Conferences
Kate will be moderating at IBC 2010 on the 9th & 11th September 2010
Conference Session - Social media: Look who's talking now
Date/Time:
09 Sep 2010 12:30-14:00
Chair:
Kate Bulkley journalist & presenter Freelance UK
Session Participants
Philip Bourchier O'Ferrall, senior vice president, digital media, MTV Networks International, UK
Trevor Johnson, head of strategy & planning, EMEA, Facebook, UK
Tom McDonnell, director, Monterosa, UK
Simon Nelson, controller, portfolio & multiplatform, BBC Vision, UK
Tom Warren, head, Hellotxt, Buongiorno, UK
Details
Session Producer: Jon Block
Linear, scheduled TV still has the capacity to deliver mass audiences for live events around major sports or shows such as X Factor or Big Brother. What is changing is the role of social media networks like Facebook and Twitter, enabling real-time, easy to use commentary on live TV.
Broadcasters are falling over themselves to rush to socialise their shows and capitalise on the public’s desire to communicate and discuss among friends and fan communities. But who will monetise this new market and how will broadcasters get in on the act?
The session, chaired by journalist Kate Bulkley, brings together the mavens of the new social media scene for a lively debate how should broadcasters engage with audiences utilising the new technology.
How will the emergence of triple-screen entertainment impact the way in which media is shared and interacted with across iPad, smart phones and connected TVs? Learn about exciting techniques that are being applied now around big sporting events and great entertainment shows.
and again on Saturday the 11th September
http://www.ibc.org/page.cfm/Action=Seminars/SeminarID=73
Conference Session - China: Big hurdles, big potential. How the world’s biggest media and technology market is shaping up
11 Sep 2010 13:00-14:00
Duncan Clark, chairman, BDA, China
Phil Colby, vice president, technology, Liberty Global, China
Harry Hui, president, Ash Studio Ltd.
Graham Kill, chief executive officer, Irdeto, China
Rebecca Yang, chief executive officer, IPCN
Sponsored by Irdeto, this is a business briefing session with leading figures from the media and technology sectors in China looking at how the world's biggest media and technology market is shaping up and how to be part of it.
Google has recently been re-awarded its license to operate in China after angering the censors, and although there are big hurdles to doing business in China there are also tremendous opportunities.
With some 400 million TV homes and another 170 million cable TV homes, China dwarfs other markets. Its internet usage at 470 million users today is already more than double that of the USA and its online video usage is growing at an amazing pace. Consultants BDA China predict that internet users will reach 800 million by 2014, with mobile phone subscriptions reaching over 1 billion.
With China's regulatory architecture facing challenges from the rapid growth of broadband and technological advances, many western companies have experienced difficulties in navigating China's media sector yet all recognise the importance of gaining a foothold in this dynamic market.
This briefing will bring to life the opportunities and challenges of doing business in China. It is a market not to be over-looked and this session is not to be missed.
Kate moderated at the Mobile Entertainment Forum's annual conference in London on June 22 2010.
She interviewed Fionnuala Duggan , digital director at Random House at 10:10 am on the 22nd June at the venue the Victoria Park Plaza hotel. . Click below for details http://www.mem-2010.com/
Kate moderated several sessions at MIPTV on April 12 to 16th 2010 Cannes, France See below for details or go to http://www.mipworld.com/en/MIPTV/?campaignid=61450094&iusercampaignid=61164776
Monday 12th April
16.30 – 17.00 TWITTER +TV: HOW REAL-TIME ENGAGEMENT IS CHANGING CONTENT
in the Esterel Room, Level 5, Palais des Festivals
Twitter's Director of Media Partnerships led a captivating Q&A on “How Real-Time Engagement is Changing Content”, sharing an insider’s playbook on harnessing Twitter to create new approaches to content creation and audience engagement, online and on-air.
Speaker:
Chloe Sladden , Director of Media Partnerships, Twitter, USA
Click here to see this interview.
Tuesday 13th April
9.30 – 10.10
Keynote:
Jonathan F. Miller , Chief Digital Officer, Chairman and CEO, Digital Media Group, News Corporation, USA
Interviewed by:
Kate Bulkley, Journalist & Media Commentator,UK
Jon Miller is Chief Digital Officer, Chairman and CEO, Digital Media Group for News Corporation, a role in which he drives the Company’s overall digital strategy in conjunction with various operational heads, while also directly overseeing all of News Corp.’s standalone digital businesses.
Kate moderated this event for the RTS on March 18 2010. See below for details or go to http://www.rts.org.uk/Events_det.asp?sec_id=3566&art_id=8101#details
TV, Google and the web: you ain't seen nothing yet!
There is a combination of cautious hope and white-knuckled fear about how TV will make its mark and its money online. More and more people are consuming TV online - will TV get its fair share of the new money to be had? Channel 4 and Five have both done deals with Google's YouTube. Who's next? Our expert panel investigated the likely winners and losers in this fast changing world.
Panel:
Anna Bateson , YouTube European Marketing Director
Michael Comish , CEO, Blinkbox
Ashley MacKenzie , Founder & CEO, MyVideoRights
Griffin Parry , Director of On-Demand, BSkyB
Claire Tavernier , Senior Executive Vice-President, FMX and Worldwide Drama (part of FremantleMedia)
Kate Bulkley, Broadcaster and Media Telecoms Journalist
Kate moderated at the Guardian's Changing Media Summit March 18 2010. See below for details or go to http://www.guardian.co.uk/changingmediasummit
The future of TV: Convergence, aggregation, interaction and monetisation of video content in the digital world.
Is the death knell really ringing for traditional modes of TV consumption in a fully digital world?
Where are the key opportunities for revenue growth in the creation and distribution of televisual content? Is it still predominantly in advertising?
What opportunities are mobile devices offering to broadcasters and producers of TV content?
What’s on - and what’s in – the box: What does the technology and the content of television look like a decade from now?
15:50 STREAM 9:
Speakers:
Patrick Walker, EMEA Director of Video Partnerships Google
Richard Halton, programme director, IPTV, BBC
Laurence Dawkin-Jones, managing director, UK, NBC Universal
Ben McOwen-Wilson, director, of online, ITV
Eric Elia, vice president, TV solutions, Brightcove
Moderator:
Kate Bulkley, broadcast and technology journalist
Kate moderated a panel on March 17 2010 at BAFTA
Women in TV: Is it a Young Girl's Game?
See below for details or go to http://www.bafta.org/access-all-areas/women-working-in-tv-is-it-a-young-girls-game,1048,BA.html
On 17 March 2010, MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival and BAFTA brought together a panel of TV industry experts to thrash out the issues that are currently facing women in television.
The discussion was opened by Skillset Executive Director, Kate O’Connor who got the ball rolling by revealing some striking statistics unearthed in their 2009 Employment Census Report and 2008 Creative Media Workforce Survey. Figures revealed that within the media industry women are severely under represented, but even more worryingly, their numbers have dropped dramatically in recent years. The proportion of female employees in television has dropped from 38% to just 27% in the last three years, with nearly 5,000 women leaving the sector. To put this into context, this drop out rate is 6 times higher than for men, of whom 750 have left the field during the same period.
Such concerning statistics were described by panel chairman Kate Bulkley as ‘sobering to say the least’, and paved the way for a passionate discussion about everything from working mums and ageism to career strategy and the ingrained prejudices within television industry culture.
Anne Morrison admitted that she continues to recognise a worrying degree of ageism in the sector and Simon Shaps called for a government policy that would set out quotas for the percentage of women working in television. He stated;
Without doubt, there is a pan industry problem here…At some point along the way gender equality was pushed aside as people assumed it had been dealt with years ago.
On a more positive note, Kate Kinninmont highlighted new plans from Women in Film and Television to extend their mentoring scheme to include women returning to work after a break, particularly freelancers who often find it hard to get back in the loop.
Many audience members joined the debate, sharing experiences and voicing their concerns; from the difficulties facing graduates breaking into the sector to older women who are excluded from roles in front of the camera because they are no longer ‘young and blonde’. The over arching message was a cry for women of all ages to believe in their abilities and to keep up the momentum of change that these figures have set in motion.
Rebecca Barrie , Cavendish Psychotherapy Practice
Jay Hunt , Controller at BBC1
Kate Kinninmont , Chief Executive at Women in Film and Television
Camilla Lewis , Head of Factual Features at talkbackTHAMES
Anne Morrison , Director at BBC Academy
Simon Shaps , Chairman of Mercury Media and the National Film & Television School
Kate Bulkley, Journalist
Kate moderated at the second day of the Cable Congress on March 4 2010 in Brussels . Click below for details http://www.dtg.org.uk/dtg/summit.php
Kate moderated at the second day of the Cable Congress on March 4 2010 in Brussels . See below for details or go to http://www.cablecongress.com/sitecore/content/be-bruga/cablecongress/programme/march4.aspx
Cable, Content and Google: A Cocktail for Success?
The US online video sensation has caused its studio owners to have second thoughts about how much of their TV programming to release online. The questIons remain: how which business models can drive the development of attractive content and advanced services ? Can cable's secure systems for secure content delivery and money generating subscriptions and on-demand business models be part of a successful mix? Is the future partnership or competition with hulu and youtube?
Time: 12.00 - 13.00
Neil Berkett, CEO Virgin Media
Manuel Cubero , Chief Operating Officer KabelDeutschland
Linda Jensen, CEO HBO Central Europe
Kate Bulkley, Freelance Journalist
Kate moderated two keynotes and two panels at this year's Mipcom market in Cannes France. See below for more info http://www.mipworld.com/RM/RM_Mip/PDF/Conferences/2009/mipcom2009_full_conference_programme.pdf (page 16).
Wednesday Oct 7th
at 9.30-10.00
Insiders View from Outside In:
How TV is Changing in the Connected World or How to Avoid the Mistakes of the Music Business?
Mika Salmi, Former President, Global Digital Media, Viacom/ MTV Networks & Chairman, Sulake (Habbo)
Interviewed by: Kate Bulkley, Media Commentator and Journalist
Grand Auditorium, Level 1
Mika Salmi recently left Viacom/MTV Networks where he was the key proponent of the "thousand front doors strategy" to give individual TV shows Web presence and also expanding the company's social networking efforts. He came to Viacom as part of its $200 million acquisition of Atom Entertainment, itself a merger of AtomFilms.com, which Salmi founded, and Shockwave .com. Salmi straddles both technology and content and he will be discussing with Journalist Kate Bulkley some of the pitfalls and opportunities he sees ahead.
at 10.50-11.50
What is the Impact of Connected Entertainment on the Television Industry?
