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Welcome to C21’s FutureMedia 2009 It’s your future
elcome to C21’s annual FutureMedia and the Nintendo Wii - has been around for conference, this year set against a some time. W climate of unprecedented change in C4's deal with YouTube also means that it digital media. won't likely be a joint venture partner in the This week alone News Corp chairman and creation of Hulu UK – something that makes chief executive Rupert Murdoch was pretty laid the US online video service's anticipated back when asked how he felt about pirate partnership with ITV crucial, and of course episodes of The Simpsons appearing on questions remain over the involvement of one- YouTube - all 37 minutes posted legitimately on time Kangaroo champion BBC Worldwide, the world's biggest video sharing website ad- given existing relationships with MSN (in the free. US, now Bing) Video and BlinkBox, plus the "One telephone call and they'll take them imminent rise of the deceased marsupial's off," he said in an interview with Sky News offspring SeeSaw. Australia, Perhaps Sky will step in on both fronts – He acknowledged that YouTube does in a sense represent surprising everyone with its ultimate support for Canvas, now competition to traditional TV, but added: "You can have a lot of that the BBC has abandoned its stipulation that public service fun on YouTube, a lot of laughs." broadcasters should control a majority share of the venture. Murdoch wasn't laughing about YouTube parent Google, Perhaps Sky will also help a fellow News Corp-backed ally however, warning that News Corp will pull its newspaper sites launch Hulu UK, making Premier League football available via from the search engine's index as soon as it erects pay walls the site, once it has also put in place the pay models Murdoch around these some time next year. is insisting upon. Sky's existing movie deals with the studios He wasn't joking about suing the BBC either – a might also make putting these on Hulu easier, removing the "scandalous" organisation that "steals" News Corps' stories need for an entirely new round of negotiations. and "will go into any commercial enterprise where they see an Sky is, after all, aggressively extending the availability of its opening." Sky Player broadband service across multiple outlets, unlike Murdoch's views trickle down through his company and those rival Virgin Media, which has been remarkably quiet on any plans it controls. In the case of UK satellite TV operator Sky, a recent for an equivalent offering. True, Virgin has proven a key driver of manifestation has been attacks of Project Canvas, the BBC BBC iPlayer consumption but so too has Sony PS3, which Sky proposal to create an open IPTV standard. has already lined up as its next deployment following the recent When up to £24.7m of licence fee payers' money will be launch of Sky Player on Microsoft's Xbox games console. needed to help cover Canvas running costs over the next four Xbox is proving an interesting new distribution platform for years, it's right that the BBC should be rigorously quizzed on others such as Endemol, which launched a version of 1 vs 100 the necessity. for Xbox Live channel Primetime in North America in May. The After all, the market is to some extent already supplying its game was downloaded nearly three million times during its 13- own Canvas-style hybrid DTT/IPTV set-top boxes, such as start- week pilot season, making it one of the most popular downloads up IP Vision's Fetch TV product, which features the BBC iPlayer on Xbox Live ever. and Sky Player snuggled up happily alongside one another. Endemol has clearly spied the potential of social gaming – Aside from ITV, Five and BT, which have all already expressed something EA also this week staked a major claim to, buying out their enthusiasm to be involved in Canvas, who else will step Playfish for up to US$400m despite the furore that's forward (assuming the combative BBC Trust gives the whole surrounded rival Zynga recently. Facebook has proved fertile thing the green light)? The BBC is seeking at least two other ground for these start-ups, unlike MySpace - once the rising partners to bring the cost of the project down but does "cash- star of the News Corp empire, now demoted to a "work in strapped" Channel 4 have the reserves or the heart after the progress." Kangaroo debacle? What a difference a year makes. The internet has a habit of The latter’s recent deal to put its entire VoD catalogue on presenting business critical decisions at breakneck pace. Those YouTube means that 4oD will almost by default find itself on TV outlined above and others will be discussed at the conference screens in the very near future anyway. YouTube is already today. We hope you will join in the debate, via the traditional available on Apple TV (now a potential vehicle for Steve Jobs' means of heckling or by making your thoughts known through rumoured move into the subscription TV business) and on TiVo. Twitter using the hashtag #FutureMedia. A TV-optimised version - accessible via Sony's PlayStation3 Jonathan Webdale, Editor, FutureMedia FM09brochureGS.qxp 11/11/09 11:57 Page 5
Morning agenda
