Seventh Annual Digital Media Summit to Focus on Content, Conflict and Consolidation.

Director Marshall Herskowitz, Warner Bros.' Thomas Gewecke, Forrester Analyst Charlene Li and Microsoft's Chris Stephenson Headline Event

LOS ANGELES -- The seventh annual Digital Media Summit, June 9-10 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, will examine how Hollywood's sit-back entertainment experience is being transformed by consumers' flight to the Internet, event producer iHollywood Forum said.

Keynotes, presenters and panelists will analyze how media companies are pushing TV content, news, music and other content to the Web -- even as profit margins for Web advertising remain well below the margins from traditional media.

"Hollywood studios now realize that lawsuits aren't going to stop consumers from copying their content or abandoning television and DVDs for the Internet," said iHollywood Forum Co-Founder and CEO Michael Stroud. "So they're developing revenue models that put much more of their product on the Internet - perhaps hurting profits in the short-term, but ensuring they remain relevant in the long-term."

Emmy-winning writer/director Marshall Herskovitz, president of the Producer's Guild of America, Warner Bros. Digital Distribution President Thomas Gewecke, Forrester Research Principal Analyst Charlene Li, and Chris Stephenson, General Manager of Global Marketing, Entertainment Business for Microsoft, will keynote the event. The conference will also feature executives from William Morris, Napster, CBS, and dozens of other companies.

Panels include:

* Reaching the Broadband Video Consumer

* Social Networking and the Transformation of Web Marketing

* How Social Networks Help - and Hurt - Hollywood

* Hollywood's Online Video Gambit

* Mobile Music and Content Outlook

* VOD: Now Content, Not Technology, is the Problem

* Big Brands Bet on New Media

* The Search For Relevancy

The conference also features its traditional Demo and Venture Forum, which will pick a "Best of Show" presenter in digital media, social networking or user-generated content. Presenters are companies with less than $25 million in revenue, and are picked by a panel of venture capitalists, finance and entertainment executives.

Panel speakers and moderators include:

* Keynote, Thomas Gewecke, President, Warner Bros. Digital Distribution

* Keynote, Marshall Herskovitz, Emmy-Winner, Writer, Director, Producer and President, Producers Guild of America

* Keynote, Charlene Li, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research and Co-Author, Groundswell

* Keynote, Chris Stephenson, General Manager of Global Marketing, Entertainment Business, Microsoft Corp.

* Troy Aylesworth, Channel Manager, NTT America

* York Baur, Executive Vice President of Corporate Development, Zango

* Greg Bennett, Sr. VP Branded Entertainment, CBS Television Distribution

* Keith Bernstein, Chief Executive Officer, Royalty Review Council

* Gerardo Capiel, CEO and Founder, Gydget

* Patrick Cossen, Vice president of Marketing, VUDU

* Matt Fitz-Henry, Director, New Media, Walt Disney Records

* John Fogarty, VP, Mobile, Napster

* Eyal Gever, Gizmoz

* Colin Gillis, Internet Equity Research Analyst, Canaccord Adams

* Steve Jang, CMO and EVP of Business Development, imeem

* Mari Joller, Director of New Services, Virgin Mobile USA

* Anu Kirk, Vice president, Rhapsody Music Service, Real Networks

* Mike Monello, Director, Campfire

* Ziv Navoth, VP, Marketing and Business Development, Bebo

* Ken Papagan, President & Chief Strategy Officer, Rentrak Corp.

* Jamie Shortill, Senior Director - Corporate, William Morris Agency

* Olivier Sichel, Sofinnova Partners SA

* Perry Solomon, Senior Vice President, Product Marketing, FAST

* Bobby Tulsiani, Analyst, Jupiter Research

* Lance Ware, CTO, Technicolor

* Henry Wong, CEO and Founder, Zipidee

Sponsors and exhibitors include:

Silver Sponsors: Crossfader

Bronze Sponsors: Safenet, Inc., Zipidee, Inc., Microsoft Zune, Technicolor by Thomson, Exent Technologies, Zango

Media Partners: Business Wire, Enterprise Talent, Fierce Online Video, Game Recruiter, MoCA Alliance, Rogers & Cowan

About iHollywood Forum, Inc.[TM]

Founded in 2000, Los Angeles-based iHollywood Forum, Inc., produces next-gen roundtables and business summits about digital entertainment and mobile technology. The summits attract a diverse mix of Hollywood and technology executives, entrepreneurs, technology executives, attorneys and others to learn and make deals in an intimate environment. Sessions are typically moderated by top journalists and analysts.

Press Information:

Press Credentials to attend Digital Media Summit:

Complimentary admission for qualified editorial media is available through pre-registration ONLY for Digital Media Summit[TM]. Journalists are encouraged to submit their press credentials by sending an email to [e-mail] with press outlet in advance as space and luncheon capacity is limited. Priority admission will be given to pre-registered press.

iHollywood Forum Press Contact:
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