NAB and iHollywood Forum Announce Sessions for IPTV World Second Annual Event Featuring Keynotes by Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, NBC and Verizon

Business Wire, March 30, 2007

LOS ANGELES -- The National Association of Broadcasters and iHollywood Forum today announced the lineup for the 2nd Annual IPTV World summit, featuring keynotes by HP's Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Communications, Media and Entertainment, Brian Levy; Microsoft TV's Chief Technical Officer and General Manager of Engineering, Peter Barrett; NBC Universal's Vice President, Consumer and Broadcast Technology, Sheau Ng; and Verizon Communications' Director, Consumer Television Products, Joseph Ambeault.

More than 500 speakers, attendees and sponsors will convene during the conference to consider the next steps in the IPTV revolution, as telephone companies roll out competitive networks to cable and satellite.

"Last year, IPTV was largely an unfinished project for the big telcos," said iHollywood Forum CEO and Co-Founder Michael Stroud. "This year, Verizon and AT&T are seeking to capture major market share from cable and satellite. How they'll do it and the implications for Hollywood's programmers and content creators is a focus of this year's IPTV World."

The summit will also examine how hundreds of small, rural telcos are rolling out their own IPTV services around the country, and what the U.S. can learn from successful IPTV rollouts abroad.

Last year's sellout crowd included television broadcasters, telephone companies, Hollywood studio executives, technology companies and IPTV solution providers.

Featured Keynotes:

* Joseph Ambeault, Verizon Communications, Director Consumer Television Products

* Peter Barrett, Microsoft TV, Chief Technical Officer and General Manager of Engineering

* Brian Levy, Hewlett Packard, Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Communications, Media and Entertainment

* Sheau Ng, NBC Universal, Vice President, Consumer and Broadcast Technology.

IPTV Panel Sessions include:

* The Battle for Eyeballs

* Making Money from Next-Gen Technologies

* Digital Rights in a Cross-Platform World

* Keys to a Successful IPTV Rollout

* Reinventing Advertising

* How Online VOD Changes the Game

Speakers Include:

Agilent Technologies
Joe Haver
3P Segment Manager
Assurance Solutions Division

Akimbo
Jim Funk
Co-Founder Vice President of Marketing

Alcatel-Lucent
Steve West
Director, North American Strategy

AMD
Aaron Feen
Director of Consumer Marketing

Amino Technologies
Rick Sailor
Vice President for the Americas

Arxan Technologies
Mike Dager
CEO

Azureus
Chris Maliwat
Director,
Product Development

Cinea
Robert Schumann
General Manager

Conklin-Intracom
David Hunt
Vice President,
Entertainment

Disney
Peter Lee
Vice President,
Corporate Business Development
New Technology

Envivio Inc.
Alain Fernando-Santana
Chief Marketing Officer

EMC Corporation
Dwight DeClouette
Business Development Manager
IPTV Service Providers

HBO
Robert (Bob) M. Zitter
Executive Vice President,
Technology & CTO

Hewlett Packard
Peggy Dau
Worldwide Director
HP Communications
Media and Entertainment
Broadband and Media Solutions

Hewlett Packard
Dominique Minivielle
Worldwide Program Manager
HP Communications
Media and Entertainment

ICTV
Ed Forman
Executive Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer

In-Stat (Reed Business)
Michelle Abraham
Principal Analyst

Intelsat
Vicky Warker
Senior Vice President,
Global Marketing

Intelsat
Rob Barth
Senior Manager, IPTV

Intervox
Peggy Miles
President

Kasenna
Kumar Shah
Chief Executive Officer

LHB Sports, Entertainment & Media, Inc.
Lee H. Berke
President
and Chief Executive Officer

LSI
Bob Saffari
Senior Director of
Marketing and Business Development
Advanced Video Products

Metacafe
Erik Smith
Vice President
Content and Programming

Modulus Video
Bob Wilson
Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman

Motorola
Marty Stein
Senior Director of Marketing

Motorola
Mark Sebastyn
Senior Manager, Product Marketing
On Demand Solutions, Connected
Home Solutions

Motorola
Kevin Wirick
Vice President,
Marketing, IP Solutions

Nagravision
Robin Wilson
Vice President, Business Development

NXP
Roger Gregory
Marketing Director, BCT Telco
and Operations Business Line
Set Top Box and Home Media Devices

One World Technologies
Lynn Rowe
President and Chief Executive Officer

Oracle
Jennifer Kyriakakis
Director of Product Solutions

Parks Associates
Kurt Scherf
Vice President, Principal Analyst

Pixelmetrics
Danny Wilson
Chief Executive Officer

Revver
Angela Gytevan
Vice President, Marketing

Siemens
Chris Coles
President and Chief Executive Officer

Siemens
Brook Longdon
Vice President,
Operations
and Field Engineering

Tandberg Television
David Jensen
Vice President,
Broadband TV

Tandberg Television
Braxton Jarratt
Senior Vice President Marketing,
and Business Development

Tandberg Television
Alan Delaney
IPTV Business
Development Director

Verizon
Brent Simon
Product Manager
Online Applications

Yahoo
Russ Schafer
Senior Director of Product Marketing,
Digital Home

Sponsors include:

Platinum: Hewlett Packard

Gold: Motorola, TANDBERG Television

Silver: LSI Logic Corporation, Siemens

Bronze: Arxan, EMC Corporation, Envivio, Modulus Video, NXP, Oracle
Communications, Pixelmetrix Corporation

Exhibitor Sponsor: Cinea, Inc.

Media and Supporting Partners: ABI Research, Business Wire, Chetan
Sharma, Conference Guru, DailyIPTV.com, Daily Wireless, Digdia,
In Sat, IPTV Industry, iSuppli, Juniper Research, MPEG Industry Forum,
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