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8 am Registration & Morning coffee
9 am Opening remarks
Opening speech – Pacome Revillon, Managing Director, Euroconsult
Economics & prospects for HDTV in Europe Pay-TV platforms’ HDTV strategies
European pay-TV platforms will present their commercial strategies, including the number and type of HDTV channels offered, their potential HD PVR plans, as well as main issues for the development of high definition with expectations in terms of return on investment.
Tullio Camiglieri, Director Communications & Corporate Affairs, Sky Italia
Doron Hacmon, SVP of Strategic Marketing & Products, UPC Broadband
Jo Guegan, EVP & CTO, Canal Plus Group
Frank Hoffmann, Director Consumer Electronics, Premiere
Brian Sullivan, Director New Development, BSkyB (expected)
Solution providers’ vision on the future of HDTV
Executive from future HD equipment design companies as well as resellers will debate on HDTV prospects and key market drivers for the short and long term.
Roger Bolton, Director of Satellite, Tandberg Television
Johan Van de Ven, CTO, SVP, Philips Consumer Electronics
David Gillies, Director of Technology, Pace
Didier Huck, Vice President, Public Affairs & Regulation, Thomson Group
Discussion with:
Enzo Savarese, Commissioner, AGCOM
Official lunch
Keynote speech Sheila Cassells, Chairperson, Digital Interoperability Forum
HD prospects for TV channels & content providers
Top executives from leading European broadcasters and content providers will present their plans for HDTV introduction. The time to market, the need to support HDTV production and the networks of choice for high definition services will be key topics for this session.
Richard Waghorn, Controller Distribution, BBC
Frank Meissner, Managing Director, ProSiebenSat.1
Gabriel Fehervari, CEO, Euro 1080
Laura Frankel, General Manager of HD, Discovery Networks
Luigi Rocchi, Head of Technological Strategies, RAI
Frederic Sichler, General Director, StudioCanal
Leading international consultants’ viewpoint on HD prospects
Senior analysts from leading US and European consulting companies will present their views on the state of play and prospects for HDTV, with an extensive discussion on key market drivers and expected HD penetration growth in the European and US TV markets.
Pacome Revillon, Managing Director, Euroconsult
John Binks, Commercial Director, GfK
Evie Haskell, Editor in Chief, The BRIDGE Media Group, Media Business Corp
Philippe Bailly, CEO, NPA Conseil |