Esterel, Level 5
The TV is no longer a standalone device in the corner of the lounge. Increasingly the TV is connected to the Internet, opening the TV screen up to the World Wide Web. Broadcasters and the Pay TV operators are being joined by new players like Yahoo!, XBox and Hulu.com in the bid for people's attention. Connected entertainment brings new opportunities for building viewer interactivity and loyalty but it also means there is more competition for valuable leisure time. How are the players involved coping with the new connected world?
Kate Bulkey, Media Commentator & Journalist
Shirlene Chandrapal, EU Director, Connected TV, Yahoo! Inc
Stuart Collingwood, Vice President EMEA, Sling Media
Joel Hyatt, Co-Founder & Vice Chairman, Current TV
Willem Verbiest, Vice President, MultiMedia Solutions, Alcatel-Lucent
Wednesday at 12.00-13.00
Pay TV vs Online Video: How are Pay TV Services Dealing with the Threat from Web Video Services?
Sites like YouTube and Tudou.com (China) have been joined by more sophisticated Web video services like Hulu.com and TV.com as Web-delivered video becomes the "new television". So how are the traditional Pay TV companies coping with video from outside their own EPGs?
Kate Bulkley, Media Commentator & Journalist
Richard Halton, Programme Director IPTV, Project Canvas, BBC
Dr. Joo-Sik Lee, Executive Vice President of Network Division, SK Broadband & CEO, SK Broadband Media
Kevin MacLellan, President, Comcast International Media Group Stephen Nuttall, Commercial Group Director, BSkyB
Régis Saint Girons, Senior Vice President Sales and Professional Services, OpenTV Europe & Founding Member of the HbbTV Group
Thursday 8th October
at 10.15-10.45
Multiplatform Entertainment:
How to Monetize Content When the Game has Changed?
Javier Perez Dolset, President & CEO, Zed Worldwide
Interviewed by: Kate Bulkley, Journalist & Media Commentator
Auditorium A, Level 3
The rules of the game have changed. Content will remain king but how to make money out of it when advertising revenue shrinks, piracy grows and follow-the-free is becoming a paradigm for both Mobile and Internet platforms? Many consolidated players are struggling to survive in a new environment where scale and global franchisees are no longer enough.People want to watch, play, talk, learn, share and compete no matter whether they are at home or on the move, and whatever the technology behind the different devices. Multiplatform digital entertainment is here to stay and requires a different approach. Come and discover how a global player like Zed builds 360º digital plans around top–tier content worldwide
Kate moderated a keynote session on the future for broadcast journalism at this year's IBC in Amsterdam on 12 September. See below for details or go to www.ibc.org
Closing keynote: Is the broadcasting journalist a threatened species?
Conference Streams: Technology Advancements Content Creation and Innovation
Date/Time: 12 Sep 2009 17:30-18:30
Chair: Kate Bulkley Freelance Business Journalist UNITED KINGDOM
James Baker, General Manager, Current TV, UNITED KINGDOM
Andrew Hawken, Editorial Director, Online, Sky, UNITED KINGDOM
Sarfraz Manzoor, Journalist, The Guardian, UNITED KINGDOM
Vir Sanghvi, Editorial Director of the Hindustan Times
Raymond Snoddy, Freelance Journalist, Media commentator, UNITED KINGDOM
Session Details:
On the one hand, news is seen as a defining characteristic of television, whether it is creating the identity of a local station in a crowded market or one of the great trusted international brands like Al Jazeera, BBC or CNN.
And on the other hand there is the rapid growth of user-generated content and the world where we are all journalists. Is there a need for real journalism any more? Is there a business model to pay for high quality, impartial news gathering? We are already seeing the rapid decline of the newspaper industry: will the same happen to television news?
Deborah Rayner, managing editor of CNN International, sets out the case for broadcast journalism in a keynote. She will then be joined by James Baker of Current TV - a business founded by former vice president Al Gore which encourages and relies upon user-generated content – and other leading print, online and broadcast journalists in a panel debate.
This is about more than just the nightly news: it goes to the very heart of the broadcasting industry. Make sure your voice is heard.
Kate moderated at MEM on Day Two.
Wednesday 24th June 2009
For more information and agenda: http://www.mem09.com/
Kate moderated at the Korean Communications Conference
June 17 & 18th in Seoul Korea
For more information: www.koreacomm.org/
Kate Chaired Day 2 of the Delivering Digital Britian Conference
Thursday, 11th June 2009
For more information and the schedule for the day: www.emapconferences.co.uk/digitalbritain/
Kate in her 3d glasses
Kate chaired "3D TV: A Glimpse into the Future"
Cavendish Conference Centre, 22 Duchess Mews, London, W1G 9DT
Thursday, 4th June 2009
Gerry O’Sullivan, Director of Strategic Product Development, BSkyB
Bob Mayson, Managing Director, RealD Europe
Tom Morrod, Head of TV Technology, Screen Digest
Vicki Betihavas, Producer, Nineteen Fifteen
Colin Smith, Technical Analyst, ITV Interactive
High definition TV is now almost considered old hat: the new, big thing is 3D TV and it’s no longer a wonky experiment but something that everyone from ITV and the BBC to Sky are serious about.
Come to the first UK public demonstration of 3D and see 3D TV material. Hear from those on the cutting edge: what does 3D mean for the producer, the broadcaster and the viewer? What implications are there for the business of television? How soon will we see 3D without putting on those wonky paper glasses?
No matter what aspect of TV you work in, this event is essential to take your understanding of 3D to the next dimension.
For more information click here.
Kate moderated at the MIPTV Conference in Cannes, France
March 30-April 03 2009
MIPTV 2009 - CONFERENCES - DIGITAL LIFESTYLE KEYNOTE - JEFFREY COLE (DIRECTOR - USC ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE DIGITAL FUTURE) - MODERATOR : KATE BULKLEY (MEDIA COMMENTATOR & JOURNALIST)
MIPTV 2009 - CONFERENCES - MIP DIGITAL FORUM - RIDING HIGH ON THE ONLINE DISTRIBUTION REVOLUTION - KATE BULKLEY (MEDIA COMMENTATOR & JOURNALIST)
For more information: http://www.mipworld.com/en/MIPTV/
Kate moderated at this this year's Cable Congress in Berlin
March 18-20 2009
For more information: http://www.cablecongress.com/
11:00 to 12:15 am
A View From The Top - Monetising Content In The Digital Age
Mike Fries, President & Chief Executive Of?cer, Liberty Global
Parm Sandhu, Chief Executive Of?cer, Unitymedia
Rich Ross, President, Disney Channels Worldwide
John Smith, Chief Executive, BBC Worldwide
Mike Volpi, Chief Executive Officer, Joost
March 20
14:30 to 15:40 pm
Innovation Strategies
Olivier Gérolami, Chief Operating Of?cer, Numericable
Marcus Englert,Executive Board Member, ProSiebenSat.1
Marcel Nijhoff, Chief Commercial Officer, Ziggo
Tom Rogers, President & Chief Executive Officer, TiVo Inc.
In cooperation with ACT
Companies that do not innovate lose their competitive edge. This is especially true in the fast moving world of digital entertainment, broadband internet and telecom services. How are cable operators and content players addressing innovation in their organisation? Do these industries in?uence and cross-fertilise each other’s innovation process? Is there room for inceased capital spending and R & D in today’s distressed market? Is service innovation the central focus or is technological innovation leading the way forward? What is making HD, interactive advertising and VOD successful or will the real benefit of technology be in enhanced customer relationship management?
Kate chaired the Changing Broadcast Summit for The Guardian.
November 10 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/broadcastsummit
Kate interviews Andy Duncan, CEO of Channel 4
Kate interviews Mike Darcey, COO BSkyB
Kate at the Summit
Kate moderated two panels at the Guardian's Create in China conference in London on Oct 22, 2008.The conference was at the British Museum, London Kate moderated the Regulatory View Panel with Wei Ping, vice president, China International Televisiion Corp & Huang Yong, DG Development Research Centre SARFT Kate also moderated a panel on Digital China with:Neil Ducray, MD Touch Media; Dan Mintz, founder ad CEO DMG; David Pattison, CEO i-level; Ding Yi, CEO Guo TV; & Tan Zhi, CEO Focus Media For more information see http://www.guardian.co.uk/createinchina. Programme PDF available here: http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Media/documents/2008/09/16/Programme-Sep.pdf.
Kate moderated two panels at the Guardian's Create in China conference in London on Oct 22, 2008.The conference was at the British Museum, London
Kate moderated the Regulatory View Panel with Wei Ping, vice president, China International Televisiion Corp & Huang Yong, DG Development Research Centre SARFT
Kate also moderated a panel on Digital China with:Neil Ducray, MD Touch Media; Dan Mintz, founder ad CEO DMG; David Pattison, CEO i-level; Ding Yi, CEO Guo TV; & Tan Zhi, CEO Focus Media
For more information see http://www.guardian.co.uk/createinchina.
From the Media Guardian Create in China Conference, October 2008
Kate moderated the Mipcom Jr Keynote on Sunday 12 October by Cyma Zarghami, President of Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group (US)
THE MIPCOM JUNIOR KEYNOTE:
IT’S A SPONGEBOB WORLD, AND WE JUST LIVE IN IT
HOW NICKELODEON SERVES A GLOBAL AUDIENCE
Sunday 12 October: 16.45 – 17.30
Grand Salon, Carlton Hotel
Cyma Zarghami, President of Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group (US)
Kate Bulkley, Journalist (UK)
It may be hard to believe, but Nickelodeon will celebrate its 30th year of entertaining kids in 2009. From its beginning as very small US-based channel, to its position today as the leading kids' entertainment brand with 52 channels, 72 websites and 16 mobile services globally, Nick's mission remains focused on connecting kids to their world and one another through entertainment. Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids and Family Group President Cyma Zarghami is one of the leading architects of the Nickelodeon philosophy, and has led the brand to its current position as the number-one cable network in the United States for the 14th straight year. Ms. Zarghami discussed how Nickelodeon's core brand attributes and ability to create multiple hit properties for localized audiences has resulted in a truly global brand that celebrates all that is similar and unique about kids around the world.
Biography:
Under Ms. Zarghami’s leadership, Nickelodeon has been the number-one-rated cable network in the United States for 14 straight years and has been the pre-eminent producer of original content for kids across all entertainment platforms, from animated mega hits SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora, the Explorer to live action tween hits iCarly and Zoey 101 and major events such as the Kids’ Choice Awards. She oversees all business operations for its divisions, including: Nickelodeon and Nick at Nite; Noggin; The N; Nicktoons Network; Nick Movies; Nickelodeon’s consumer products, magazine and recreation businesses; and Nickelodeon’s growing portfolio of digital properties including all of the Nickelodeon branded websites, Neopets, Shockwave, AddictingGames, ParentsConnect, and Quizilla. She has expanded the brand through the launch of hotels, theme parks and a new multi-year partnership with Sony Music Label Group.