8.00-9.00 Registration and coffee 11.10 FM panel session: Supply and demand 9.15 Opening remarks As we move towards a VoD world, how will changes in the distribution of content to audiences change the 9.20 Opening keynote: commercial model? Future Media – The next wave of innovation Eddie Abrams CEO, IP Vision Erik Huggers Director of future media and Simon Hutson Vice president of digital media and technology, BBC. DVD EMEA, BBC Worldwide What is the future of digital entertainment at the Michael Comish CEO and co-founder, Blinkbox BBC? From the challenge of Canvas to the Colin Moorcraft CEO, OnTV Europe Corporation’s role in Digital Britain, this opening Moderator: Joe Trainer keynote sets the agenda for a day of unique debate. Head of business development, Level 3 Moderator: David Jenkinson 11.50 9.50 FM branding keynote: FM keynote presentation: Brands programming the future Playing the digital standards game Doug Scott President, OgilvyEntertainment. David Docherty CEO, The Digital Television Group. Responsible for many of the most creative content To steer a course to success in digital, a wide variety strategies being employed by brand owners, Doug of standards and issues need to be resolved. What is Scott will share his knowledge about what works and the priority and what needs to be done to get things what doesn’t in this emerging space. moving? Moderator: David Jenkinson Moderator: David Jenkinson 12.10 10.10 FM panel session: Brand new world FM keynote presentation: In light of proposed changes to UK TV legislation, Content strategy & the third screen paradigm FutureMedia 2009 brings together leading brand David Cuff Commercial director, Virgin Media TV. owners with content creators and channel operators As one of the few broadcasters able to capitalise on to discuss how new commercial models might be its telco status, Virgin Media has been developing a developed across platforms. broad range of revenues beyond the television screen. Doug Scott President, OgilvyEntertainment David Cuff explains the future of multi-platform Zad Rogers CEO, Atomized Entertainment content. Adrian Swift Director of TV, ETV Moderator: Kate Bulkley Moderator: David Jenkinson
10.30 12.50 FM keynote presentation: FM case studies from the digital frontier: Sky Player – extending choice, control Nuno Bernardo, CEO of beactive, on and flexibility Final Punishment. Griff Parry Director of on-demand, BSkyB. Final Punishment is the latest project from the Sofia’s Having just announced Sky Player, the man in charge Diary creator. The horror web series and alternate of its roll-out outlines the challenge ahead and reality game follows eight innocent women who are restates Sky's position in the fast-changing digital thrown into an experimental maximum security prison landscape. for violent criminals. Moderator: Kate Bulkley Moderator: Jonathan Webdale
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Afternoon agenda
14.00 16.15 Break Afternoon opening keynote: The YouTube Factor 16.30 Patrick Walker, Director of EMEA partnerships, FM panel session: YouTube. New producers: Making multi-platform work As online video finds its feet, what role does YouTube Making multi-platform content work everywhere. We have to play in the future of online entertainment and hear from some of the most progressive players in the how can the professional production sector work in digital sector about how to create compelling digital partnership with the platform? content online and on mobile. Moderator: Jonathan Webdale Kate Bradshaw Deputy MD and head of online commissioning, ITV.com 14.30 Darren Navier Creative director, Numiko FM keynote presentation: Louise Brown Next on 4oD Head of cross-platform commissioning, Channel 4 Jon Gisby Jon Davenport Head of digital, Hat Trick Productions Director of future media and technology, Channel 4. Clare Laycock Acting director of new media, UKTV Moderator: Jonathan Webdale Moderator: David Jenkinson
14.50 17.15 FM keynote presentation: FM panel session: Creating social entertainment New producers: Adam Valkin Global head of digital media and new Social media games and the next generation business, Endemol. How to capture new audiences with social media, Moderator: Jonathan Webdale gaming and a fresh approach to production. Jo Twist Multi-platform commissioning executive for 15.10 entertainment and Switch, BBC The new broadcasters keynote: Tom McDonnell Alex Connock, CEO of Ten Alps, explains how the Co-founder and creative director, Monterosa dividing lines between broadcaster and production Richard Vargas Senior VP development and company are now so blurred as to be almost irrelevant production, FMX – as the internet empowers indies to not only retain Matt Locke rights to their own content, but be their own Commissioning editor for education, Channel 4 publisher/broadcaster. Moderator: Jonathan Webdale Moderator: David Jenkinson 18.00 15.30 Conference close The new broadcasters panel session What do the new platform operators hope to achieve 18.00-19.30 and what strategies are they employing to grab land Networking cocktails sponsored by as the digital and internet TV landscape emerges? How is online video enabling a new breed of broadcasters to emerge and challenging the role fulfilled by traditional broadcasters? Jane Burton Head of content and creative director, Tate Media, Tate London (C21 Media reserves the right to amend the agenda David Sabel, Head of digital, The National Theatre at any time and cannot guarantee changes to the Rachel Coldicutt published schedule. All bookings are made with the Head of new media, Royal Opera House understanding that no refunds are available due to Moderator: Alex Connock agenda changes.) FM09brochureGS.qxp 11/11/09 11:57 Page 8
