THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
4mm Games (Private) www.4mmgames.com
4mm Games ("4 millimeter games") was established by co-founders of Rockstar Games and a handful of leading entrepreneurs and visionaries from games, media, music, and advertising. The company is developing online worlds that will define social gaming. 4mm Games is headquartered in NYC with offices in London, England.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Activision Blizzard (ATVI) www.activisionblizzard.com
Activision Blizzard is a leading publisher, developer and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure software for multiple platforms including the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, and the PC. The company’s products span a wide range of genres and target markets. The company owns several hit brands, including World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Call of Duty, and Guitar Hero. Activision Blizzard is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Adknowledge (Private) www.adknowledge.com
Adknowledge, Inc. provides Web-based solutions for managing Internet advertising campaigns for marketers and advertising agencies. The company offers AdKnowledge System, which is used for planning, buying, trafficking, targeting, serving, and reporting online campaigns; and AdKnowledge eAnalytics, a suite of data analysis and data mining services that allow marketers and agencies to obtain insight into consumer behavior and brand awareness. It also provides Web marketing management services. The company was formerly known as ClickOver, Inc. and changed its name to Adknowledge, Inc. in February 1998. Adknowledge was incorporated in 1996 and is based in Palo Alto, California with an additional office in New York.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
AOL (AOL) www.aol.com
AOL is a leading web services company that operates numerous content sites and consumer applications, including AOL.com, Moviefone, DailyFinance, Engadget, MapQuest, and AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). The company’s businesses span the Internet with content, products, and services for consumers, publishers, and advertisers. The Company markets its advertising offerings on both AOL's owned and operated properties and third-party websites. AOL also operates a subscription-based access service in the United States. The company became an independent public company after a spin-off from Time Warner in December 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (Private) www.bdmifund.com
Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments is the venture capital arm of Bertelsmann AG specializing in seed and early stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in digital media technologies, products, and distribution channels including broadcast television, book and magazine publishing, media services, music, and direct marketing. It prefers to invest in companies based in the United States and Germany. The firm seeks to take minority stake in its portfolio companies. Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Guetersloh, Germany.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
BOKU (Private) www.boku.com
BOKU is creating the standard for online payments using your mobile phone, making it easy to pay for digital goods and social experiences across the web. With a strong focus on reliability and security, BOKU's goal is to bring bank-grade payments technology and mobile users together on the web, creating a trusted, viable and accessible market for consumers, publishers and carriers alike. Based in San Francisco with offices in Europe, Asia and Latin America, BOKU reaches over 1.8 billion consumers worldwide, and is funded by leading Silicon Valley and European entrepreneurs and venture capitalists including Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, DAG Ventures and Andreesen Horowit.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Boxee (Private) www.boxee.tv
Boxee TV, Ltd. develops media center software. The company’s software enables its users to control media programs stored in the PC or the internet domain, and brings them to the television. It enables its users to view, rate, and recommend content to their friends through social networking features, as well as its social component, which allows sharing with friends. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in New York, New York.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Brightcove (Private) www.brightcove.com
Brightcove provides internet television services in the areas of action, educational, family, films and shorts, food and drink, funny gaming, health, living, mature, music, motor sports, news, outdoors, sexy, sports, travel, television faves, and underground. It operates Brightcove, an online video platform for video distribution, monetization, and custom online video applications, as well as offers Brightcove TV Everywhere Solution Pack, which allows TV programmers to operate branded and authenticated TV Everywhere- compatible catch-up TV services. The company also provides Brightcove Mobile Experience for AdobeR FlashR Player 10.1, a solution that enables organizations to deliver an optimized video viewing experience across smartphone platforms running Flash Player 10.1, as well as offers consulting, strategy, design, and development services. It offers its services by using a software-as-a- service model.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Ecast (Private) www.ecastnetwork.com
Ecast is the leader in place-based interactive media. Our hospitality network delivers digital music, games, entertainment, information and interactive advertising to more than 10,000 bars and nightclubs across the United States. Leveraging the personal impact of touch combined with the interactivity and targeting of the Internet, Ecast brings unsurpassed consumer engagement to out-of-home markets and is redefining the way consumers are entertained, informed and engaged.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Electronic Arts (ERTS) www.ea.com