At Mipcom TV Market October 13 to 17 2008 Cannes, France Kate moderated the morning of the Broadband Video Summit on Wednesday October 15 Highlights include: A keynote address by Chad Hurley, founder of YouTube. Venue: Grand Auditorium 10.30-11.30 THE PLATFORMS: DELIVERY, DELIVERY, DELIVERY. IT’S ALL ABOUT FINDING THE AUDIENCE Venue: Grand Auditorium Broadband entertainment is all about making attractive content available to users. There is a land grab going on as content aggregation sites like blinkbox.com race to put together the best sites to attract viewers, users, and advertisers, and therefore more and better content. YouTube still tops the charts in overall video views but others are making deals with broadcasters and producers and carving out their own particular niches. Meanwhile, broadcasters and producers are spreading their bets, backing their own sites (like hulu.com and Kangaroo in the UK) as well as syndicating content to others. Moderator:Kate Bulkley, Journalist Speakers: Michael Comish, CEO blinkBox Entertainment Ltd Henrik Werdelin, Chief Creative Officer, Joost Mark Zaleski, CEO, Dailymotion 11.35-11.55 Mipcom TV Market October 13 to 17 2008 Cannes, France THE BIG INTERVIEW: The Shipping Forecast: the Future of the BBC in the Digital Age Venue: Grand Auditorium Erik Huggers spoke to Kate Bulkley about his vision for the future and key challenges facing the BBC as a broadcaster in the digital age – as the fragmentation of audiences accelerates and convergence becomes a reality. He also shared his vision on the wider global markets, and what media companies must do to evolve and flourish for the benefit of audiences and consumers alike. Moderator:Kate Bulkley, Journalist Speaker:Erik Huggers, Director of BBC Future Media & Technology and a member of the BBC's Executive Board Mipcom TV Market October 13 to 17 2008 Cannes, France. Kate Bulkley and Erik Huggers 12.00-12.45 THE CONTENT CREATORS: CREATIVITY AND NEW FUNDING MODELS, HOW TO MAKE YOUR CONTENT PAY Venue:Grand Auditorium Content is increasingly being created for broadband sites, both professionally and from consumers themselves. But the nascent business is moving beyond the original YouTube model as producers and traditional media look to create content that works on the Web and has a workable business model. Content platforms that offer guidance in how to create and syndicate online content are springing up and producers – both from traditional TV and film- are looking to revamp what they do for the broadband world. Moderator:Kate Bulkley, Journalist Speakers: Doug Miller, Global Advertising and Distribution, The Tornante Company, LLC – Vuguru Neeraj Roy, Managing Director & CEO, Hungama Mobile Claire Tavernier, Senior Executive Vice-President, FMX, FremantleMedia Ltd
At Mipcom TV Market October 13 to 17 2008 Cannes, France
Kate moderated the morning of the Broadband Video Summit on Wednesday October 15
Highlights include:
A keynote address by Chad Hurley, founder of YouTube.
Venue: Grand Auditorium
10.30-11.30 THE PLATFORMS: DELIVERY, DELIVERY, DELIVERY. IT’S ALL ABOUT FINDING THE AUDIENCE
Broadband entertainment is all about making attractive content available to users. There is a land grab going on as content aggregation sites like blinkbox.com race to put together the best sites to attract viewers, users, and advertisers, and therefore more and better content. YouTube still tops the charts in overall video views but others are making deals with broadcasters and producers and carving out their own particular niches. Meanwhile, broadcasters and producers are spreading their bets, backing their own sites (like hulu.com and Kangaroo in the UK) as well as syndicating content to others.
Michael Comish, CEO blinkBox Entertainment Ltd
Henrik Werdelin, Chief Creative Officer, Joost
Mark Zaleski, CEO, Dailymotion
11.35-11.55
Mipcom TV Market October 13 to 17 2008 Cannes, France
THE BIG INTERVIEW: The Shipping Forecast: the Future of the BBC in the Digital Age
Erik Huggers spoke to Kate Bulkley about his vision for the future and key challenges facing the BBC as a broadcaster in the digital age – as the fragmentation of audiences accelerates and convergence becomes a reality. He also shared his vision on the wider global markets, and what media companies must do to evolve and flourish for the benefit of audiences and consumers alike.
Erik Huggers, Director of BBC Future Media & Technology and a member of the BBC's Executive Board
Mipcom TV Market October 13 to 17 2008 Cannes, France. Kate Bulkley and Erik Huggers
12.00-12.45
THE CONTENT CREATORS: CREATIVITY AND NEW FUNDING MODELS, HOW TO MAKE YOUR CONTENT PAY
Venue:Grand Auditorium
Content is increasingly being created for broadband sites, both professionally and from consumers themselves. But the nascent business is moving beyond the original YouTube model as producers and traditional media look to create content that works on the Web and has a workable business model. Content platforms that offer guidance in how to create and syndicate online content are springing up and producers – both from traditional TV and film- are looking to revamp what they do for the broadband world.
Doug Miller, Global Advertising and Distribution, The Tornante Company, LLC – Vuguru
Neeraj Roy, Managing Director & CEO, Hungama Mobile
Claire Tavernier, Senior Executive Vice-President, FMX, FremantleMedia Ltd
Kate at Mipcom 2008
Kate moderated at CTAM Europe 25-26 September 2008 in Berlin, Germany How To Win The Video War In The Changing Landscape: High-end video products and strategies used to gain and keep subscribers Providing content for customers that is relevant and desirable is now only half the battle. That content also has to be available to subscribers whenever and wherever they want it. This panel will focus on how cable operators in a number of different markets position their video products to satisfy customer needs — while supporting company growth and financial goals. Moderator: Kate Bulkley, Journalist Speakers: Benny Salaets, Director Media Projects, Telenet Yves Padrines, vice president business development NDS France Damien Read, VP Marketing Video, UPC NL George Stomeyer , VP service provider video Scientific Atlanta/Cisco Asanga Gunatillaka, Head of TV strategy Virgin Media
Kate moderated at CTAM Europe 25-26 September 2008 in Berlin, Germany
How To Win The Video War In The Changing Landscape: High-end video products and strategies used to gain and keep subscribers Providing content for customers that is relevant and desirable is now only half the battle. That content also has to be available to subscribers whenever and wherever they want it. This panel will focus on how cable operators in a number of different markets position their video products to satisfy customer needs — while supporting company growth and financial goals.
Kate Bulkley, Journalist Speakers: Benny Salaets, Director Media Projects, Telenet Yves Padrines, vice president business development NDS France Damien Read, VP Marketing Video, UPC NL George Stomeyer , VP service provider video Scientific Atlanta/Cisco Asanga Gunatillaka, Head of TV strategy Virgin Media
Benny Salaets, Director Media Projects, Telenet
Yves Padrines, vice president business development NDS France
Damien Read, VP Marketing Video, UPC NL
George Stomeyer , VP service provider video Scientific Atlanta/Cisco
Asanga Gunatillaka, Head of TV strategy Virgin Media
CTAM conference 25-26th September Berlin, Germany Photo courtesy of CTAM
Kate moderated the Beating the Copycats - How to Protect TV Formats session at the BCCW 2008 conference and exhibition organised by the Korean Broadcasting Institute in Seoul, Korea on Sept 3, 2008.
Her panelists included:
Jonathan Coad, Co-founder of the IFLA, UK
James Ross, Regional Directr Granada International, Hong Kong
Jeeyoun Shin, patent attorney Korea Institute of Intellectual Property, Korea
Yoon-Kyung Chung, Professor, Soonchunhyang University, Korea
http://www.bcww.net/2008/
Kate moderated two sessions at the Media Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival Edinburgh, Scotland August 21- 24 2008
Kate moderated a session on VOD on Saturday and also a session on BBC Worldwide on Sunday. For more information see this link and below
The Rise and Rise of VOD
In 2008 the iPlayer and Video on Demand has finally hit the mainstream. It promises to revolutionise the way viewers watch their programmes - rendering the traditional schedule a historic relic. This panel session explored the rise of video on demand in the UK, hearing from experts from the industry as well as cynics and perhaps even the viewing audience. For the broadcasters and producers, this session aimed to help you understand new viewing behaviour and the impact on ratings.
23 August 2008
Time:
15:30-16:30
Venue:
The Fintry
Producer:
Peter Cowley, Managing Director, Digital Media, Endemol Entertainment UK
Assistant Producer:
Lewis Georgeson, Development Producer, Endemol UK
Kate Bulkley, Journalist, Freelance
Panellists:
Ashley Highfield, Chief Executive Officer, Kangaroo
Debbie Manners, Group Commercial Director, RDF Media Group
Nigel Walley, Managing Director, Decipher Consultancy Ltd
Simon Nelson, Controller of Portfolio & Multimedia, BBC Vision
24 August 2008
BBC PLC
Is BBC Worldwide taking over the world? Having bought Lonely Planet, opened offices from Melbourne to Mumbai, invested in indies and now making its own shows, it's come a long way from simply selling old programmes. But do these commercial, risk-taking activities threaten to undermine the BBC brand? BBC Worldwide responded to these questions and put into context its role around the world. Alex Graham of Wall to Wall and PACT and Tony Elliott of Time Out also gave their perspective.
Click here for a video of the session.
11:30-12:30
The Moorfoot & Kilsyth
Producers:
Alistair Pegg, Commissioning Editor, Factual Entertainment, Channel 4
Christina Willoughby, Head of International Sales & Promotions, Channel 4 International
David Moody, Director of Strategy, BBC Worldwide
Alex Graham, CEO Wall to Wall (Part of Shed Media)
Tony Elliott, Chairman, Time Out
Click here for a video of the session
Kate Moderated at the Showcomotion conference in Sheffield on July 3 2008 2–3pm The Future of Kids’ PSB Question Time: quiz the broadcasters, regulators and campaigners about the future. Moderator: Kate Bulkley, Journalist Speakers: Anne Brogan, Director, Kindle Entertainment & Executive Committee Member, Save Kids’ TV Richard Deverell, Controller BBC Children’s Adam Minns, Head of Policy Development PACT Huw Rossiter, Director of Communications, S4C James Thickett, Director of Research, Ofcom Janey Walker, Head of Education and Managing Editor Commissioning, Channel 4 Produced by: Greg Childs, Director, Childseye Consulting
Kate Moderated at the Showcomotion conference in Sheffield on July 3 2008
2–3pm The Future of Kids’ PSB
Question Time: quiz the broadcasters, regulators and campaigners about the future.
Anne Brogan, Director, Kindle Entertainment & Executive Committee Member, Save Kids’ TV
Richard Deverell, Controller BBC Children’s
Adam Minns, Head of Policy Development PACT
Huw Rossiter, Director of Communications, S4C
James Thickett, Director of Research, Ofcom
Janey Walker, Head of Education and Managing Editor Commissioning, Channel 4
Produced by:
Greg Childs, Director, Childseye Consulting
Kate moderated Day Two (May 22 Thursday) of the Thinking Digital conference May 21-23, 2008 in Gateshead, England For more information click here.
