Streaming Media West’s Los Angeles Conference Presents Special Session on the Future of Digital Entertainment
Presented by the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem, Panelists Will Discuss UltraViolet™ and How an Open Digital System Benefits All Players
MEDFORD, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- StreamingMedia.com, a leading producer of news, information and events dedicated to the business, technology and content of online video, today announced that its upcoming annual Streaming Media West Exhibition and Conference will include a special panel session titled “Digital Entertainment Standards.” The session will focus on the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem’s (DECE) UltraViolet™ and how standardizing digital content can provide a broad array of benefits, from improving cost and storage efficiencies to increasing consumer choice and fostering innovation. It is being presented by the DECE, a coalition supported by industries involved in digital entertainment.
The “Digital Entertainment Standards” session will convene on Wednesday, November 3 at 10:30 a.m and will include executives from several DECE member companies: Timothy Dodd, VP, Media and Entertainment, Neustar; Paul Fahn, Digital Media Convergence Technology, Samsung; Leszek Izdebski, managing director, Global Media Group, Cisco Internet Business Solutions; and Mark Teitell, executive director, Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE). The moderator is Chris Marlowe, Senior Media Strategist, Edelman.
The DECE consortium's newly launched UltraViolet is designed to give consumers greater choice, confidence and freedom regarding how, when and where they enjoy digital movies, TV shows and other entertainment. It will allow consumers to watch their digital entertainment across multiple platforms, such as connected TVs, PCs, game consoles, smartphones and tablet PCs, in an easy, consistent way. Since all UltraViolet offerings will work together, consumers will be able to select which products and devices they prefer from a spectrum of familiar companies – from major studios to consumer electronics companies to cable, web and other service providers.
Media registration is open to working journalists and analysts with commercial news organizations and research firms. This includes editors, reporters, freelance writers, producers, camera crews and still photographers. Working journalists and analysts are provided complimentary access to all Streaming Media events and activities, excluding the pre-conference seminars. To register for FREE, please complete the online form: https://secure.infotoday.com/forms/default.aspx?form=smw2010commstrat
About Streaming Media West
Streaming Media West is the number one venue for learning what is taking place with all forms of online video technology and business models. Last year, more than 2,500 content owners, online marketers, enterprise corporations, broadcast professionals, ad agencies and educators came to Streaming Media West to see the latest online video technology, discuss the business models now coming of age, and absorb real information they can apply immediately in their business.
With more than 100 speakers and 30 sessions, Streaming Media West is the one online video show solely focused on giving attendees the chance to see and hear the best and the brightest minds in the online video industry – at the podium, in the Exhibit Hall, and among the attendees. For more information on the event visit: streamingmedia.com/west
About Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) LLC
The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) LLC is a cross-industry initiative developing the next generation digital media experience, UltraViolet. UltraViolet will be based on open, licensable specifications and is being designed by DECE to create a viable, global digital marketplace. The DECE is currently made up of Adobe, Alcatel-Lucent, Ascent Media Group, Best Buy, BT, CableLabs, Catch Media, Cineplex Entertainment, Cisco, Comcast, Cox Communications, CSG Systems’ Content Direct, Deluxe Digital, DivX, Dolby Laboratories, DTS, Fox Entertainment Group, HP, Huawei, IBM, Intel, Irdeto, Liberty Global, Lionsgate, Microsoft, MOD Systems, Motorola, Movie Labs, Nagravision, NBC Universal, NDS, Netflix, Neustar, Nokia, Panasonic, Paramount Pictures, Philips, Red Bee Media, RIAA, Rovi, Roxio CinemaNow, Samsung Electronics, Secure Path, Sony, SwitchNAP, Tesco, Thomson, Toshiba, Verimatrix, VeriSign, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Widevine Technologies Inc. and Zoran. DECE’s new digital media specifications, logo program and interoperable digital rights locker will enable consumers to purchase digital video content from a choice of online retailers and play it on a variety of devices and platforms from different manufacturers. For more information, please visit www.uvvu.com.
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