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BATTLE FOR THE DIGITAL LIVING ROOM

posted on Nov 21, 2005 01:04PM

It seems many more brands are entering into the fray as we near another CES. The following conference is attacting some heavy brand attention as the ``convergence`` and convenience of media grows.

``These times are a changin`....Bob ``I can`t get the glue off my tongue`` Dylan

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ROB GLASER KEYNOTES AT BATTLE FOR THE DIGITAL LIVING ROOM IN SAN FRANCISCO AREA DECEMBER 5-6

Business summit addresses the technologies and services competing to transform the living room into a digital hub.

Los Angeles, CA (November 21, 2005) iHollywood Forum Inc. today announced the stellar speaker lineup for THE DIGITAL LIVING ROOM® and Venture Forum, the definitive conference taking place December 5-6, 2005 at the San Francisco Airport Crowne Plaza Hotel, Foster City. This thought leader summit attracting hundreds of executives and investors will feature the business leaders, journalists and analysts defining consumer`s digital lives.

Keynote speakers include: Rob Glaser, RealNetworks, Inc., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Kevin Conroy, America Online, Executive Vice President, AOL Media Network; Michael Gaumond, Motorola, Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Connected Home Solutions; William Binford, Verizon FiOS Television, Director, Programming; and Satjiv Chahil, Hewlett Packard, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Personal Systems Group.

Sessions will be moderated by some of the nation`s top technology journalists, including: New York Times Personal-Technology Columnist, David Pogue; BusinessWeek Technology & You Columnist, Steven Wildstrom; San Jose Mercury News Technology Columnist, Mike Langberg; and Wall Street Journal Staff Writer, Lee Gomes.

View the entire agenda and speaker lineup at www.ihollywoodforum.com or call 310 815 3884.

Earlybird Tickets are $895 for basic and $995 for deluxe which includes the attendee list, access to Venture Forum tracks, research briefs by research partners, and submission in dealmakers pages in attendee notebooks. Tickets increase by $100 tomorrow. Register on our site.

``This is the year the Digital Living Room becomes a reality,`` said iHollywood Forum CEO and Founder Michael Stroud. ``Media centers, broadband wireless connections, digital music and video, andHDTV all are available and affordable. Venture capital is flowing. I`m thrilled that the leaders in this new consumer revolution will be speaking at our conference to address the battle among PC makers, Baby Bells, cable operators, consumer electronics companies and software companies for control of the digital living room. We are especially pleased that our platinum sponsor RealNetworks will sponsor the opening night party open to all attendees.``

The Digital Living Room will explore the changes rocking consumer electronics, entertainment and communications, and the implications for how consumers listen to music, watch movies and television, play games, communicate, and access media.

Other sessions at the conference include:

PCs Attack the Stereo Rack

VOIP: Promise and Problems

Who Controls the Set-Top

Gaming: The Next Level

Scanning the DVDs Future

DVRs VOD and the Rise of Just-in-Time Video

The Portable Living Room

IPTV: Ready for Prime Time

Any Music, Any Time

Unlocking Consumers Digital Images and Video

The Networked Home

Creating a Roadmap for the Future

Panels will also include insights from top analysts, including: Gartner Vice President, Van Baker;p Enderle Group Principal, Rob Enderle; Parks Associates Research Analyst, Deepa Iyer; Current Analysis Senior Director, Stan Schatt; Rentrak Executive Vice President, Ken Papagan; and Jupiter Research Director, Julie Ask.

Sponsors include:

Platinum: RealNetworks, Inc.

Gold: PassAlong Networks, SoniqCast

Silver: Siemens, Streamload

Bronze: AuraOne Systems, Entriq, Exent, Harmonic, Integra5, NagraVision, NetCableTV, Planetweb, Scientific Atlanta, SkyStream

Exhibiting: Media Excel, Schematic

Media and Association Partners: 1394 Trade Association, American Venture Magazine, Broadband Daily, Broadband Home Central, Digital Lifestyles Resource Center, HDTV Magazine, Hidden Wires, Insight Media, Red Herring, Rogers & Cowan, Business Wire, Internet Home Alliance, IP Media Monitor, IP Television Magazine, MoCA, Optical Storage Technology Association, ScreenPlays, VESA, VoIP Action, VoIP News, The Wi-Fi Technology Forum, WiFi Alliance and WiMax Industry

Research Partners: Current Analysis, IDC Research, Parks Associates, and Rentrak Corporation

Specially selected top tier companies have been selected by a prestigious Board of Advisors to pitch for funding before top Silicon Valley venture capitalists and strategic investors. Deluxe ticket holders and press have access to the venture forum track sessions.

Venture Forum judges include partners from: APV Technology Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners, ComVentures, Intel Capital, Panasonic Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Samsung Ventures America, Sequoia Capital, T-Venture of America, Inc., UBS Investment Bank, and Walden VC.

Presenting companies include: Acogito Co. Ltd., AuraOne Systems, Inc., BroadQ, DaveTV, ExciteView LLC, Firestone Communications, Inc., Neurok Optics, Qmotions, SENSIO, Transformedia, Inc.

On December 6, attendees will hear a live focus group of consumers and have the opportunity to ask their own questions about consumer adoption and attitudes for digital media services, consumer devices, and downloading content.

