Multi-screen summit expands speaker lineup of international video
leaders
Acton, mass.--(business wire)--new york city will be the global center for multi-screen video on wednesday, april 27th, as entertainment, cable, telecom and technology leaders from around the world congregate for the monetizing multi-screen video summit. uniquely focused on creative ways to monetize video on any device, the event features executives from liberty global, vodafone, france telecom, virgin media, turk telekom, cablevision mexico, comcast, verizon, at&t, rogers, tivo, mtv and many others. “we’re examining how operators, content providers and advertisers are collaborating to create the multi-screen video market around the world,” said yvette kanouff, president of seachange international, the event organizer. “this event will enable discussions with global video leaders about where multi-screen services are deploying today and how they are monetizing through over-the-top, content bundling, advertising, social media and personalized applications.” how and where consumers can access video is rapidly expanding according to screen digest, which estimates there will be more than 25 billion connectable devices (tablets, ipods, mobile phones, pc, tvs, etc.) installed globally by 2014. if even a percentage of those devices are used for video consumption – the firm predicts approximately 30 percent of “tv oriented” devices in north america will be connected during the same time frame – the potential opportunity and audience size is massive. the summit includes the world’s leading media executives: christine mitchell - group head of video content, vodafone groupmartin conan - devices - head of display delivery, france telecom orangeian mecklenburgh - director consumer platforms and devices, virgin mediaguillermo salcedo culebro - chief marketing officer, cablevision sa de cvesref gÜnaydin - head of content, ttnetanthony rose - formerly of iplayer, bbcmark hess - svp of advanced business and technology development, comcast cablejason malamud - general manager, advertising, verizon fiosroland noll - executive director, u-versetv advertising and commerce, at&tdavid sandford - vice president and general manager, service provider business, tivo for the full list of speakers, visit www.seachangesummit.com. summit sponsors include: rgb networks, rovi, tribune media services, aprico, azuki systems, ceton, digital rapids, envivio, telestream and thinkanalytics. summit media sponsors include: advanced television, broadband library international, btr, broadband tv news, cablefax, connected planet, digital tv europe, itv today, light reading, rapid tv news, screen plays, tmcnet.com, videonet and vision2mobile. conference registration includes an april 26th evening welcome reception, breakfast and lunch on april 27th, and access to discounted lodging at the le parker meridien. register to attend at www.seachangesummit.com. follow monetizing multi-screen video event developments on twitter at twitter.com/seachangesummit, as well as on facebook and linkedin. about seachange international seachange international (nasdaq: seac) is the global leader in multi-screen video and one of the largest software companies worldwide. the company provides innovative, emmy award winning solutions and services for back office, advertising, content, in-home devices and broadcast to hundreds of media companies, including blue chip companies such as comcast, virgin media, at&t, hutchison whampoa, vodacom and dish network. headquartered in acton, massachusetts, seachange has product development, support and sales offices around the world. visit www.schange.com.