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Erik Huggers TV. In the commercial world, he Teachers TV, ITV, Brighton and has worked for Director of future media and headed up cable company Hove Albion FC and Modern Toss PricewaterhouseCoopers in London technology Telewest’s drive into broadband Productions. Before that he held a spending five years in Corporate BBC content and services as MD number of senior roles in the media Finance focusing on the Erik Huggers is the Broadband. industry, including positions with development of new businesses in director of BBC He has been chief executive of two Initiative Media and Flextech Technology, Media and the Future Media & media companies providing Television. Telecoms sectors. Technology and a television and interactive media. In Eddie attended The University of member of the BBC's the public sector, he was chair of Griff Parry Glasgow where he achieved a Executive Board. Governors of the University of Director of on-demand BAcc in Finance. He took up the role in August Bedfordshire and was a member of BSkyB 2008, and is responsible for the various government advisory panels Griff Parry leads Sky’s Simon Hutson BBC's output over the internet, on new media and future On Demand Vice president digital media and interactive TV and mobile services, technology. He is also on the operations which DVD EMEA, helping audiences enjoy a seamless management board of The Society encompass TV, PC BBC Worldwide experience of BBC programmes, of Authors. and mobile. Reporting Simon Hutson is wherever they may be. He also He has written extensively on media into Sky’s commercial responsible for the holds responsibility for managing and technology convergence as a group, Griff has distribution of BBC the BBC’s Broadcast and regular columnist for The Guardian, responsibilities for services such as Worldwide’s Enterprise Technology portfolio, but also for the Financial Times and Sky Player and the wider programme content Information and Archives, as well as other national newspapers. He is in development of Sky’s on-demand onto digital platforms leading the BBC’s Research and regular demand as a speaker at the proposition. He also leads the team across Europe, Middle Innovation activities. world’s leading media conferences working on Go!View, the joint East and Africa. This involves He was previously group controller, and has served on government venture with Sony Europe which leading a dedicated sales team on BBC Future Media & Technology, committees on the future of offers on demand content to Sony strategy and all digital media having joined the Corporation in technology. PSP owners. licensing to platforms such as IP-T, May 2007. Within this role, Erik was David has senior board level Griff joined BSkyB in 1998. Before VoD, DTO and mobile. Simon also responsible for the strategy and experience as a member of the taking up his current role in April oversees DVD licensing throughout organisation of the division to BBC’s Board of Management, 2006 he held a senior role in Sky’s EMEA working closely with BBC ensure that the BBC led the Telewest’s seven-person Executive business development team, Worldwide’s joint venture partner industry in its transformation from Board, YooMedia’s board, and as focussing on the company’s 2Entertain who are the UK’s linear to on-demand broadcasting. chairman and pro-vice Chancellor of activities on new distribution leading independent publisher and Erik joined the BBC from Microsoft, the University of Bedfordshire. platforms. He previous worked in distributor of video. where he worked across a wide He is the author of six books, Sky’s strategic planning team and As an employee of BBC Worldwide variety of industry-changing digital including three on the history and in its Sky Networks and Sky since 2001, Simon started his media initiatives. After successfully sociology of the media, three Productions content divisions. career with the company managing launching the MSN portals in the internationally published novels, and Before joining BSkyB in 1998, he their English Language Teaching Benelux countries, he went on to many academic articles across on spent three years in as a business business having had a background lead the European business subjects as diverse as theology, analyst and consultant with the in publishing. He brokered development efforts of Windows media and sociology. international management BBCW’s first book co-editions in Media Technologies, establishing consultancy, Arthur D Little. India and set up the Indian home Windows Media as a leading David Cuff entertainment business. Simon then platform used by the European Commercial director Eddie Abrams took on the newly created role of media and entertainment industry to Virgin Media TV CEO DVD Manager EMEIA for the create, protect and deliver David Cuff joined IP Vision