Electronic Arts is a developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment software for all major console and handheld platforms, as well as for the PC and mobile phones. The company operates under three different labels – EA Sports, EA Games, and EA Play. The company’s brands include Madden NFL, NBA Live, FIFA Soccer, The Sims, Need for Speed, Medal of Honor, and Battlefield. Electronic Arts is increasingly focused on the growing digital gaming market, having already acquired several online and mobile gaming companies that include Playfish, Jamdat, and Pogo. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Epic Games (Private) www.epicgames.com
Established in 1991, Epic Games develops cutting-edge games and cross-platform game engine technology. The company has created multiple million-selling, award-winning titles in its Unreal series, including Unreal Tournament 3 for PC, PLAYSTATION®3 and Xbox 360®. Epic’s Gears of War won over 30 Game of the Year awards, and the sales of Gears of War and Gears of War 2 have eclipsed 12 million units. Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 is the four-time winner of and Hall of Fame inductee for Game Developer magazine’s Best Engine Front Line Award. Unreal Engine 3 has also been recognized as the number one game engine by Develop magazine.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
F+W Media (Private) www.fwmedia.com
F+W Media strives to offer the highest quality content in a wide variety of formats—from print to digital to video—to highly passionate enthusiast communities with the goal of offering community, content, and connectivity to these focused markets.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
FlyCast (appMobi) (Private) www.flycast.fm
FlyCast is the mobile broadcast network that allows customers to choose what they want from the best music in all genres, talk radio, sports, and hundreds of the best terrestrial radio stations from around the country, delivered to the smartphone that's already in their pocket. FlyCast works with the top smartphones – iPhone and iPod Touch, Android phones like the Droid and G1, BlackBerry Bold, Storm, Curve, Tour, even works with the iPad. FlyCast also works on a desktop PC or Mac, and the basic service is completely free.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Gameloft (GFT) www.gameloft.com
Gameloft is a leading international publisher and developer of downloaded video games for mobile phones and devices powered by Android, BREW, iOS, Java, and Symbian. The company develops hundreds of SKUs for each game release so that they can be played across numerous handheld devices. Gameloft has a long standing partnership with Ubisoft given that both companies were founded by the Guillemot Brothers. The company is headquartered in Paris, France.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
GameStop (GME) www.gamestop.com
GameStop is the world’s largest game retailer focusing on video game software, hardware, and accessories. The company currently has over 6,500 retail locations worldwide and is also the leading seller of pre-played interactive entertainment hardware and software. Earlier this year, GameStop launched its Power Up loyalty program and acquired online gaming portal, Kongregate, as the company develops a digital strategy to become the leading gaming aggregator. The company is headquartered in Grapevine, Texas.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Hillcrest Laboratories (Private) www.hillcrestlabs.com
Hillcrest Laboratories has created the first pointer-based, interactive media system for TV. 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. Components of Hillcrest Lab's H ME™ Interactive Media System can be embedded in a wide range of digital entertainment devices including high definition televisions, set-top-boxes and personal computers. The company is funded by NEA, Columbia Capital and Grotech Capital.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
International Gaming Technology (IGT) www.igt.com
International Game Technology designs, manufactures and markets electronic gaming equipment and systems products, including applications for casino management and customer relationship marketing. IGT has the largest market share of slot machines in the North America and has devoted significant resources toward the development of server-based gaming to enhance the gaming experience for players and to reduce operational costs for casino operators. IGT is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Jelli (Private) www.jelli.com
Jelli was founded by an experienced team from Microsoft, Amazon and Yahoo!. We are passionate about developing an amazing user experience that can transform the radio, built upon a robust web platform. Jelli is 100% user-controlled radio, enabling users to take over a radio station using their web browsers. Leveraging the power of the web to reinvent traditional broadcasting, Jelli empowers the community to interact with a radio broadcast in real-time and determine dynamically what plays on the air.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Journalism Online (Private) www.journalismonline.com
Journalism Online provides technology and marketing support that enables publishers to charge for select web site access and digital content. It offers Reader Revenue Platform that enables publishers to test and continually adjust a variety of offerings while allowing customers the convenience of having one account to access content across multiple web sites and other electronic platforms. The company has affiliate newspapers, magazines, and news sites that enable news publishers to generate new revenues from readers and distributors for their digital content. Journalism Online was founded in 2009 and is based in New York, New York.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Live Gamer (Private) www.livegamer.com
Live Gamer, Inc., a virtual item trading company, engages in designing, developing, and marketing virtual marketplace. It provides publisher-supported secondary marketplace for the player- to-player real money trading of virtual items, including in-game goods, currency, and characters. The company serves business owners, publishers, and consumers. Live Gamer, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in New York, New York.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Magnify.net (Private) www.magnify.net