Kate Chaired the Keynote session on Day One of the Mobile Entertainment Market (MEM) conference at the Hotel Palais Stephanie in Cannes France May 8-9 2008. She conducted one on one interviews as well as running the opening panel.
Chairman's Opening Remarks
09.00
Patrick Parodi, Global Chair, MEF & CMO, Amobee
Keynote Solo Interviews Led by: Kate Bulkley
Our keynote interviewees explored how entertainment on mobile is becoming a richer experience. They outlined how they saw mobile entertainment services developing in the future and addressed the critical success factors for market growth, including creating a good user experience, developing good business models and ensuring a good regulatory framework.
Allistair Mitchell, Vice President, Multimedia Integration, Research In Motion Limited and ex-CEO of Pure Tracks
09.10
Lee Fenton, COO, Jamba
09.25
TBC
09.40
Keynote panel
09.55
Exploring the shifting boundaries of the web, TV and mobile, and discussing the opportunities for advertisers, broadcasters and content providers in the mobile industry.
Yves Confalonieri, General Director, Mediaset
Matthew Postgate, Controller of Mobile, BBC
See the website: Click here.
Click here to read a blog about the conference.
ON Thursday 10th April At MipTV
Social Networks: A New Channel for Creativity
This panel discussion examined the new opportunities which now exist for creators and distributors of content. MySpace is leading the charge in commissioning new types of original content for its users, from a user-generated feature film, to Hammer Films' first horror movie in 30 years. We discuss the appetite for this new style of programming and look at how the web is challenging traditional distribution models.
Moderator
Kate BULKLEY, (Journalist and Media Commentator)
Panel
Simon Oakes, Chairman & CEO, Hammer Films
Allan Niblo, Producer of Faintheart & Managing Director, Vertigo Films
Patrick Juarez, General Manager, Intuition Media-Films
ON Wednesday 9 April Kate chaired the TELCO - MEDIA CONVERGENCE KEYNOTE with Didier Lombard, Chairman & CEO, France Telecom Group (France)
"Inventing a New Media TV Experience"
Didier Lombard presented his vision of France Telecom-Orange's strategy in the audiovisual sector through its "TV Everywhere" service. This draws on the group's technological and marketing innovations to offer television "wherever, whenever" available across all screens, with on-demand content, interactive services and personalised advertising.
Interviewed by Kate BULKLEY (Journalist and Media Commentator) Keynote: Didier Lombard (Chairman & CEO, France Telecom Group)
Interviewed by
Kate BULKLEY (Journalist and Media Commentator)
Didier Lombard (Chairman & CEO, France Telecom Group)
Kate chaired the MediaGuardian Changing Broadcast Summit Oct 31, 2007 at Rich Mix, London
8.15 Registration and coffee
9.00 Introduction by the chair
Kate Bulkley, journalist, writer, presenter
9.10 Keynote addresses
Digital broadcast strategies Terrestrial, digital, multi-channel,multi-platform
Michael Grade, CEO and Chairman of ITV Plc makes a point at MediaGuardian Changing Broadcasting Summit (Photo courtesy of Martin Cooke)
9.10 Michael Grade, executive chairman, ITV
9.35 Jana Bennett, director, BBC Vision
10.00 Neil Berkett, acting CEO, Virgin Media
10.25 Question and answer
10.35 Morning break
10.55 Threats and opportunities: The financial realities of the television industry
Nick Mayberry, head of media, Barclays Bank
11.15 Panel session
Broadcaster commissioning strategies
Moderator: Steve Hewlett, consultant and journalist
Kevin Lygo, director of television, Channel 4
Lisa Opie, director of content, Five
Richard Woolfe, controller, Sky One, Two and Three
Simon Shaps, director of television, ITV
12.15 Ofcom digital dividend review
Philip Rutnam, board member and partner, Spectrum policy, Ofcom
12.40 Lunch
13.40 Business and technology solutions for the future face of broadcasting
Moderator: Matt Wells, head of audio, the Guardian
Suranga Chandratillake, founder & CEO, blinkx
Broadcasting technology, content and business models
14.00 HD panel
Moderator: Chris Lawrence, principal consultant, Siemens Global Media Consulting Group
Seetha Kumar, head of HD TV, BBC
Dan Brooke, general manager, Discovery Networks UK
Cassian Harrison, executive director, Lion TV
Stephen van Rooyen, director of product management, BSkyB
14.40 Mobile TV panel
Moderator: Mark Watkins, director, mobile media solutions, National Grid Wireless
Markus Otte, mobile product manager, VoD and mobile TV, MTV Networks Europe
Melissa Goodwin, head of mobile, ITV
Stephen Nuttall, director, commercial group, BSkyB
15.20 IPTV panel
Moderator: Arash Amel, senior analyst, broadband digital media, Screen Digest
Ade Thomas, managing director, Green TV
Alex Mahon, managing director, Shine
Annelies van den Belt, managing director, broadband, ITV
Ashley Highfield, director, future media and technology, BBC
16.00 Afternoon break
16.20 On-demand, on the money Understanding the future of TV consumption
Richard Ayers, editorial development director, Magic Lantern
16.40 MediaGuardian debate
Broadcasting in the digital age: The death of TV or the birth of a new age?
Moderator: David Docherty, CEO, Chart Show TV
David Abraham, CEO, UKTV
Mark Goldman, chief operating officer, Current TV
17.15 Closing keynote An international perspective on the future of TV
Greg Ricca, president & CEO, Discovery Networks International
17.40 Chair’s closing remarks
Kate Chaired the am session at Mipcom in Cannes Wednesday Oct 10, 2007. It began with a keynote by Mike Volpi, CEO of Joost followed by two panels.
Click here to view a video stream of the keynote.
10:50 to 11:50 am at Esterel room, in the Palais, Cannes, France
Superpanel- The Distribution Platforms
Click here to view a video stream of the panel.
TV is no longer simply about the airwaves. Many of the companies formerly known as telephone companies have expanded their portfolio and have spent in some cases billions to upgrade their networks to deliver video as well as their more traditional voice and broadband products. But even as these IPTV networks are starting to grow, other companies are using the open internet to deliver programmes and entire streamed channels to audiences. Joost and Babelgum -and many others- are vying to be the new delivery platforms for video content. What are the differences in their delivery and interactive capabilities and techniques for programmers and how do the business models compare?
Kate BULKLEY (Journalist & Presenter, KG Bulkley)
Gilles BIANROSA (CEO, Azureus)
Patrick WALKER (Head of Partnerships, You Tube EMEA)
Adam BERREY (VP, Marketing & Strategy, Brightcove)
Simon DANKER (Director of Diigital Media, BBC Worldwide)
Jonathan SYKES (Managing Director Content Strategy, Tiscali)
panel 2 12 noon to 13:00 Esterel room, Palais, Cannes, France
Superpanel: Distribution Strategies for Major Media Owners
Exclusive or not? Where do you license your content in the fast-changing broadband and IPTV delivery environment? Studios and programmers are trying out a host of different strategies from launching their own platforms (see NBC Universal and Fox) or teaming up with established sites form MySpace to YouTube to licensing to telco TV operators like Tiscali, BT Vision and Orange. What have been the results so far? What are customers using - downloads or streamed services? What revenue sharing seals are programmers and network operators willing to strike? Is ad-supported content the way to go for content? As exploitation windows get closer, how does this effect the money to be made from telco TV and platforms like Joost and Babelgum?
Tom TOUMAZIS (EVP and Managing Director, Disney-ABC International Television, Europe, Middle East, Africa & Canada)
John MCMAHON (President and Managing Director, Europe, Sony Pictures Television International)
Mika SALMI (President, Global Digital Media, MTV Networks International)
Kevin MACLELLAN (President, Comcast International Media Group)
Jeff BERMAN (GM/ SVP MySpace TV & Public Affairs, MySpace)
Kate Chaired the Royal Television Society's 24 September 2007: Beyond Ad Funded Programming
Getting To The Next Level
Advertiser Funded Programming (AFP) is a great and simple idea. Brands are seeking different and more engaging ways to interact with TV viewers and have money to spend. Broadcasters are facing challenges to their traditional advertising revenue and looking for new ways of funding their programming ambitions. So do we have AFP programmes ready to hit the terrestrial channels? What's happening outside the UK? Everyone - brands, commissioners, inde and in-house producers - say they want to see a step change in how brands and broadcasters work together. What will make it happen?
Kate Bulkley, media journalist and columnist (replaced Tess Alps, Chief Executive, Thinkbox due to illness)
Nicky Buss: Advertiser Development Director, ITV
Kate Marsh: Head of Entertainment – Europe, GroupM
Paul Moreton: Channel Head, UKTV Food & UKTV Bright Ideas
John Nolan: Head of Commercial & Digital Content, N One, North One Television
Kate chaired Broadcast Magazine's 360 Content conference on 18 September 2007
Kate Bulkley, media journalist and columnist
Gary Carter, President, Creative Networks and Chief Creative Officer, FMX, FREMANTLE MEDIA
Simon Calver, CEO, LOVEFILM Zad Rogers, Creative Director, RDF DIGITAL
Sarah Rose, Head of Channel & VOD Development, CHANNEL 4
Tony Martin, Senior Vice President, ROO MEDIA EUROPE
Adam Gee, Commissioning Editor, New Media, CHANNEL 4
Elaine Bedell, Controller, Entertainment, Multi - Platform Commissioning, BBC VISION
Richard Godfrey, SVP Music and Production, MTV UK & IRELAND
and many more.
Kate chaired several sessions at the 2007 IBC in Amsterdam Sept 6-11, 2007
RAI Centre in Amsterdam
On Friday Sept 7: Opening Session in the Forum entitled: Buy or be bought! Does convergence mean consolidation?
On Saturday Sept 8: Opening Session in the Forum 9:30 - 11:00 am entitled Digital Lifestyles: Service and Delivery Options
On Saturday Sept 8: in Room L from 11:30 to 13:00 entitled: Are you Being YouTubed?
See below for more details:
Friday Sept 7 at 9:30 to 11:30 am
Theme: Shrinking World, Growing Markets, Global Business’.
Session: Buy or be bought! Does convergence mean consolidation?
Chaired by:
Kate Bulkley, Media Journalist
Keynote address:
Steven Abraham, Global Leader, Media/Entertainment Industry, IBM Global Business Services
Participants:
Brian Levy, Worldwide VP & CTO HP
Nick Fielibert, VP & CTO Scientific Atlanta
Jean -Charles Hourcade, CTO Thomson
Dave Dougall, Vice President, EMEA, Harris
Stephen Pumple, Chair and CEO, Azcar Technologies
Tom McVeigh, CTO ESPN Star Singapore
Charles Jablonsky, Consultant former NBC CTO
Manlio Cruciatti, CTO, Mediaset. (to be confirmed)
Simon Spanswick, CEO, Association of International Broadcasters
Roger Crumpton, CEO International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers - representing broadcasting and media technology suppliers worldwide
In this highly participative open session they tackled the globalisation of technology and technology companies.