company’s Sales & Distribution audiovisual content to consumers VMTV as Commercial Eddie Abrams set up business where he managed the via the internet. Director in September IP Vision in 2007 with transition of international sales into Prior to joining Microsoft, Erik 2008. He is former colleagues the newly created 2Entertain JV. worked with Endemol Entertainment responsible for David Docherty and In 2006 Digital Media sales was as director of business commercial strategy Phil Walder and added to Simon’s responsibilities development for their interactive across the full range of French company and since becoming VP in 2008 he division. VMtv’s business – encompassing Netgem S.A. IP Vision has been has overseen the licensing of over He was born and educated in the commercial and creative developed to support the launch of 2000 hours of content to digital Netherlands and is married with two partnerships, business a hybrid STB platform that can platforms with deals spread across children. development, platform relationships, operate as a direct to consumer 15 EMEA territories. gaming and digital strategy. service or as a white label platform David Docherty VMtv has eight wholly-owned that can offer interested parties a Michael Comish CEO channels, some of the strongest managed service solution, reducing CEO and co-founder The Digital Television Group entertainment brands in UK both cost and time to market. Blinkbox David Docherty is chief multichannel television, including Prior to IP Vision Eddie co-founded Michael Comish is the executive of the LIVING, LIVING2, Bravo, the interactive entertainment CEO and co-founder Council For Industry Challenge, Virgin1 and the recently company YooMedia (now Miranda of online TV and film and Higher Education, launched online channel Liv. The plc) in 2000. At YooMedia Eddie company, blinkbox. and chairman of the portfolio spans pay and free-to-air worked as the Chief Financial Michael helped found Digital Television television – reaching over 27 million Officer moving on to become one of the pioneers of Group, which is the each month – and has a growing Director of Strategy and online video, AtomFilms, where he industry body for digital television in presence on broadband, mobile Development. In this role he was served as AtomShockwave's the UK. and on-demand platforms. responsible for the strategic president of international operations In the media world, he was the Prior to joining VMtv, David ran his development of converged media across Europe and Asia. Over a BBC’s first director of New Media own business working with a delivery technologies for digital three year period Michael helped and deputy managing director of diverse client list that included television, web and mobile. Eddie build a business revenue worth FM09brochureGS.qxp 11/11/09 11:57 Page 10
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$25m which included two global Prior joining Level 3 in 2008, Joe Zad Rogers NineMSN Expedia in Australia. websites. AtomShockwave was built commercial success in CEO After working on the Nine Network- sold to Viacom for $200m in 2006. pioneering start-ups like Atomized Entertainment Microsoft joint venture in Australia, Michael's experience led him to Narrowstep and Virtue Zad was co-founder of Adrian moved to London to work for Channel 4 as managing director of Broadcasting, where he was Ideal World and IWC leading British factual producer 4 Services; a role which included instrumental in developing the where he created a Endemol as Executive Producer on running New Media, the Studio and business from start-up to public range of successful programmes for Channel 4 and Post Businesses, 4 Creative and listing both in the UK and the US. lifestyle shows Channel 5. Corporate Development. His goal at Level 3 is to show how including Location, Before founding the etv media The early part of his career was a network company can ‘Broadcast Location, Location. group, Adrian was head of digital spent at Braxton Associates and enable the Internet’ and deliver the in 2005 IWC was sold to RDF interactive development for Mirror later as partner at Mercer quality and scale that broadcasters Media Group. In 2006 Zad founded Television, where he was Management Consulting, where he and content owners need to RDF Digital for the RDF Group, responsible for developing advised media clients in Europe and commercialise this space. which launched the groundbreaking advanced interactive formats and the US. Joe is based in London. review show B.Box and A Message broadband solutions for new digital Michael graduated from The From Earth, both in partnership with channels and platforms. University of Western Ontario, and Doug Scott Bebo. The group also launched a later earned an MBA from INSEAD President number of brand-funded projects, Nuno Bernardo in France. OgilvyEntertainment most notable Renault.TV, the largest CEO Douglas Scott is the brand funded project in Europe. beactive Colin Moorcraft president of RDF Digital was also responsible After spending some CEO OgilvyEntertainment, for providing programme support years in the Marketing OnTV Europe where he has, since for all RDF programmes including and Advertising world, Colin was a pioneer of June 2006, been the award winning Being