Digital entertainment beckons consultant. (People).CHARLES S. Swartz wants to help usher in Verb 1. usher in - be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period" inaugurate, introduce commence, lead off, start, begin - set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. entertainment's digital revolution. The new executive director and chief executive of USC's Entertainment Technology Center, Swartz is responsible for developing and overseeing research projects in digital cinema and video-on-demand. He said he wants to create a place where the entertainment industry can address issues surrounding new technologies. "We want to be a neutral setting where leaders of the entertainment industry can address pressing issues," said Swartz. "Especially where technology and business intersect." As digital delivery offers new ways to reach viewers, the ETC ETC - ExTendible Compiler. Fortran-like, macro extendible. "ETC - An Extendible Macro-Based Compiler", B.N. Dickman, Proc SJCC 38 (1971). is looking at the challenges that come along with it. "Digital technology is a double edged sword," Swartz said. "It offers you the ability to make perfect copies. That's a good thing for distributors, but the bad guys can make illegal copies which are just as good." While USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. is researching ways to protect digital technology from being duplicated, Swartz said it is also looking at ways to curb piracy using the free marketplace as protection. "There is a business solution (to piracy)," he said. "Which is to come up with business models that will encourage people to pay for the use of digital content." Swartz is returning to the university setting after a brief stint in the private sector. He was most recently director of integrated strategy for the entertainment industry with Sapient sa·pi·ent adj. Having great wisdom and discernment. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sapi , an e-business consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a . He had been director of business development for entertainment at Andersen Consulting. Before joining Andersen in 1998, Swartz spent 12 years as program manager for UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Extension's department of entertainment studies and performing arts, where he created the course curricula in digital media and the business of entertainment. Prior to joining UCLA, Swartz wrote and produced independent films and served in an executive capacity at both Warner Bros. Television Warner Bros. Television is the television production and distribution arm of Time Warner's Warner Bros. Entertainment and The CW Television Network (in which Warner has a 50% ownership stake). and New World Pictures. He lives in Sherman Oaks with his wife. |
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