More than half of the broadcast and media technology market is served by just ten global companies. Are their current mergers and acquisitions driven by global expansion dreams or local efficiency needs? Is there a place for niche suppliers and how does consolidation impact customers? How does technology convergence influence change? Do content companies know how to specify and implement their requirements? How do suppliers support complex interoperable environments?
They tackled all these issues and the bigger question: whether to implement your own technology infrastructure or outsource it to a specialist provider.
THEME: Digital lifestyles - media to your home or on the move
Digital lifestyles: service and delivery choices
This introductory session explored how the lifestyle is becoming more connected in the 21st century digital world. The speakers reviewed the growing impact on consumers of the internet, mobility, interactivity and content.
Jean-Charles Hourcade, Thomson, USA
Stuart Collingwood, Vice President of Europe, UK
Reo Youngdae Kim, Darim, USA
Mike Short, 02
Room L
Are You being You Tubed?
The rise of user-generated content - what is the impact on TV professionals?
User-generated content is the latest web phenomenon, with sites like YouTube, MySpace and Oh My News attracting billions of users and sky-high valuations. Its influence is spreading fast into broadcast television. After suing Google (the owner of YouTube) for $1 billion earlier this year for infringing copyright, media giant Viacom has paired with NBC to launch its own version of YouTube. TV news programmes are beginning to incorporate UGC into newscasts and a new TV channel backed by former US vice president Al Gore - Current TV - boasts at least a third of its output comes from "users".
This session, chaired by journalist Kate Bulkley, asked how business models stack up in the fast-evolving world of broadband-delivered video? Who is out in front? Can exploiting synergies between online and broadcast turn "hits" into profits? The television landscape is being transformed as people spend more time online. How do broadcasters embrace the new reality of the web that has given a voice and a camera to millions?
James DuBern, Director of Programming, Current TV (UK)
Jon Godel, Editor ITN ON (UK)
DK, founder of Mediasnackers.com
Simon Marsh, senior development director Guerrilla (UK)
John Morrell, consultant
More information about the conference can be found on the Mediasnackers website here, and on the IBC website here
Kate is co-Chair of Rapid TV's 2017 Broadcasting Conference: The Shape of European Broadcasting to come on Sept 27, 2007 at Bafta in London.
Co-Chair:
Speakers include:
Silvio Scalglia , Founder and Chairman of Babelgum
Justin Bovington, CEO, Rivers Run Red
David Day, CEO Europe, Lightspeed Research
Suranga Chandratillake, CEO, Blinkx
Kip Meek, Managing Director, Ingenious Media
Erik Huggers, Group Controller, BBC Future Media and Technology
Giles Rhys Jones, Director Interactive, Ogilvy
Tess Alps, CEO, Think Box
Bill Scott, IBM Leader, Direct to Consumer, Media and Entertainment
Kate Marsh, Director Entertainment Europe, GroupM
Ziv Navoth, VP Marketing, BEBO
Bill Tancer, Head of Global Research, Hitwise
Tim Suter, Partner Content & Standards, Ofcom
Ed Pettit, Head of TV and Digital, Guerrilla
Mark Selby, head of multimedia, Nokia
Patrick Parodi, head of MEF and amobee mobile
and more.
Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. 25th August 2007.
Lisa Opie
Kate interviewed Lisa Opie, MD of content at Five on Saturday 25th August at the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. The sesson was at 15:30 in The Sidlaw Level 3 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Lisa Opie was appointed Managing Director of Content in December. She has overseen the acquisition of the popular soap Neighbours away from the BBC, and says she wants to strengthen the channel's factual programming, increase the channel's entertainment output and deliver the best in US drama. But after ten years, and with a slipping audience share - what is the channel's distinct vision. And how does it define itself in the terrestrial and digital market.
Executive Producers:
Kavita Puri, Programme Producer, BBC Newsnight
Lucy Stylianou, Commercial Affairs Manager, Channel 4
Sarah Baines, Head of Acquisitions & Digital Media, Paramount Comedy
Joanna Shields
Kate also moderated a second session on Saturday 25th with Joanna Shields, President, international Bebo at 11.00 in The Tinto, Level 0
From the creators of Lonelygirl15 and Bebo comes KateModern, the first spin-off from the world's most popular interactive drama. As the UK's only serial drama played out in real time on the internet where viewers can influence the plotline, KateModern tells the story of four young adults searching for their personal identity in the setting of a mystery that unfolds across the internet and through the streets of London.
Lisa Baker, MGEITF Press Director, PagetBaker PR
Panellist:
Joanna Shields, President, International Bebo
Showcomotion 4-6 July Sheffield, UK
The Showcomotion Children's Media Conference is the UK's premier conference for the children's media industry. It's the only time in the UK when independent producers, broadcasters, film makers, commissioners and freelancers can get together for two full days of discussions, screenings, workshops and intensive sessions which focus on all the new and future developments in children's media.
Kate will be chairing the opening session on 5 July.
THURSDAY 5 JULY
8.30am–7pm Registration Open
Chaired by Kate Bulkley, Journalist
Keynote: Jana Bennett (BBC Vision).
Roundtable:
Senior industry and regulatory figures discuss the prospects for kids’ media production in the UK.
Sponsored by Barcud Derwen – Investing in facilities, investing in production
Keynote Interviews on June 5, 2007 at 9:20 am at the Grimaldi Forum in Monte Carlo
Peter Bazalgette, CCO, Endemol
Vincenzo Novari, CEO, h3g
John McMahon, President & MD, Sony Pictures Television International
Joanna Shields, President, International, Bebo
The Role of the Media in Contemporary Childhood
Tuesday, 15th May 2007 10am - 4.30pm at London Zoo, London NW1
At 11:45 am to 13:00pm Kate will Chair the session:
Why the Right Television is Important
Anna Home OBE, Chief Executive, Children's Film & Television Foundation
Michael Raftery, Hansard Society, Citizen Education Manager
Pat Deakin, National Trustee & Chair of Editorial Board, The Townswomen s Guild
Richard Rule, Head Teacher, Pluckley Church of England Primary School, Kent; & National Steering Group Member, Special Schools & Academies Trust
Other Speakers at the event are:
Professor Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics Department of Media & Communications
James Thickett, Ofcom, Director of Ofcom's 2007 Review of Children's Television & Head of Market Intelligence
David Kleeman, Director, American Centre for Children & Media
John Whittingdale MP, Chair of Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee
Richard Deverell, Controller of BBC Children's Programmes
Anne Wood CBE, Founder & Creative Director, Ragdoll Productions
For more information click here
Kate moderated two sessions at MipTV in Cannes, France on Monday 16 April 2007
Monday 16th April: TRENDS-IN-TELEVISION
Superpanel: TV’s Burning Issues (15.45 – 17.00, Esterel)
This session focused on the key trends that are changing the business of television today. With the disruption of current business models through time- and place-shifting, peer-to-peer distribution and the migration of advertising dollars to the Internet, it discussed what these changes mean for traditional broadcasters, programme makers and advertisers and what their vision of the future might be.
Kate Bulkley
Jason Hirschhorn, President, Sling Entertainment Group (USA)
Guillaume de Posch, Chief Executive Officer, ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG (Germany)
Eric Schrier, SVP of Original Programming, FX Network (USA)
Thomas Strerath, CEO, OgilvyOne Worldwide Germany, (Germany)
Christiane Zu Salm, Founder & CEO, About Change Ventures GmbH (Germany)
A podcast of the panel can be found using the links below:
Click Here for the audio stream and here for the video stream.
Wednesday 18th April: Kate also interviewed Jana Bennett: Director of BBC Vision, and Ashley Highfield: Director of Future Media & Technology
(17.30 –18.30, Esterel)
"Content 360 and the Future of Media "
In this Innovation Keynote, two of BBC's leading drivers for content and future media technology will take us through BBC's unique processes for development of new entertainment programmes and cross-media content. Jana Bennett, Director of BBC Vision, showed how the newly-restructured BBC Vision integrates multi-platform thinking into BBC's visual content creation and commissioning process.
Ashley Highfield, Director of Future Media and Technology, took the audience through the process of innovation at the BBC, in particular, its online development over the next five years - dubbed BBC 2.0 - including the proposed BBC iPlayer and the recently announced content deal with YouTube.
A podcast of the keynote speeches can be found using the links below:
For more information see the Miptv website. The conferences section can be found here
Kate moderated at the Rapid TV conference TV; This Time it's Personal on Tuesday April 24 2007
10.00-11.00 PANEL SESSION & KEYNOTE
You Get What You Pay For
As video-on-demand services proliferate, subscribers will increasingly build their own schedules, either through their multichannel platform or Broadband Internet. How are mainstream broadcasters reacting to this change and will library channels continue to thrive in the linear format?
10.00 - KEYNOTE:
Tom Toumazis, Executive Vice President & Managing Director, Buena Vista International Television EMEA
10.15-11.00 – PANEL SESSION
Chris Dennis, CEO, Rapid Broadcast Ltd
Niall Curran, Chief Operating Officer, Chellomedia Services
Look Who's Talking Now
Tuesday 13 February 2007 6.45pm - 8.15pm Cavendish Conference Centre. RTS early evening
Arash Amel, Head of Broadband Digital Media, Screen Digest
Danny Cohen, Head of E4 & Factual Entertainment, Channel 4
Mark Goldman, COO, Current TV
Alex Mahon, MD, Shine
Kate Bulkley, Independent Journalist
Cavendish Conference Centre 22 Duchess Mews London W1G 9DT
For information, click here.
User-Generated Content is the latest web phenomenon with sites such as YouTube, MySpace and Bebo attracting millions of users and sky-high valuations, and its influence is now spreading to broadcast television.
Former US Vice President Al Gore is backing Current TV, a UGC site and TV channel that launches in the UK in March, and Channel 4 has plans to turn E4.com into a standalone social networking site which will include online auditions for Big Brother. BSkyB also has plans to launch its own UGC site, in partnership with Google, which recently paid $1.6billion for YouTube. MySpace.com, owned by News Corp., is the most-visited UGC site in the UK with 6.2 million monthly users (and nearly 80 million registered users worldwide), according to recent research from ComScore, but so far all the social networking/UGC sites are struggling to find commercially-viable revenue models. Can the exploitation of synergies between online and broadcast help to turn ratings into profit?
This session brought together senior executives from the UK and the US to discuss how the TV and content landscape is changing, and who's going to make money from it.
