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Level3 Communications
Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz PC
 

Davis, Wright, Tremaine LLP
Hillcrest Labs
 

Choicestrem
Whiteblox
BlinkX

Media Partners
 
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Our Sponsors
Conusmer Electronics Association www.ce.org  

With more than 2,200 members, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® is the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the $148 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry.

NYU Stern School of Business www.stern.nyu.edu 

New York University's Stern School of Business is one of the nation's premier management education schools and research centers. NYU Stern offers a broad portfolio of academic programs at the graduate and undergraduate levels. One of Stern's distinctive programs is its Entertainment, Media, and Technology program.
KickApps www.kickapps.com 

Based in NYC, KickApps provides on demand social media applications that enable media and entertainment companies to quickly grow, engage and monetize their online audiences. Customers include: Scripps Networks, HBO, Cinemax, and BET.

www.limelightnetworks.com

Limelight Networks is the leading CDN for digital media. Limelight¹s global content delivery services are designed for on-demand and live delivery of video, music, games, and social media to broadband and mobile audiences. Limelight leads the industry in "Delivering the Digital Lifestyle™."
www.us.capgemini.com 

Capgemini, one of the world’s foremost providers of Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services, has a unique way of working with its clients, called the Collaborative Business Experience.   

Backed by over three decades of industry and service experience, the Collaborative Business Experience is designed to help our clients achieve better, faster, more sustainable results through seamless access to our network of world-leading technology partners and collaboration-focused methods and tools. 

Through commitment of mutual success and the achievement of tangible value, we help businesses implement growth strategies, leverage technology and thrive through the power of collaboration.  Capgemini employs approximately 75,000 people worldwide and reported 2006 global revenues of $10.452 billion U.S. ($7,700 billion euros).  More information about individual service lines, offices and research is available at www.us.capgemini.com.

Level3 Communications www.level3.com

Level 3 connects content to eyeballs with a broad range of services appropriate to the needs of the content provider. Level 3 is the mostconnected network that carries the most traffic and is able to scale instantly, offers global coverage and provides intelligence about viewership.

Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz PC www.fkkslaw.com

Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz celebrates 30 years as a leading media, entertainment, and advertising law firm. We represent some of the world’s best-known publishers, producers, directors, distributors, celebrities, writers, athletes, financiers, charitable organizations, online content and service providers, and many of the foremost advertising agencies, information technology companies, and corporate brands. In addition to our media and entertainment practice, we represent corporate and individual clients in complex business transactions and commercial disputes, and provide securities fraud, white collar defense, employment, ethics, tax, trusts and estates, real estate, and angel, seed, and venture financing services.

Davis, Wright, Tremaine LLP www.dwt.com

As the evolution of technology and corporate ownership continues to blur the traditional boundaries of media, entertainment, telecommunications and information technology law, DWT remains sharply in focus as a national leader ready to address all the legal issues in these areas. From media and First Amendment issues to telecommunications and entertainment. From broadcast and cable to intellectual property. From advertising and marketing to technology, eBusiness and digital media. In all of these areas, our firm has the breadth of expertise to provide top-level counseling, regulatory, business and litigation services for international, national and regional clients. DWT has more than 120 attorneys—based in seven cities from coast to coast—who specialize in the many aspects of communications law. Davis Wright Tremaine provides the counsel our clients need, helping them stay ahead of the trends and guiding them through the evolving legal landscape.

Hillcrest Labs www.hillcrestlabs.com

Hillcrest Labs enables CE and peripheral manufacturers, service providers, and internet content companies to deliver the most visually engaging and intuitive way to access, discover, and interact with digital media throughout the home.

www.mmetrics.com 

M:Metrics is the mobile media measurement authority. M:Metrics provides the most accurate metrics on actual mobile content consumption by applying trusted media measurement methodologies to the mobile market. M:Metrics’ monthly syndicated data service gives clients the critical insights and intelligence required to inform smart business strategies and the competitive benchmarks needed to evaluate the performance of competitors and partners.

www.prospero.com 

Prospero Technologies offers social media solutions that enable leading brands to integrate interactive features throughout their sites. This interaction provides insight and builds more profitable relationships.

   www.bluefrogmedia.com  

 

Blue Frog Media (BFM) is the leading creator and distributor of promotionally driven TXTV channels and overlay services and boasts an exciting portfolio of niche oriented TXTV channels, including, NOYZ™, Bulla™, NOYZ Country™ and UR NOYZ™; as well as Impulse, BFM's recently introduced overlay service. All BFM channels and overlay services are distributed via cable and satellite, and are available in a wide variety of flexible formats. BFM integrates music centric programming with prizing and highly innovative text-to-screen promotions, all delivered through the more than 200 million text enabled handsets in the U.S.

 
Choicestrem   www.choicestream.com  

ChoiceStream is the leading personalization provider for top brands including Yahoo!, Blockbuster, Comcast, DirecTV and AT&T.   We simplify the discovery process for consumers while helping our clients achieve their business goals.

MOCA Alliance www.mocalliance.org

The Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA™) is an open, industry driven initiative promoting distribution of digital video and entertainment through existing coaxial cable in the home. MoCA technology provides the backbone for whole home entertainment networks of multiple wired and wireless products.
MoCA leverages the coax already installed in 90 percent of all U.S. households. Compelling benefits available to service providers and end consumers are the same and include no new wires, complicated installations or service calls, and no interference with existing networks. If you have coax, MoCA works.

BlinkX www.blinkx.com 

blinkx is the world's most comprehensive video search engine. Today, blinkx has indexed more than 14,000,000 hours of audio, video, viral and TV content, and made it fully searchable and available on demand. As TV and user-generated content on the Web explode, keyword-based search technologies only scratch the surface. blinkx's patented search technologies listen to – and even see – the Web, helping users enjoy a breadth and accuracy of search results not available elsewhere. In addition, blinkx powers the video search for many of the world's most frequented sites. blinkx is based in San Francisco and London. www.blinkx.com

Whiteblox www.whiteblox.com

WhiteBlox, a broadcast-network solutions company, gives you the flexibility, control and tools to build your own private-label broadband networks. We provide robust technology and application services in a comprehensive production and delivery suite that allows companies to become IPTV broadcasters.


Media Partners
www.parksassociates.com

Parks Associates is a market research firm exclusively focused on all product and service segments that are “digital” or provide connectivity within the home, including entertainment, home networking, controls, wireless networking, boradband, and on-demand services.

www.nvpr.com

NVPR was leading digital media before Steve Jobs ever knew what an MP3 file was. NVPR has introduced and/or built many of the digital media industries most spectacular brands, including Napster, Virgin, MP3.com, MusicMatch, Zingy, among many others.

  www.experientialforum.com

The Experiential Marketing Forum is an international community of professionals, students, and other who share ideas and keep abreast of the newest trends and exciting things happening in the media world — including viral marketing, advergaming, guerrilla marketing, word-of-mouth advertising, and stealth marketing.

  www.mintdigital.com

Mint Digital helps television and media clients create web properties that allow the audience to genuinely participate. Mint adopts a unique approach, fusing the buzz of television with the social and participatory nature of the web. This has led to web hits for clients including ABC Family, MTV, BBC, Channel 4, Ogilvy One and Thumbplay.

  http://www.cynopsis.com/

Cynopsis International is a daily trade publication covering the International and US-based multicultural TV markets; read by over 28,000 executive decision makers in over 115 cities worldwide in the TV industry.