With the pending completion of the transition to all digital transmission, television will join music, photography, the telephone and the written word in becoming primarily digital media. This transformation not only changes the way we receive media, but is already changing how it gets created and who profits from it. While most people may think of Los Angeles or New York when they think of video production, Boston is the source of much of the technology that is used in the production, distribution, and consumption of video, and a hotbed of innovation in how video is moving to the Internet and to mobile devices.
To explore what's going on in the Boston area and how that will affect our future, I am moderating a panel session this Wednesday, March 18, on the state of internet video in the Boston. It is part of the Vilna Shul Speaker Series.
The presenters are:
- Matt Cutler, VP Marketing & Analytics, Visible Measures
- Branko Gerovac, Media Strategist, Founder of Blackwave & SeaChange
- Matt Kaplan, VP of Solutions & Chief Strategy Officer, PermissionTV
- Tim O'Brien, VP of Media Services, Maven/Yahoo
- Andy Roberts, VP Advanced Technology, Azuki Systems
- Is Content still King? Who will produce it? How will it be financed? Will there still be long-form, big-budget movies when everything is available on the Internet?
- Will the cable companies still be content providers or will they just provide "dumb pipes?"
- Will there always be three screens (TV, computer, mobile) and what will we watch on each?
- Is there money to be made in the Long Tail?
- How will advertising work in an era of DVRs and mobile devices?
- Will search and analytics be as useful and accurate for video as they are for text?
- How will we get our news?
Time: Wednesday 18 March 2009 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Place: The Vilna Shul
18 Phillips Street
Boston, MA 02114Price: free (includes sandwiches)
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