To see a Mediasnackers vodcast made at the event, click here.
Kate's take on the RTS UGC Look Who's Talking Now panel session that she moderated on Feb 13 2007. Courtesy of Mediasnackers.com click here to view.
Kate moderated two sessions at the MIPCOM TV Market in Cannes, France from 9 to 13 October 2006
Digital Distribution SuperPanel 1. 11.00am-12.00pm, Oct 10, 2006. The Strategic Impact on Existing Business and Release Windows & New Opportunities for Film & TV
With over 50% penetration rates in most markets, the broadband boom is in full force around the world.Young audiences want content in digital form and they would rather download their entertainment to their laptops or mobile devices than go to the cinema or watch TV. Movie downloads, internet TV channels and digital asset management are permanently on studio heads' minds. Release windows are changing, namely narrowing down or reversing, and innovative producers and studios are adjusting the way they do business, to be ready to take advantage of new opportunities.
This first of two SuperPanels, took an in depth look at the strategic impact as well as the threats and opportunities emerging from Digital Distribution for Film and TV content in the coming 6 to 12 months.
Martin BLAKSTAD Head of New Media - Granada International
Simon CALVER CEO - LOVEFiLM International - United Kingdom
Marcus ENGLER Member of the Executive Board ProSiebenSat.1Media AG / Managing Director SevenOne Intermedia - ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG - Germany
Ashwin NAVIN President & Co-Founder - BitTorrent Inc. - USA
Rick SANDS Chief Operating Officer - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
On Wednesday 11 October, Kate interviewed Sanjiv Ahuja, CEO Orange
"The Pocket-Sized Entertainment Centre"
The head of Europe's biggest integrated operator has clearly stated that television and TV content is at the heart of Orange's strategy. During his keynote address Sanjiv Ahuja shared his vision of mobile entertainment's tremendous potential, and explored the opportunities offered by mobile broadband in the always-on, anytime, any place era. He also focused on how convergence is set to re-shape the international content market by making it far easier for customers to buy, keep, manage and watch any of their content via any screen or platform via their pocket-sized entertainment centre.
For more information see the Mipcom.com website. The conferences section can be found here
Kate chaired two sessions at this year's IBC. On Thursday Sept 7 at 9:30 to 11 am
Multimedia - More media or more services?
Kumu Puri , Partner, Accenture Communications & High Tech Strategy, USA
Andre Mika , Director, Current Programming and Production, AOL, USA
Tony Ageh , Controller, internet, BBC
Media, technology and customers are in full evolution. Traditional broadcasting organisations are active in more and more media. New media opportunities are appearing - for gaming, broadband internet, user generated content, podcasting, mobile, and more. New services are offered - PVR, On Demand, interactivity, etc.
Do broadcast organisations have to follow this trend? Do they have to evolve from radio and television to more media or to more services? A panel helped you to decide.
There were presentations and panelists from a broadcasting company, an international media production company and the gaming industry.
For more details, click here
And on Saturday Sept 9 at 9:30 to 11 am
MOBILITY - role of content and what works in mobile TV
Mark Selby , VP - Multimedia , Nokia (keynote on Mobile TV around the world)
Daniel Kim , CEO Ontimetek (update on Mobile TV in Korea)
H. Mittermayr , VP , Alcatel Mobile Broadcast (options for Satellite delivery)
Stella Creasey , Head of Audience Research BBC (customer viewpoint)
This introductory session and keynote explored some of the international activities around the world and how the world of Mobile TV has developed in the last 12 months.
Kate moderated the final session of Showcomotion (www.showcomotion.co.uk) on July 8 2006 in Sheffield.
Showcomotion "as it happens" in new-media marketeer DK's on-the-spot unofficial blog of the sessions, issues, personalities and gossip from this year's conference.
Kate speaking to Mediasnackers blogger DK at the conference. Click here or here.
The session
Jonathan Boseley, Executive Director, Programming, Disney Channel UK, Scandinavia, Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East
Anne Gilchrist, Creative Director, CBBC
Anne Brogan, Controller, ITV Productions, Kids
Howard Litton, SVP, General Manager & Director of Channels, Nickelodeon UK
Billy Macqueen, Managing Director, Darrall Macqueen
Gary Pope, Partner, Kids Industries
Session Producers:
Greg Childs, Childseye
Madeline Wiltshire, Libra Television
Sponsored by:
Cosgrove Hall Films
So Farewell Then...
So, did broadcast TV die in 2006? Will the new gatekeepers take control of kids’ media consumption – or will the kids themselves exercise choice, seek out quality, and create their own media experiences? What are the prospects for quality TV for kids in the UK under the new regulatory, financial and structural regimes? And what can the kids’ media industry do to protect UK production as the pressures mount?
Kate produced Day Two of Broadcast Live and chaired the top session at 10.30am.
Jeff Henry , CEO, ITV Consumer
David Muir , CEO, The Channel at WPP Group
Noel Matthews, CTO, Enhanced TV Tandberg Television
A look at the changing viewing habits and delivery methods and how this is disrupting and creating new opportunities for content makers and broadcasters.
The BBC In The New Digital Age
23 May 2006. RTS early evening
Ashley Highfield, BBC Director of New Media & Technology, in conversation with Kate Bulkley
The BBC’s new media and technology arm run by Ashley Highfield has been both pioneering and provocative, with developments from interactive websites to internet players. But the BBC’s Creative Futures initiative brings his division centre stage.
In this special event, Ashley Highfield talked about his vision for new media going forward, the BBC iPlayer, and whether plans for bbc.co.uk 2.0 are likely to be anywhere near a public service version of MySpace.com.
Kate moderated two sessions at the TV Revenue 2006 conference on May 9, 2006 sponsored by TV Conferences.
The session at 9:40 am: Defining the Territory: Taking the Professionals View
How will the numbers add up and what will be the take-up of individual technologies. Can past performance be an indicator of future growth or does at least one high profile launch face an embarrassing climbdown?
Prof. Peter Cochrane OBE, co-founder, Concept LabsEnrico Saggese (Click here to view his speech).
Dr David Lewis , author, Soul of the New Consumer (Click here to view his speech)
John Binks , director, GfKAstra (Click here to view his speech)
Sarah Simon , media equity analyst, Morgan Stanley (Click here to view her and Kate in discussion)
The session at 2.30pm: New Revenues – What’s Next?
New television formats and delivery methods bring with them new challenges. TV subscriptions are traditionally paid for by the head of the household, so will younger audience attracted by short form programming, and juggling busy lifestyles, be willing to pay for content or should other funding mechanisms be explored. Can interactive services continue to thrive and which formats are the most lucrative?
Ray Derenzo , VP, Business Development EMEA, MobiTV
Carter Pilcher , Chief Executive, Britshorts/Shorts International
Cat Tate , Business Director New Creative Content, Red Bee Media
Graham Pitman , Director, European Television Guild
Kate chaired a Women in Technology panel on April 26, 2006 in London in the run-up to the Blackberry Women in Technology
The Panel
Karen Price, As CEO of the government backed eSkills, Price is instrumental in pushing for change at a grassroots level, addressing issues such as the gender divide - with increasing initiatives to get more girls interested in IT.
Jackie Edwards , A lecturer at De Montfort University, Jackie won the overall BlackBerry Women & Technology 2005 award for her initiative Women's Access to Information Technology, her dedication to making technology accessible to women from across the community makes Jackie stand out from the academic field. She has a can-do attitude and believes in no class or gender barriers. She's an inspiration in making academia accessible through technology.
Dr Glenda Stone , Glenda is the founder and CEO of Aurora, an organisation which exists so that women-owned businesses succeed and women's corporate careers flourish.
Rachel Elnaugh , After starting her working life as an office junior, Rachel founded her first business Red Letter Days in 1989 at the age of just 24. By 2002 Rachel was being feted by the Press and won an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Her appearance on BBC’s cult business show Dragons’ Den shot her into the public eye in early 2005, the only woman on the panel of five Dragons.
Kate Chaired the am conference on April 5 at Mip-TV, Cannes, France
Convergence of Telecoms & Broadcasting: Who Will Be In Control ?
With the growing power of broadband and wireless networks, telecommunications companies are aggressively grabbing key sports and entertainment rights to position themselves in the high-stakes media business. BT TV has signed a deal with Endemol for "enhanced" content as well as with Paramount and Warner Music. Telecommunications operators, such as Telecom Italia and France Telecom are joining their fixed line and wireless divisions, so that IPTV services sit alongside of its mobile TV services. Meanwhile, Pay TV operators are devising new strategies to compete against the telcos' emerging power. In this landscape where Telcos, pay-TV operators and broadcasters are vying for power, who will control the customer relationships? What is the future of Pay-TV in a broadband world where VOD is ramping up? What is the future of telecommunications in this new landscape where media plays a key role?
Peter Bazalgette , - CCO, Endemol Group
Hervé Payan - , Senior Vice President Partnership and Services, Groupe France Telecom
Erik Huggers - , Senior Director, Microsoft
Dan Marks - , CEO, BT TV
Shane O'Neill - , Chief Strategy Officer & President Chello Media, Liberty Global
Roma Khanna - , Senior Vice President, Content, CHUM Television
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Kate chaired Broadcast's Creating Long-term Value in TV conference on March 3, 2006 in London.
Kate moderated the morning of the 3rd European HDTV Summit on Feb 16, 2006.
100 Days, Are we there yet?
2006 was expected to 'the year of HD' before 2005 was half through. However, the trickle of HDTV announcements has turned into a flood, and by the end of 2006 viewers will be enjoying HD services in Germany, the Benelux, France, UK/Ireland, Italy, Austria, and Scandinavia. Someone has to be the pioneer, and the first mainstream HD channels were from Sat1/Pro7 in Germany (on October 26). We ask what is the verdict so far? How did Premiere fare launching HD to a country still widely satisfied by analogue? What has been the experience/expectation of other existing and imminent HD broadcasters? Are the programme libraries available? Is HD production an evolutionary or revolutionary step? Is the reception equipment effective, and available? What has been the reaction of the viewers and subscribers? Crucially, how many people have now got it, or even want it? Crucially, is free-to-air the way to go, or has pay-TV the edge? Has Europe finally 'gone HD' and what are its prospects over the next few years.
Moderator: Kate Bulkley, Media and Telecoms Journalist
The Analyst's View
New Media: The Fight for Rights
9 February 2006. RTS early evening
The New Media Rights fight panel --RTS from right to left Kate Bulkley, moderator Andy Duncan, CEO Channel 4 Jonathan Sykes, MD content at Home Choice Alex Graham, CEO Wall to Wall Justin Judd, founder i-Rights
Producers make programmes for broadcasters, but with technologies like IPTV and mobile video there are increasingly other ways for audiences to view these programmes. The question is: who should be allowed to exploit these new media rights, broadcasters or producers, or some combination of the two? Producers say they own the rights to the programmes they make and should be able to exploit them in the new media. Broadcasters warn that allowing the programmes they commission to be shown extensively on new media platforms will undermine their businesses.