Magnify.net is a video publishing platform that makes it easy for you to integrate user-generated video, video that you produce, or video that you discover into your website. Magnify.net is powered by the passions of your visitors -- finding relevant user-generated videos and giving you the tools to build a vibrant video community. Magnify.net was built on the belief that everyone has a story to tell and we wanted to give you a platform to tell that story with video. We wanted to make it easy for you to get video and easy for you to share video with the people that make your site or blog so great -- your members and visitors.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Microsoft (MSFT) www.microsoft.com
Microsoft Corporation develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a range of software products and services for various computing devices worldwide and is widely known for its Windows computer operating system and the Microsoft Office productivity suite. The Electronic and Devices Division (EDD) oversees the company’s video game operations, including the Xbox 360 and Xbox Live, an online gaming service with over 20 million subscribers. The company owns several successful game brands, including Halo, Gears of War, Age of Empires, MechWarrior, and Flight Simulator. In November 2010, Microsoft is scheduled to launch Kinect, the hands- free device for the Xbox 360 that doesn’t require a controller. Microsoft is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Mood Media (MM) www.moodmedia.com
Mood Media specializes in providing audio, visual, and scent-based marketing services for in-store settings to drive stronger storefront sales. Mood Media also operates retail point-of-purchase kiosks that sell specialty music compilations. Mood Media was formerly Fluid Music before it acquired Mood Media Group (MMG) in June 2010. Prior to that Mood Media Group (MMG) was created through the merger of three market leaders within the in-store media and marketing solutions industry: Mood Media, DMX Music International and Alcas. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
MuseAmi (Private) www.museami.com
MuseAmi's cutting-edge technologies empower users to easily become part of the music they love - regardless of ability, experience, location, or platform. Leading experts in super-efficient audio processing - including pitch correction and intelligent harmonization, real-time voice-to-midi translation, audio effects, waveform analysis - and musical optical character recognition. With advanced machine learning capabilities, MuseAmi software enables the user to deconstruct sound and put the metadata back together in any way imaginable.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Nintendo (NTDOY) www.nintendo.com
Nintendo of America is the North American subsidiary of Nintendo Co., a Kyoto, Japan-based manufacturer of video game hardware devices such as the Wii and Nintendo DS. Nintendo is also a developer and publisher of video game software. Nintendo controls some of the most valuable franchises in the interactive entertainment industry, including Mario, Donkey Kong, Metroid, Legend of Zelda, and Pokémon, among others. The company controls the handheld gaming market with the Nintendo DS and is leading the industry in 3-D technology with the upcoming February launch of the Nintendo 3DS that provides 3D graphics without the need for special glasses.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Oberon Media (Private) http://corp.oberon-media.com
Oberon Media is the world's leading multi-platform casual-games company, with expertise in the PC, social, online, mobile and interactive TV categories. Blaze by Oberon Media is the industry standard and has been adopted along with Oberon's game solutions by some of the world's innovative corporations including Microsoft, AT&T, Electronic Arts, Orange France and Yahoo!. The platform combines casual and social game content, merchandizing and features to fulfill each partner's specific needs.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
OnLive (Private) www.onlive.com
OnLive provides the world’s highest-performance Games On Demand service, instantly delivering the latest high-end titles over home broadband Internet to the TV and entry-level PCs and Macintosh® computers. Founded by noted technology entrepreneur Steve Perlman (WebTV, QuickTime) and incubated within the Rearden media and technology incubator, OnLive spent seven years in stealth development before officially unveiling in March 2009.
OnLive, together with its Mova subsidiary, lies directly at the nexus of several key trends, all of which are reshaping the way we think about and use digital media.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Panvidea (Private) www.panvidea.com
Panvidea is a global leader in the preparation, processing and packaging of professional entertainment and advertising content for distribution across any digital platform. Originally founded as mPOINT in November 2007, the company re-branded in spring 2010 with co-founder Chris Cali as CEO, to become Panvidea. Panvidea provides the only instantly scalable, cloud-based solution to encode digital media elements, manage relevant metadata, edit and transform media for multiple audiences, and supply content as digital products to any platform or device. Panvidea’s secure software service eliminates the need for professional content companies to incur significant capital expenditures or pay exorbitant hourly fees to prepare their content for internal use or external digital distribution. The company is backed by a roster of world-class investors including Greycroft Partners and DFJ Gotham.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
PlaySpan (Private) www.playspan.com
PlaySpan is the global leader in monetization solutions for more than 1,000 online games, social networks, and online videos. The company's patent-pending in-game digital goods commerce and micropayment platform enables publishers and developers to generate new revenues, acquire new users, and extend the loyalty of existing users.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Roku (Private) www.roku.com
Roku, Inc., is a privately held company located in Saratoga, Calif., and founded in 2002 by Anthony Wood, the inventor of the digital video recorder (DVR). Roku is a leading supplier of innovative and easy to use digital media products. Our best known consumer products are the Roku digital video player and the stylish SoundBridge Internet radio line.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Sonic Solutions (SNIC) www.sonic.com