Human Nuno Bernardo database-driven developing and blog which was the most popular established his own publishing, who made producing brand funded blog in the BBC's history. It also Company, beActive, the transition to the entertainment for clients, including launched the support site for the hit where he created “Sofia’s internet early IBM, Cisco, Unilever and BP. Prior series Waybaloo. Diary”(Portugal), the Interactive TV specialising in large, to joining Ogilvy, Doug was co- In October 2009 Zad left RDF to Series that explores the modern multilingual sites. As bandwidth founder of MATTER, where he set up Atomized, a social media Pop culture and European teen increased he became interested in developed and produced high business that will create content for culture and is pioneering the mix of the multimedia potential of the web, visibility integrated marketing distribution across the web and TV. traditional medias like TV, Books and the key problem of content programs for Sean Combs, Ford and features films with New Medias discoverability. He was the XML Motor Company and Blender Adrian Swift like Internet and Mobile. The Series schema editor for the TV-Anytime magazine. Prior to MATTER, Doug Director of TV is being localized in different metadata specification and has was Executive Vice President, etv territories around the World and contributed to several other Marketing and Branded Adrian heads up etv distributed by Sony Pictures international metadata Entertainment Creative Director at media group’s creative Television. standardisation initiatives - with a Hypnotic where he developed team, which provides With “Sofia’s Diary” he was special interest in adapting these to initiatives for Daimler Chrysler, all our clients with nominated in 2004 for Innovation the semantic web. Reebok, Nintendo and Toyota. creative excellence Award in Mobile Entertainment In 1997, he was EVP, sales & whether it be the Forum Awards (London) and also to Joe Trainer marketing and general manager of development of a multi-platform the Mobile & Internet TV Awards in Head of business development the Hollywood Stock Exchange format, an adaptive video campaign 2007 (Cannes). The Series is being Level 3 (HSX), where he was responsible or an iPhone app. localized in different territories Joe Trainor is for launching the Music Stock He has spearheaded etv’s key around the World. His pioneering responsible for Exchange; developing Virtual digital TV, online and mobile work on this area lead him to be executing the go to Producer; developing and projects including Thomas Cook TV, guest and keynote speaker in market strategy for the producing the Company’s annual London TV, Gala TV, Thomas Cook International events like the Toronto, Level 3 suite of CDN Academy Awards event; launching TV broadband service and his most Cannes and Venice International services in Europe. a weekly radio show on CBS recent commission, Fat Pets, Fat Film Festivals, MIPTV (Cannes), His role is to evangelise the key Radio, and structuring and Owners for Sky. MEM (London), Participation TV values of the Level 3 propositions overseeing content syndication Adrian began his media career as a (London), the Interactive TV Show to the market as well as work with relationships with national media newspaper journalist before Europe, and many others. the Level 3 product team to deliver outlets. From 1995 thru 1997, Doug becoming one of Australia’s top He just finished producing the third the future product set that the was president and COO of ArtView executive producers for major season of the UK version of Sofia’s market needs to deliver success a global network of galleries, lifestyle and sporting programmes. Diary for SONY and social online. auction houses and museums While at Channel Nine, Adrian was Networking BEBO.COM and the Trainor has dedicated his career to where he was responsible for the founding producer of Australia’s second season of the Interactive driving video across IP. With 10 developing and executing strategies number one travel programme show called “Flatmates” for the years experience in the industry, he for e-commerce and inventory Getaway. Under his stewardship, Portuguese Web portal SAPO and has been engaged in the early management with strategic investor, the programme won many awards national broadcaster RTP. Last year adoption of online video, to the GE. Prior to ArtView, Doug worked and was sold to 14 countries, he created the Web magazine modern technical achievements of at the Red Herring magazine where gaining an international audience of “Beat Generation”, directed the delivering High Definition video he served as vice president of sales over 100 million. Web-Documentary “The Art of B- online. An engineering background & marketing. As well as producing several Boying” and was Executive and 14 years commercial and Doug is a board member of NATPE international outside broadcasts, Producer on the TV series “The managerial experience has given and an advisor to Desi Hits, including the Australian Grand Prix, Weight” featuring Linda Hamilton. him a unique perspective on the Treehugger, and Sogua. He holds a Adrian launched Australia’s first His latest production, Final trends and commercial future of B.S. in Economics from University commercial television website – a Punishment, a thriller/horror based video online. of Maryland, College Park. site which ultimately became on-line experience will hit Brazilian FM09brochureGS.qxp 11/11/09 11:57 Page 12