Media regulator Ofcom publishes its initial thinking in a January consultation paper. Is there a way of resolving the differences, or is all out war inevitable? Hear how the two sides are lining up and how the arguments could impact on the businesses of broadcasters, producers and platform owners.
Andy Duncan, Channel 4
Alex Graham , Pact and Wall to Wall
Jonathan Sykes , Managing Director,Content Strategy. Home Choice.
Justin Judd , founder and co-mananging director of i-rights, digital content licensing and distribution company
Kate spoke at The Regent Conference 2006 - Creating profit in the markets ahead as convergence and global resourcing apply their influence
Sheraton Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly, London W1J 7BX
Feb 8 2006.
Convergence between information technology, telecommunications, electronic media and content has long been talked about and is now starting to have an impact. Some estimates predict that it will lead to a $1 trillion shift in valuations and revenues by 2010.
The opportunity to gain competitive advantage requires not only strong and effective management but also forward-looking, flexible corporate strategies.
It is therefore vital that UK organisations understand how the sector is evolving and are in a strong position to capitalise on the opportunities that will arise.
Now in its 11th year, the Regent Conference provides the opportunity to learn from some of the world's most prominent industry authorities and offers a forum to exchange ideas, practical experiences and knowledge with like-minded professionals to determine the key factors shaping the industry landscape.
HDTV: Killer or Niche Market?
Jana Bennett OBE, BBC
Richard Freudenstein,
Neil Gaydon, Pace Micro Technology
Pat Younge, Discovery USA
“It blows your mind,” says BSkyB’s James Murdoch. The picture quality is “like going from black & white to colour” says David Hill of DirecTV in the US.
The UK is streets behind Japan, South Korea and the US. American viewers will have 16.5m HDTV sets in use by Christmas and 48m by 2010. The UK forecast is for just 2.6m HD sets by 2010.
Early in 2006 Sky will launch a package of HD channels, adding to the seven dedicated HD channels that will be available in Europe by then. But will HD ever be more than a niche market? Why should producers care? How do broadcasters benefit? And will viewers really be blown away?
Tuesday 8 November 2005
Session: 6.45pm - 8.15pm
Cavendish Conference Centre
22 Duchess Mews, London, W1
See www.rts.org.uk for info
Wi-Fi Business Development Summit
IBM Forum
October 26-27, 2005
Kate chaired day one of the Wi-Fi Business Development Summit at the IBM Forum in Milan. Italy on October 26-27, 2005.
For more information, click here.
The Business of Mobile TV - Global Market Status of Mobile TV and a Taste of the Models That Work
IBC, at the RAI Centre Amsterdam
Sept. 8-12 2005
Saturday 10 September at 09.30am to 11 am
Traditional business models of linear TV, "free to air" , subscription and advertising supported programmes may all be challenged by Mobile TV . Questions to be addressed should include the Market status of Mobile TV internationally , a flavour of the models that work today , and some of the evolutionary examples from around the world of Text TV, Participation TV and cellular or Mobile TV. Issues around pricing, quality, storage for time shifting and preferred types of Content will all be addressed.
Kate Bulkley, Journalist and Commentator - UK
Dermot Nolan, TBS, UK
Steinar Braendeland , EVP / General Manager Mobile Response The Mobile Media Company AS Norway
Ray De Renzo , Business Development MobiTV USA
Euroconsult's World Satellite Business Conference Sept 6-8 2005.
Hotel Intercontinental, Paris, France
Kate moderated the opening panel on the second day.
The Panel was called Prospects for European Satellite Operators and was sponsored by ESOA (European Satellite Operators Association).
Speakers included:
Enrico Saggese, CEO, Telespazio
Osman Dur, Chairman & CEO, Turksat
Alexander Oudendijk, SVP & Chief Commercial Officer, SES Astra
Pascual Mendez, Strategy and Development Director, Hispasat
Cato Halsaa, Managing Director, Telenor
Contact ESOA at : www.esoa.net.
European HDTV Conference (June 7 2005)
Cinéma Utopolis, Luxembourg.
Distributing HDTV: Enriching the TV Viewer’s Experience and Building the Economics
Ferdinand Kayser, President & CEO, SES Astra
Georg Kofler, CEO, Premiere
Joseph Guegan, EVP, CTO, Groupe Canal+
Doron Hacmon, SVP, Strategic Marketing, UPC
THE WIRELESS LAN EVENT (20 – 21 APRIL 2005)
Olympia Conference Hall 2, Hammersmith Road London
Wednesday 20 April 2005
WIRELESS EVERYWHERE: THE PWLAN REVOLUTION TAKES SHAPE
11.20 New locations, new applications
Moderator: Kate Bulkley, Media Journalist
Speakers will each present a case study of PWLAN rollout, applications and take-up across location types. The case studies will be followed by a 20-minute panel discussion
11.20 Why the integrated Wi-Fi / cellular strategy works best Phil Chapman, UK Marketing Director, T-Mobile
11.30 Latest survey of the rail industry Magnus McEwen-King, CEO, Broadreach Networks
11.40 Securing venues in Russia Patrick O’Dolan, Managing Director, MoscomNet
11.50 The evolution of hotel hotspots Brian Pratt, Vice President eCommerce and Customer Technology, Starwood EMEA
12.00 Enhanced PWLAN offerings for enterprise customers George Polk, CEO, The Cloud
12.10 Interconnecting high value locations worldwide Troy Simoni, CEO, Quiconnect with Mark Brigman, Sprint,
12.25 Airport Wi-Fi Applications Joe Beatty, CEO, Concourse Communications
12.35 Auto-provisioned Hotspot-in-a-box, a fast and cost-effective way of rolling out Massimo Fatato, CEO Europe, Gemtek Systems
12.45 Q&A
Triple Play Strategies of Leading Broadband Operators
Miptv 2005 in Cannes, France
13 Apr 2005
Esterel, Level 5 of the Palais
Telephone companies, cable and IPTV operators are putting billions into upgrading their networks for the digital delivery of content. By 2008 there will be an estimated 111 million digital TV homes in Europe, including digital satellite, digital terrestrial, digital cable and broadband. Most European governments plan to switch off analogue TV transmissions in the next 6 to eight years. The networks are digitising so how will operators as well as content companies make money? For cable operators like Comcast and UGC it is about the triple play of selling TV. telephone and broadband. BT in the UK realises that broadband is a more significant revenue stream going forward than voice caliing and the telephone giant is just launching its new entertainment unit. Hollywood studios are also getting serious about video on demand services in Europe. This panel will look at how these players plan to use digital technology to deliver more services from VOD to voice over IP to IPTV.
Ty AHMAD-TAYLOR, Senior Director, New Business Development, Comcast Cable Corp - USA
Andrew BURKE , CEO BT Entertainment BT Entertainment - UK
Tony KELLY , CEO - Ondemand Group, Ondemand Group - UK
Shane O'NEILL, Chief Strategy Officer & President , the Chellomedia division of UnitedGlobalCom - UK
Thomas STANEKER , Marketing Director , Alcatel - Belgium
TV 2 Go
On April 4 2005 kate moderated an early evening event for the RTS called TV 2 Go.
The RTS Panel (photograph by 160 Characters)
The mobile phone is in transition from being a simple communications tool to becoming a mobile entertainment device. As mobile network operators roll out more sophisticated 3G networks, a key killer application is mobile video, which represents a significant opportunity for TV companies and content producers.
TV 2 GO brings together several of the most significant players to talk about what they are doing and what their plans are going forward. Vodafone began offering short “mobisodes” of US drama 24 to UK mobile customers earlier this year. Nokia and the BBC are part of a recently launched and pioneering TV to mobile trial in Oxford and Yoomedia Mobile (formerly Whoosh) has developed a Who Wants to be a Millionaire mobile application that is bringing in significant revenues.
TV 2 GO is a rough guide for producers about what the current opportunities are in mobile multimedia; how the business models are being set up; and how to engage with mobile operators.
David Bainbridge, Yoomedia Mobile
Graeme Ferguson, Vodafone Global Content Services
Angel Gambino, BBC New Media
Kate at the HDTV Summit
The 2nd European HDTV Summit
BAFTA, London, March 17th, 2005
For information and registraton: www.tvconferences.com.
The prospects for widespread adoption of High Definition Television in Europe are now beginning to be recognised. TV Conferences has drawn together its second high-profile summit conference to examine all aspects of Europe's transition to HDTV. The HDTV Summit will also have some surprises by way of VIP speakers, of stunning demonstrations, and a major contribution from Hollywood. Join the Party... or Miss the Boat!
Kate Bulkley, Media and Telecoms Journalist
The HDTV Summit
Alexander Oudendijk, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, SES ASTRA
Phil Laven, Technical Director, European Broadcasting Union
David Gillies, Director of Technology, Pace Micro Technology
FACT: European HDTV is now seen as unstoppable. Major commitments to HD broadcasting in 2005/06 have been made in the UK, France and Germany.
Digital TV: The Next Steps
BAFTA, London, December 1, 2004
Kate moderated two sessions:
The Big Squeeze: To Shannon and back - Who will win the Codec battle?
There’s a huge battle taking place between MPEG-4/Pt.10 and Microsoft’s WM9/VC9 compression codecs. Which will win? Can the MPEG licensing problems be resolved? We also ask where does this leave legacy equipment devoted to MPEG-2? This conference will also examine whether HDTV has any future for existing MPEG-2-based broadcasters, and whether the theoretical ‘Shannon Limits’ for compression have now been reached.
Peter MacAvock, Executive Director, DVB
Mark Wardle, Director Technology and Operations, BT Broadcast Services
Tim Sheppard, Director of Strategic Partnerships, TANDBERG Television
Sebastian Moeritz, President, MPEGIF
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Under Lock and Key - Card or Cardless?
Protecting content through encryption is increasingly the norm. How far might this be extended within the home? What advances in conditional access will maintain the security of premium programming? Hollywood wants programming ‘flags’ to gain widespread use: how can file sharing be prevented from circumventing rights windows or is it already too late? What are the differences between smart card technology for the set-top box and the telephone? Indeed, will the smart card even survive?
Carmi Bogot, Vice President, Business Development, NDS
Graham Kill, CEO, Irdeto Access
Jeremy Thorp, CEO, Latens
Global End Game: UK Meets the Real World
Kate moderated a session at the Royal Televison Society International Conference, London on Sept 29 2004 with a keynote from Bob Iger, COO of The Walt Disney Co.