Sonic Solutions develops and sells digital media software that enables the creation, management, and consumption of digital audio and video content for both personal and professional use. The company distributes its software, including the Roxio software product line, through retailers and distributors, PC and consumer electronics OEMs, and online channels. The company licenses its core technology and intellectual property to other software companies and technology manufacturers for integration into their own products and services. Sonic Solutions also facilitates the distribution of premium video content, such as movies and television programs, for major retailers such as Best Buy and Blockbuster via the internet through its RoxioNow delivery platform. The company is in the process of acquiring DivX. Sonic Solutions is based in Novato, California.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Sony Computer Entertainment America (SNE) http://us.playstation.com/
Sony Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and sells electronic equipment, instruments, and devices for consumer, professional, and industrial markets worldwide. Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) is the video game subsidiary of Sony Corporation. SCEA sells hardware, first-party software, and peripherals, and earns royalties from third-party publishers for games on the PlayStation line of handheld and home console video game systems. The company owns valuable franchises that include Gran Tursimo, God of War, Killzone, and Uncharted. Sony recently released the PS3 Move, a motion-sensing controller system for the PS3 platform. Sony is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
SPIL GAMES (Private) www.spilgames.com
SPIL GAMES is the world's ultimate online game destination, with 47 game websites in 19 languages. Each site is fully localized for its territories, including its game content, language, and domain name. Attracting 130 million unique visitors every month to our worldwide network, we are the industry leader of online casual gaming, with expertise and passion in what we do. SPIL GAMES also has several in-house game studios creating specialized high-quality games that are focused on the needs of our audiences.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) www.take2games.com
Take-Two is a leading worldwide publisher and developer of interactive entertainment software. The Company publishes and develops products through its wholly owned labels Rockstar Games and 2K. The company's brand franchises include Grand Theft Auto, Civilization, Red Dead, and BioShock, while its licensed brands include Major League Baseball 2K, NBA 2K, and NHL 2K. Take-Two is headquartered in New York, NY.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
THQ (THQI) www.thq.com
THQ is a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software. The company develops its products for all popular game systems, personal computers and wireless devices. The company controls several licenses that it develops games based on, including WWE, UFC, and Warhammer 40,000. The company controls several wholly owned properties, including Red Faction, MX, and Company of Heroes. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles County, California.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
TiVo (TIVO) www.tivo.com
TiVo is a leader in digital video recorder (DVR) technology with over 1.3 million subscribers. The company has secured more than 140 patents related to DVR technology. TiVo services offer more features and content than other DVRs in the market, such as software algorithms to search and record shows that subscribers may like. The company is in the midst of expanding abroad and providing additional digital entertainment services. TiVo is based in Alviso, California.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Trion Worlds (Private) www.trionworlds.com
Trion Worlds is the premier publisher and developer of connected video games. With groundbreaking new server platform capabilities, Trion delivers high-quality, fully dynamic and massively social content across video game genres, gaming platforms, and mass- market entertainment formats. Headquartered in Redwood Shores, Calif., with development and technology studios in San Diego, Calif., and Austin, Texas, Trion is redefining interactive entertainment in the connected era.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Triton Media Group (Private) www.tritonmedia.com
Triton Media Group is a leading provider of applications, services and content to the media industry. Its Triton Digital division is the largest provider of digital services to the radio industry with more than 6,000 station affiliations. Through its Triton Radio Networks division, Triton owns and operates Dial-Global, which provides sales representation services to national radio production companies, producing more than 100 different programs and services in addition to providing syndicated programming and services to radio.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Virgin Gaming (Private) www.virgingaming.com
Virgin Gaming, together with its subsidiaries, operates an online community for social networking, video games, and competitive gaming in Canada and internationally. It provides a destination for console gamers to meet, challenge, and play in head to head and tournament challenges for cash, points, and prizes. The company also offers other community features with member pages, clan support, invitational tournaments, stats tracking, news, and information. Virgin Gaming was formerly known as World Gaming and changed its name in 2010. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Toronto, Canada. As of June 8, 2010, Virgin Gaming operates as a subsidiary of Virgin Media, Inc.
THE BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 18th ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
WMS (WMS) www.wms.com
WMS Industries designs, manufactures and distributes casino gaming machines and video lottery terminals. The company owns its own intellectual property and controls several mass-market oriented licenses that it uses to develop games. WMS continues to gain market share with innovative games that enhance the playing experience and will launch a new networked gaming platform and a UK online gambling website before the end of the year. WMS Gaming is headquartered in Waukegan, Illinois.