together, these platforms generate 200 million monthly views and 10 million hours of monthly watch time. In addition to overseeing distribution across all platforms, Steve also manages TYT's original programming development and sales, and have closed production deals with Fusion Network and Verizon go90 and is currently in negotiations with several television networks on additional shows.

Steve is also spearheading efforts to create TYT's live linear channel for placement on various streaming pay TV services (virtual MVPDs). Lastly, Steve is leading the Company's expansion to overseas markets, specifically TYT Europe. Prior to joining TYT, Steve was an attorney and an entrepreneur. He co-founded and sold several businesses. Steve was an associate at the law firm of Winston & Strawn in New York City and at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in Los Angeles, where he worked in corporate litigation. He is a graduate of Cornell University and UCLA School of Law.

Jonathan Hurd has been a Director at Altman Vilandrie & Company (AV&Co.)—a 120+-person strategy consulting firm focused on technology, media, and telecom—since 2006.  He has more than 25 years of consulting and industry experience in communications, media and related technology sectors.  Jonathan’s primary areas of expertise include corporate strategy, product innovation, marketing management, customer segmentation, pricing strategy, and new business planning and development.  Jonathan has recently been leading AV&Co.’s unique proprietary consumer survey and simulation techniques to analyze the impact of “skinny bundles” of TV channels, working with video distributors on product design and pricing of traditional and “over-the-top” video services, and advising broadcast and cable TV networks on product and pricing strategy for new video offers.  Jonathan is a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the group charged with investigating and selecting EMMY award recipients for innovative TV technology.  Prior to joining AV&Co., Jonathan was a Vice President with ADVENTIS, a TMT-focused strategy firm, and was a partner at Mercer Management Consulting.  He has also served as Vice President of Marketing for a computer peripherals manufacturer, and held marketing and strategic planning positions at Lotus Development Corporation.  In addition, he has been a software development manager in industries including financial services, computer peripherals, and video game development—he designed and created the Atari arcade video game “Food Fight”.  Jonathan received a BS in Computer Science and Engineering from MIT, where his thesis advisor was Nicholas Negroponte of the Media Lab, and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he received First Year Honors.  He is a member of the Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society and the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society.