Mark Cuban and Seamus Blackley to Keynote First Annual Billboard Digital Entertainment Conference & Awards.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Over 70 Entertainment/Technology Industry Leaders Confirmed to Speak at Two-Day Event HDNet Chairman and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and Xbox co-creator Seamus Blackley will be the keynote speakers for the first annual Billboard Digital Entertainment Conference & Awards. The two-day event will bring together the biggest names in the entertainment and technology industries. It will be held November 4-5 at the Tom Bradley International Center and the Grand Horizon Ballroom at UCLA's Covel Center. Mark Cuban, who in 1999 sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo, is the outspoken owner of the Dallas Mavericks. Cuban chairs HDNet, which operates two 24/7 all-high definition networks. HDNet is the first national television network broadcasting all of its programming in 1080i HD, the highest-quality format of high-definition television (HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates ). Cuban's HDNet will create programming from footage of the Digital Entertainment Conference & Awards to be broadcast on this network. Mark Cuban is also a partner in 2929 Entertainment, an entertainment holding and production company, and has found time to head up and star in his own reality series, "The Benefactor," which airs on ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. . Seamus Blackley is one of the founding fathers of Microsoft's Xbox game platform. After the wildly successful launch of Xbox in 1999, Blackley left Microsoft to launch Capital Entertainment Group (CEG (Continuous Edge Graphics) A VGA RAMDAC chip from Edsun Labs that adds anti-aliasing on the fly. It can also calculate intermediate shades, thus providing thousands of colors on an 8-bit board that normally generates only 256 colors. ), a game production company that aimed to produce and finance games in partnership with game developers and publishers. Currently, Blackley is an agent with Creative Artists Agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is a talent and literary agency which represents a vast array of actors, musicians, writers, directors, and athletes, as well as a variety of companies and their products. (CAA Caa See CCC. ), where he helps guide and execute CAA's strategy for representing video game developers. "Mark and Seamus are both proven digital entrepreneurs who are clear choices to keynote our Billboard Digital Entertainment Conference & Awards," commented John Kilcullen, President and Publisher of Billboard. "This event will gather the greatest thinkers, innovators and success stories in the digital entertainment industry and these keynotes will highlight what is shaping up to be a terrific event." Approximately 70 other industry leaders will be speaking at the first annual Billboard Digital Entertainment Conference & Awards. The two-day event and awards show will focus on innovation, entrepreneurship, brand development in digital entertainment and technology issues impacting the creative and business communities. A featured November 4th panel, "A View From The Top," will focus on corporate strategy and the future of digital entertainment. The speakers for this panel include Chris Gorog, Chairman & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Roxio/Napster, Dennis Mudd, Chairman & CEO of MusicMatch, Bill Wilson, SVP SVP S'il Vous Plaît (French: Please) SVP Senior Vice President SVP Schweizerische Volkspartei (Swiss People~s Party) SVP Society of Vertebrate Paleontology SVP Social Venture Partners SVP St Vincent de Paul & GM, of AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Entertainment, America Online, Inc., Richard Wolpert, Chief Strategy Officer of Real Networks, and Phil Wiser, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of Sony Corporation of America Sony Corporation of America (SCA) is the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation. It is based in Inglewood, California. It is the umbrella company under which all Sony companies operate in the United States. Subsidiaries
Among the many other featured speakers at the first annual
Billboard Digital Entertainment Conference & Awards:
Rep. Howard Berman -- U.S. House of Representatives,
(D-California)
Mitch Bainwol -- Chairman & CEO of Recording Industry Association
of America
Jay Alan Samit -- SVP & General Manager of Sony Connect
Lee Abrams -- Chief Programming Officer of XM Satellite Radio
Larry Kenswil -- President, eLab, Universal Music Group
Steve Schnur - Worldwide Executive of Music for Electronic Arts
Jeff Littlejohn -- SVP, Engineering of Clear Channel Radio
Jay Cohen -- Vice President of Publishing for Ubisoft
Ted Cohen -- SVP, D3 -- Digital Development & Distribution for EMI
Recorded Music
The conference will culminate with the inaugural Digital Entertainment Awards. The celebration honors achievements in 30 categories involving games, music and film, television and video. Winners will be announced at a gala ceremony in Los Angeles on the evening of November 5. Billboard has created the conference and awards ceremony in partnership with Digital Media Wire, the digital industry's leading news organization and events company. For the most updated information on the conference and event, please visit www.digitalentertainmentawards.com. About Billboard: Now in its 110th year, Billboard is the world's premier music industry publication and a diverse digital, events and brand-licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video and digital entertainment issues and trends. Billboard is the flagship property for the Billboard Information Group, which also consists of Billboard.biz, Billboard.com, Billboard Chart Alert, Billboard Information Network (BIN), Billboard Directories, Billboard Licensing & Events and Billboard Radio Monitor. The Group is a unit of VNU VNU Volontaires des Nations Unies (French) VNU Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeversbedrijven (Dutch) VNU Virtual Network User Business Media, a worldwide media company that provides specialized publications, electronically delivered data, expositions and marketing services and is owned by VNU Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Netherlands-based VNU, an international publishing and information company. About Digital Media Wire, Inc.: Digital Media Wire is a news organization, publisher and events company serving the digital media industry since May 2000. We publish a well-respected free daily email newsletter, industry reports & directories, and the only in-depth law and policy monthly focusing on developments impacting digital media. Our executive forum in Los Angeles and New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. feature the leading minds in digital media, are recognized by the press and provide valuable networking opportunities. We encourage you to sample our products and services, and welcome inquiries about how we can put our knowledge & relationships to work for you. |
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