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screens in October 2009 and in the responsible for Channel 4’s Blakeway, which between them for national newspapers. Fall 2009 he will Executive Produce pioneering content deal with make broad, agenda-setting the Canadian Comedy Series, YouTube that will make the documentary output for BBC, David Sabel “Living in Your Car” broadcaster’s original programmes Channel 4 and many other Head of digital In his home country, Nuno Bernardo available on demand, in full and broadcasters, as well as globally- The National Theatre already sold more than 400.000 free-of-charge via YouTube in the recognised online education The National Theatre books and his work is being UK in the coming months. He is channel Teachers TV. appointed David Sabel licensed for International publishing. also responsible for overseeing Ten Alps also publishes around 700 as its first head of Channel 4’s £50 million public trade titles, making it a market digital media to Patrick Walker service digital media fund 4iP which leader in multi-platform B2B and develop and co- Director of EMEA Partnerships launched with a range of partners in public sector contract publishing, ordinate its growing YouTube October 2008. ground-breaking corporate digital strategy in 2009. Patrick Walker leads He is an executive member of the responsibility content production He joined the NT in September the development of Channel 4 board and sits on the company DBDA and online 2008 as producer of NT Live, the content strategy and Group’s executive management corporate video producer Twenty ground-breaking initiative to partnerships for team. First Century Media amongst other broadcast plays live from the YouTube in Europe, Prior to joining Channel 4, Jon was communications businesses. National’s stages to cinemas the Middle East and vice president of media and Revenue 2008 was over £80m. worldwide. Africa. He has over 15 years of communications for Yahoo! Europe Alex has been several times David Sabel trained as an actor at experience in the television, radio and managing director for Yahoo! in shortlisted as Entrepreneur of the Northwestern University in Chicago and online media industry, including the UK & Ireland. Year. He is currently entrepreneur and Jacques Lecoq in Paris. After his tenure as General Manager of Previous roles include working for in residence at INSEAD having worked as a chef for three International Video Services for Freeserve in a variety of senior (Fontainebleau), governor of years, he received an MBA from RealNetworks, where he was management roles and a stint in the Manchester Metropolitan University, Cambridge University. His instrumental in launching Real's first BBC’s corporate strategy team. advisory board member of Salford dissertation, looking at digital premium audio and video services University Media School, board opportunities in the arts, brought in Europe, Asia and Latin America. Adam Valkin member of Northwest Vision and him to the National Theatre where While at Real, Patrick was also Global head of digital media & new Media, and a NESTA mentor to he stayed on to produce the pilot responsible for developing direct-to- business, Endemol startup media companies, working season of NT Live and the consumer broadband video Adam is responsible with Roughcut TV, a comedy National’s first documentary products with partners such as for overseeing and producer. commission, Making War Horse. UEFA, BBC Worldwide and driving Endemol’s Blogging on entrepreneurship for Channel 4. global digital media Grant Thornton. Has a BA from St Rachel Coldicutt Patrick began his career in activities including John's College, Oxford in Politics Head of new media international media and technology identifying, acquiring and Economics, Master's in Royal Opera House as a TV producer for Japan's public and developing Journalism from Columbia University Rachel has been broadcaster, NHK. While in Tokyo, businesses in new growth areas. (New York), and MBA from working with he produced and directed award- Adam joined Endemol from Arts INSEAD. interactive media since winning educational and Alliance where he spent nine years 1997, working across documentary TV programmes and investing in and developing a Jane Burton the arts and participated in the launch of the number of digital media businesses Head of content and creative entertainment sectors world's first HDTV channel. including LOVEFiLM, Propertyfinder, director for companies as He later joined BBC News as a Player X and Blinkbox. Tate Media, Tate London diverse as Microsoft, BT, the BBC, Senior Broadcast Journalist in Adam also served as the first CEO Jane Burton is head of and the V&A. Japan and South East Asia. of LOVEFiLM and previously content and creative At the ROH, she is responsible for Returning to London in 2000, worked for barnesandnoble.com in director for Tate Media, increasing audience engagement Patrick accepted a role with TWI's New York and for internet software Tate, London. She is through interactive channels, and