The complete list of Digital Living Room presenting companies and speakers includes:

· 8x8, Inc., Bryan Martin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

· APV Technology Partners, Peter Bodine, General Partner and Co-Founder

· AuraOne Systems Inc., Keith Andrews, President and Chief Executive Officer

· Bessemer Venture Partners, Jeremy Levine, Principal

· BigChampagne, Eric Garland, Chief Executive Officer

· Creative Strategies, Ben Bajarin, Analyst

· Current Analysis, Stan Schatt, Senior Director, Research

· Earthlink, Jim Bagnato, Director, Value-Added Services

· Enderle Group, Rob Enderle, Principal

· Entriq, Scott Crowder, Chief Operating Officer

· Exent, Yoav Tzruya, Vice President, Products and Markets Strategy

· Fuji Film, John Prendergast, Vice President, Strategic Development

· Gartner Inc., Van Baker, Vice President, Research Media Industry

· Harmonic, David Price, Vice President, Business Development

· Hewlett Packard, Satjiv Chahil, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Personal Systems Group

· Hewlett Packard, Maureen Weber, General Manager, Personal Storage

· IDC Research, William Stofega, Manager VOIP Services

· Infinium Labs, Greg Koler, Chief Executive Officer

· Integra5, Eyal Bartfield, Chief Technology Officer and Founder

· Intel, Bill Leszinske, Director, Digital Home Marketing and Planning, and Viiv, Platform Manager

· Intel Capital, Mike Buckley, Director, Strategic Investments

· Jupiterresearch, Julie Ask, Research Director and Senior Analyst

· MTV Networks, Ben White, Vice President, Digital Media

· Media Excel, Inc., Dr. Eduardo Pérez, Vice President, Marketing

· Microsoft Corporation, Michael Kim, Director, New Consumer Products

· Microsoft Corporation, Shari Glusker, Group Product Manager, Cable Solutions, Microsoft TV Division

· Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., Brad Hunt, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

· Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA), Dr. Anton Monk, Vice Chairman, Technical Working Group

· MusicChoice, Jeremy Rosenberg, Senior Vice President, Technology

· MusicNow LLC, Gary Cohen, President

· NagraVision, Robin Wilson, Vice President, Business Development

· NetCableTV, Dave Graves, Chief Executive Officer

· NETGEAR, Patrick Lo, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

· Nielsen Norman Group, Donald Norman, Co-Founder and Principal

· Optical Storage Technology Association, Felix Nemirovsky, Chairman, Music Photo Video Committee

· Parks Associates, Deepa Iyer, Research Analyst

· PassAlong Networks, Dave Jaworski, Founder and Chief Executive Officer

· Planetweb Inc., Ken Soohoo, Chief Executive Officer

· Prismiq, Ken Goldsholl, Chief Executive Officer

· Publicis Groupe Media, Timothy Hanlon, Senior Vice President and Director, Emerging Contacts, Starcom MediaVest Group

· RealNetworks, Inc. Robert Acker, Vice President, Music Services

· RealNetworks, Inc. Rob Glaser, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

· Rentrak, Ken Papagan, Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategic Planning and Business Development

· Samsung Ventures, Stanley Kim, Partner

· Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., Adam Mayer, Director, Strategy and Business Development

· Scientific-Atlanta, Robert McIntyre, Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer

· Sequoia Capital, Sameer Gandhi, Partner

· Shutterfly, Jeff Housenbold, President and Chief Executive Officer

· Simple Star, Chad Richard, Chief Executive Officer

· SkyStream, Scott Dougall, General Manager, Content Delivery Software

· Sling Media, Blake Krikorian, Chief Executive Officer

· Sony Electronics, Mark Hanson, Vice President, VAIO America Operations

· Streamload, Steve Iverson, President and Chief Executive Officer

· T-Ventures of America, Inc., Claas Heise, Managing Director

· Tandberg Television Americas, Reggie Bradford, President

· Texas Instruments, Peter Percosan, Director, Broadband Strategy

· Thomson, Mahesh Balakrishnan, Vice President and Head of Strategic Investments, M&A, Business Development

· TiVo, David Sandford, Director, Technology and Licensing Business

· Verizon FiOS Television, William Binford, Director, Programming

· Walden VC, Larry Marcus, General Partner

· The Walt Disney Company, Peter Lee, Vice President, Business Development New Technology

· Warner Music, Jeremy Welt, Vice President, New Media

· Yahoo!, Jeff Bonforte, Senior Director, Voice Product Management, Yahoo Messenger

The conference will also have an exhibit hall showcasing cutting-edge technologies and services in the Digital Living Room.

About iHollywood Forum, Inc.

Founded in 2000, Los Angeles-based iHollywood Forum, Inc., produces cutting-edge roundtables and conferences about digital entertainment and mobile technology. The summits attract a diverse mix of Hollywood and Silicon Valley 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. Other conferences produced by iHollywood Forum include the Mobile Entertainment Summit, Music 2.0, Impact!; IPTV World, and the Digital Media Summit. More information is available at www.ihollywoodforum.com or 310 815 3884.

Press Contact to RSVP for the Digital Living Room®:

Complimentary admission for qualified media outlets ONLY available by pre-registration; no press passes issued on site. Limited press passes available and must be pre-approved in writing. Send your contact information with press outlet and links to editorial content to the office below for consideration with ``Digital Living Room`` in subject line. Apply by email to drmartin@rogersandcowan.com

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