Digital Hollywood at CES
Saturday, January 10th
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Track I – DH17
Social Networks & User Generated Media as a Technology Challenge: The Platform, the Content & the Network
Janet Eden-Harris, Vice President, J.D. Power and Associates
Mark Dawson, VP, Programming Services, ActiveVideo Networks
Tom Gerace, Founder and CEO of Gather.com
Rebecca Weeks, Director, Business Development, Real Girls Media
Adrian Sexton, Co-Founder & CEO, New Medici LLC
Seth Shapiro, Principal, New Amsterdam Media
Reena A Jadhav, Founder, CEO, Nuresume, Moderator

Advertising Innovation! Broadband, OnDemand, In-Game, Social Networks & Mobile

Rob Crumpler, CEO, BuzzLogic
Alec Andronikov, Chief Mobile Media Strategist, MoVoxx
Randy Haldeman, CMO, Apptera
B.Scott Taylor, founder and owner, TAOW
Sean Barger, CEO, Equilibrium
Jim Risner, President & Chief Marketing Officer, Votigo
Eric Harber, President and COO, hipcricket
Rory Altman, Director, Co-Founder, Altman Vilandrie & Company, Moderator

I haven't gotten out of the North Hall yet,  and around every corner i'm seeing and hearing interesting things.  Have you seen the new Sling Box home page?  Really amazing work from my friends at Diversion Media.   Hung out with Chris Pfaff and Marc Scarpa.  If feels like the slow down in the media biz has created greater urgency around innovation.

Conversation about what's now and what's next... 3d live (nope not soon)

 Derek Turner, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Mediaroom
Jason Lopatecki, Chief Strategy Officer, TubeMogul
Mark Langford, VP of Marketing & Product Management, Technicolor
Ellis Lindsay, Director, Strategy, Americas, Alcatel-Lucent
Kelly Egan, Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development, Swarmcast
Eric Elia, VP, Professional Services, Brightcove
Marcia Zellers, Media Industry Executive, Moderator

Joey Tamer -  consultant to enterpreneurs.
Jeff Binder - Innovation Captial (waltham mass)
Boissevain -  M&A (www.agileequity.com)  BenB@agileequity.com)
Mike Buckley - Intel Capital
Art Chang - Tipping Point Partners (nyc)
Ricard Higley - Pond Venture (europe sartups to us)  across the pond.  early stage
Derek Norton -  (derek@watertower group.com)

Joey says -  hard times are good for start ups.   She says becareful who you ask for money from.
Art Chang is bulish on Angel Investment opportunities.
Joey - go local -
Boissevain (VC's will sell of top 3rd co's to have a good story to tell LP's)

Now there's the debate about what the 'exits' may be.  Some on the panel say - no exits in the near term.  Others more pitching M&A (mergers and aquisitions) options.  In fact,  the panel is somewhat sober but not grim.  Some talk about the CES floor not having any clear direction as to what's next... interesting... [MORE]