management team to launch one of developer Firefly. responsible for has been a part of the team that the earliest 'converged' web and TV He joined Endemol as Global Head developing and has shaped the organisation's services. of Digital Media and New Business delivering the creative approach to the digital world. Patrick holds a Master's degree in in September 2008. strategy for Tate’s video and film International Administration, productions. Projects she oversees Kate Bradshaw Planning and Social Policy from Alex Connock include documentaries about artists Deputy MD and head of online Harvard and a Bachelor's degree in Chief executive for UK television, the video podcast commissioning Journalism from the University of TenAlps series TateShots, and the newly ITV.com Southern California. He also studied Co-founded Ten Alps announced Tate Movie – a Kate Bradshaw joined at Keio University in Tokyo and the 1999 with Bob collaboration with Aardman ITV.com in January University of Paris. Geldof, and listed it in animation. 2008, having spent 2001 on AiM, after a In 2002, she launched the world’s eight years as Jon Gisby TV and Radio first wireless multimedia tours at Executive Editor at the Director of future media and production Tate Modern, winning a Bafta for BBC, and more technology background at BBC, innovation, and last summer piloted recently as director of production Channel 4 Granada and Planet 24. the UK’s first tour for the iPod touch new media the sports and Jon Gisby joined Ten Alps has made 20 acquisitions and iPhone, part of an ongoing entertainment giant IMG. Channel 4 in and is now a leading independent project to find ways of delivering Kate’s role at ITV is to commission November 2007 with factual media producer - high- rich media content direct to content and applications for itv.com, responsibility for quality TV, online TV and B2B people’s own devices. providing users with the very best expanding Channel content. She initially joined Tate in 1999, as experience of ITV’s programmes 4’s presence in online Companies within Ten Alps include Tate Modern’s curator of and talent online. digital media and growing revenue production companies Brook Interpretation, and previously Kate has been the driving force from this source. He was recently Lapping, Films of Record and worked as a journalist and art critic behind the award-winning website FM09brochureGS.qxp 11/11/09 11:57 Page 14
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for The X Factor and in 2009 The X outdoor, mobile and online. BBC One’s Desperately Hungry Worldwide Entertainment division Factor website won a Broadcast Joining Numiko, Darren now works Housewives. looking after development activities Digital Award for Best Multi- directly with entertainment and Prior to that and following a stint in across the group. Richard also Platform Project. Earlier this year media brands; making broadcast or medical production, Clare spent worked at Thames Television in she commissioned the explosively linear narratives come alive online - many years at Discovery UK where entertainment development where popular Britain’s Got Talent website with an emphasis on getting the she experienced the digital TV his credits included The Richestfor for itv.com. Beyond entertainment audience involved via the increasing revolution first hand, launching their Sky One, and The Farmer Want’s A Kate has commissioned exclusive opportunities social and mobile first ever lifestyle channels, and Wife for ITV1. He started his career online content for the re-launched media offers. ultimately running Discovery Health in television working on natural Coronation Street site, content for and Discovery Kids as VP and history documentaries. the immersive online drama Louise Brown Channel Director. Primeval Evolved, This Morning and Head of cross-platform Matt Locke she is currently focused on the site commissioning Jo Twist Commissioning editor for education development for this year’s I’m A C4 Multi-platform commissioning C4 Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! executive for entertainment and Matt Locke is When Kate isn’t commissioning, as Switch commissioning editor Deputy MD of itv.com she leads the BBC for education at implementation of itv.com’s Jon Davenport Jo Twist is the Multiplatform Channel 4. He works strategic direction and focus. Head of digital Commissioner for BBC with the Education At IMG, Kate was Director of Hat Trick Productions Entertainment & Switch. She team to commission Production New Media, working on Jon began his career commissions multiplatform formats, online services that will deliver 360 content propositions with at Granada where he experiences, and products for the informal learning in innovative and IMG’s production companies Tiger produced the BBC's major Entertainment TV and exciting ways to teenage audiences. Aspect and Darlow Smithson, as websites for I‘m A online only shows, as well as the In the first year of its new online well as developing interactive IP. Celebrity Get Me Out corporation's Teen brand. strategy, C4 Education projects As Executive Editor at the BBC, Of Here!, and Blind Previously, Jo was BBC Three's have won numerous awards, Kate delivered the BBC’s first Date. He then moved Multiplatform Channel Editor where including a BAFTA, BIMA and Flash broadband channel for BBC Two in to Endemol where he devised a she led the multiplatform extension Forward award for Bow Street 2006, featuring over 80 catch-up variety of cross-platform projects and online strategic direction of the Runner, a BAFTA nomination for titles and exclusive short form video. including the supernatural drama channel's rebrand in 2008. She re- Yeardot and an EMMY for It was a ground-breaker for the Signs of Life for BBCi, the most joined the BBC in 2007 as Battlefront. Also in 2009, Matt BBC, mixing official content with expensive web production funded Multiplatform Research Manager Locke was nominated for the New UGC, fan sites and blogs. by the BBC at the time. after heading up Digital Society & Media Age Greatest Individual Kate’s commissioning and Since joining Hat Trick in 2006, Jon Media research at the Institute for Contribution to New Media award. production credits include The has continued to develop and Public Policy Research where she Before Channel 4, Matt was head Apprentice, Dragons’ Den, The produce ground-breaking digital was a Senior Research Fellow. Her of innovation for BBC New Media & Verdict, My Science Fiction Life, projects, including the BAFTA early career at the BBC was as Technology. He was responsible for BBC Two’s Summer of British Film, nominated Bryony Makes A Zombie Technology Reporter for the BBC developing and running research Party Animals, Picture of Britain, Movie for BBC Three, online drama News website and a broadcast programmes within the BBC and The Proms, Shakespeare Live from Neon Candy for Ford Fiesta, and journalist for CBBC Newsround with external partners, including The Globe and various BBC Four cross-platform entertainment format online. An expert in participatory developing academic and industry seasons, including its launch website. Chartjackers for BBC Switch. media, social media, and online partnerships, and developing open communities, she has written and innovation initiatives like Darren Navier Clare Laycock commentated extensively across http://backstage.bbc.co.uk and Creative director Channel Head, Home and Really digital print, radio and TV. She http://open.bbc.co.uk/labs/ . Numiko UKTV holds a Ph.D. in online communities Before joining the BBC, Matt Darren joined Numiko after having As part of UKTV’s and youth identity from the worked as a curator and writer, spent the majority of his career ambitious rebrand University of Newcastle. specialising in the social adoption working in London for some of the activity, Clare was of technology and still continues to country’s biggest and most well appointed in 2008 to Richard Vargas write regularly about these themes known digital and interactive lead the overhaul of Senior VP development and for journals, websites and his own advertising agencies. two of the production site at www.test.org.uk Working at AGENCY.COM for broadcaster’s lifestyle offerings, FMX seven years, with roles at many rebranding UKTV Style and UKTV Richard Vargas is Tom McDonnell levels and finally as Creative Gardens into Home and launching Senior Vice President Co-founder and creative director Director, Darren worked on blue- brand new channel, Really. of Development & Monterosa chip brands and ‘big digital A lifestyle television veteran with Production at FMX, Tom McDonnell is co- spenders’ such as BT, BA, O2, over 15 years of broadcasting the central new media founder of creative Heineken and Dulux among others, under her belt, Clare is responsible division of technology house Darren led multi-disciplinary creative for content and strategy for both FremantleMedia. Monterosa, who teams delivery core web services as these new channel brands and their Within FMX Richard is responsible specialise in live well as engaging and creative associated websites, for developing and executing new multiplatform events. online marketing. lovehome.co.uk and isitreally.co.uk, on-line entertainment experiences, Starting out as a developer in Darren then spent four years in her role as Channel Head. which are both created by the FMX games, post-production and establishing Play as the digital and Before joining UKTV, Clare spent team, as well as in partnership with broadcast, he and Simon Brickle interactive heart of M&C Saatchi. two years at BBC Learning as third parties. Richard's credits at setup Monterosa in 2002. Firstly as creative director, then as Head of Campaigns, where she FMX include Freak an on-line drama Their vision was to establish new emerging channels director, Darren oversaw a 50-strong team produced with MySpace for Red ways of allowing television and web worked closely with brands such as delivering multiplatform campaigns Bull and P&G, as well as to work together seamlessly, and Heinz, Fosters and RBS to create off the back of a diverse range of urFANtastic, an on-line fan music have since been instrumental in some ground-breaking branded- Learning-funded programmes, website. formats such as Test The Nation, content projects’ incorporating including BBC Two’s Springwatch, Prior to joining FMX Richard CBBC's Run! and the Apprentice multiple channels including digital BBC Three’s Baby Borrowers and worked in FremantleMedia’s Predictor.