Session Four: UK & the World – Can Small Still Be Beautiful? Where does Britain's TV business stand in the emerging global economy? Content, channels, platforms: which is the best bet? Hear from three leading players in the field: Tony Cohen of FremantleMedia, Rupert Gavin of BBC Worldwide and Simon Duffy of ntl.
Chair: Kate Bulkley
Panel: Tony Cohen, Chief Executive Officer, FremantleMedia
Simon Duffy, Chief Executive Officer, ntl
Rupert Gavin, BBC Worldwide
Producers: Steve Hewlett, Robin Paxton and Mike Phillips
See the www.rts.org.uk website for more information and registration.
12th September 2004
IBC in Amsterdam
Kate chaired a panel called "Future Business Models: Beyond the :30 Second Spot" at IBC in Amsterdam on Sunday September 12th at 16.00.
Mark Boyd, Bartle Bogle Hegarty, UK
Patrick Parodi, Mobile Entertainment Forum, France
Anthony Greenberg, Ramp Rate, USA
Steven Canepa, IBM Global Media & Entertainment Industry, USA
Just like when we were told the CD (and more recently the music download) would kill music purchasing and the DVD would keep people from going to the cinema, at the dawn of the age of the PVR people were telling us that it would bring about the death of the 30-second advertisement and with it, deliver a body blow to the TV business. Well, the media have changed for sure, but not as quickly as first expected. Someone has to pay for content – be it songs, Hollywood movies or documentaries on Sea Lions and there are many questions about how the business models will need to change to cope with Digital Lifestyle products like the PVR. Pioneering companies are realising that there is a lot of value in licensing content beyond the sale of the TV/Film/Song. Our panel of experts will look at some of the clever ways to ensure someone does pay for content and have some real-life examples like targeted & personalised advertising, branded content, parallel advertising channels, interactive applications and character licensing, among others. The delivery of content to new platforms like mobile also opens up potential additional revenue streams. The traditional broadcast TV business model may be under threat, but there is revenue beyond the 30-second spot.
Check it out at: www.ibc.org
August 28, 2004
Edinburgh
Strand - Controller on Controller
14:00 - 15:00 Venue - Sidlaw
Kate chaired a discussion with Walt Disney ABC's Andrea Wong at the Media Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival. The MGEITF ran from Friday the 27 2004 to Sunday the 29th August in Edinburgh, Scotland. Wong is the executive vice president of alternative programming specials and late night for ABC Entertainment.
What works and what doesn’t for ABC and what are the latest programming trends in the US? How does ABC differentiate itself from the competition? Andrea Wong gives us an insight into how to approach the networks and deliver a successful pitch.
Producer: Debra Johnson, FremantleMedia
Panellist: Andrea Wong, ABC Television
Check it out at: www.mgeitf.co.uk
January 22, 2004
BAFTA, Piccadilly, London
Kate moderated the opening session at Strategies for a Successful Channel Launch
Producer: TV Conferences
For more information click this link: www.tvconferences.com
Wednesday 5 November, 2003
Cavendish Conference Centre 22 Duchess Mews, London, W1
Kate produced and moderated Video Napster? Is the Internet going to steal your programming and your audience?
rts early evening
We’ve been here before. It happened to the music business, led by the free music download site Napster. Despite legal efforts in the US against Napster and others (including individual consumers), global music sales are still falling – some 11% in the first half of this year – and a big part of the problem is internet piracy. As broadband speeds increase on PC’s, the ease of downloading episodes of The Simpsons or the latest Bond film becomes as easy as downloading a song, just a matter of minutes rather than hours. Does the TV and film business face the same fate as the music business?
Come and hear from a panel of concerned experts and concerned players about the threat and possible solutions for the TV and film business against the Napster effect.
David Chance, Chairman, MTG
Talal Shamoon, CEO, Intertrust
Rob Semaan, CEO 321 Studios
Paul Higginson, VP Finance & Business Affairs, Twentieth Century Fox
Paul Jessop, Chief of Technology, IFPI
See the website: http://www.rts.org.uk/
Sept 30 to Oct 1, 2003
London
Kate was the conference rapporteur (replacing Andrew Davis of the FT) for the Royal Institute of International Affairs 34th annual conference on media and telecoms called "After the Fallout"
The impressive lineup included Arun Sarin, CEO of Vodafone, Jana Bennett, Dir of TV BBC, Lord David Currie, Chairman of OFCOM, Ben Verwaayen, CEO BT, plus many more.
See the website: http://www.riia.org/Click 'conferences' then click on "After the Fallout".
September 11-15, 2003
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Kate moderated at IBC 2003 (International Broadcasting Convention) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands during the Digital Lifestyles Day on Sept. 12. The session was on business, production and legal issues involved with the digitalisation of media content.
The digitisation of media is likely to have an affect on the creation and distribution of media - broadcast will change. With what some may feel are threats, there are also new production opportunities for significantly more focused TV channels.
If the PVR becomes the norm, it will change the way that people structure their TV viewing. Alongside the convenience of time-shifting programs, comes the reality that advertising can be skipped. How will the advertiser and broadcaster react to this?
With perfect digital copies of content potentially being made available to everyone, media owners have serious concerns about the duplication of their content. We explore all of these issues.
Chair
Kate Bulkley, Media Journalist, UK
Michael McEwen, North American Broadcasters Association, Canada
Mark Cullen, enteraction TV, UK
John Enser, Olswang, UK
Stephen Claypole, dma-media, UK
See the website:www.ibc.org.
A java presentation of the Kate's opening of the Digital Lifestyles day can be found by clicking here.
August 22nd-24th 2003
Edinburgh, Scotland
Kate moderated at the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival
Her session was called The Big Gamble Will the Marriage of TV and Betting on TV Hit the Jackpot?
With an annual turnover in the UK of some £42 billion, gambling is big business. Now iTV technology and new legislation means betting on the telly comes one step closer. Leisure company powerhouses from Littlewoods Gaming to Rank are jumping into TV betting. But what is the best way to marry betting and TV? What new programme formats will entice the audience to fancy a flutter? Our panel will look at what's working and where this fast-developing new market is going. TV Today sponsored by Hallmark
PANELLISTS
Debbie Mason. Managing Director, Avago
Nick Rust. Managing Director, Sky Bet
Jonathan Webb. Controller, Trouble & Challenge, Flextech Television
Peter Cowley. Director of Interactive Media, Endemol UK
Martin Graham-Scott. Managing Director, Fancy a Flutter
CHAIR
Kate Bulkley. Media Journalist
SESSION PRODUCER
Richard Daws. Director, Victoria Real
See the website:www.mgeitf.co.uk .
E-event: 9th April, 2003. 6.45-8.15pm
Cavendish Conference Centre, 22 Cavendish Mews, London NW1
Kate chaired TV'S BIG BET: LAS VEGAS MEETS THE TV REMOTE CONTROL
Debbie Mason, managing director, Avago
Nick Rust, managing director, SkyBet
Jonathan Webb, director of interactive programming and challenge controller, Flextech
Ian Hogg, COO attheraces PLC
There is already a lot of gambling going on using the remote control. From Avago's TV bingo-like game to betting on horses with Channel 4's attheraces, to having a flutter on football at Ladbroke's iTV service, there is ample opportunity for couch potatoes to bet.
This RTS looked at how gambling on iTV is shaping up and how it looks to fare in the face of the government's new bill on gambling, expected to be ready for the next parliament. Is gambling the new revenue hop for iTV.
See the website:www.rts.org.
3rd-4th April, 2003
Cologne, Germany
Kate moderated the Promax 2003 conference.
Promax is the annual get to gether of the creative TV on-air promotions business.
See the website:promax.org/conf_europe03.asp for information.
Wednesday 26th March, 2003
2:30-3:30 pm
Broadcasters’ Super Panel: The Future of TV Programming in a Cross-Platform World: How will TV Programming Need to Evolve to Keep its Central Role in Entertainment?:
A super panel of leading international broadcasting executives will take on the stage in this first kick-off session to discuss and debate how the future of entertainment will take shape in the light of all the changes affecting the media world, including the growth of wireless and broadband networks as new communication and entertainment medium in their own right. As mobile centric games, PVR’s and Broadband on-demand TV slowly change the relationship of audiences with their TV Sets, will the television program continue to occupy the center stage in entertainment? How will TV need to evolve to keep its central role in capturing audience attention?
Moderator: Kate BULKLEY, Business Journalist (UK)
Speakers: Stephen Andrew, Controller of Children's and Youth, CITV (UK) Ian McClelland, Sr. Producer, Cartoon Network Europe (UK) Joel BERGER, VP Consumer Communications, Member of the Board, MTV Networks GmbH & Co. OHG (Germany) Tanya FIELD, VP New Media, Discovery Networks Internatoinal (UK)
Simultaneous Translation: English / French
See the website:www.milia.com for information.
15th-17th Oct, 2002
National Hall, Olympia, London, England.
Kate chaired the opening session on October 15, 2002 of the three-day BCE Conference.
See the website:www.broadband-convention.com for information.
23rd - 25th Aug, 2002
Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC).
Kate chaired the Fast Forward: TV Toys panel on Sunday August 25, 2002 at 2 pm
The panellists were:
Check out the website for details at:http://www.geitf.co.uk/home.php.
May 21-22, 2002
Savoy Hotel, London, England
Kate moderated the Dow Jones & Co. 4th Annual European Media and Entertainment Summit (Co-sponsored by PriceWaterhouseCoopers)
The Guardian's Dan Milmo reported on the conference's opening panel. Click here for the text.
"Here's a hot ticket event. Dow Jones and Pricewater-closet* Coopers are holding a European Media and Entertainment Summit in London next month in London. The speakers include Francois Carayol, chief executive of Canal Plus Technologies, and Abe Peled, feisty boss of the NDS group. As Canal Plus is currently suing NDS for a bucketload of cash for allegedly cracking its encrypted pay-TV cards and giving the code out through hacker websites, it could be a fun conference."
(City Diary, Guardian 1 May 2002) *The Guardian is taking the mickey out of consultants Price Waterhouse Coopers
See the website: Click Here for information.
The top 50 most influential business leaders, technologists and politicos in the high-tech landscape. Kate was on the panel.
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Apr 8-9, 2002
Hotel Al-Andalus, Seville, Spain
Kate chaired Promax & BDA Europe (the annual European congress of promotion, design and marketing professionals in electronic media)
See the websites:www.promax.tv/europe and www.bda.tv/europe for information.
Nov 13-16, 2001 News World 2001 Barcelona 9.00am, Fri Nov 16, 2001. Kate moderated the News Promotion Session . See the website:www.newsworld.org for information.
News World 2001 Barcelona
9.00am, Fri Nov 16, 2001. Kate moderated the News Promotion Session . See the website:www.newsworld.org for information.
Kate moderated the News Promotion Session .
See the website:www.newsworld.org for information.
Oct 16-18, 2001 BCE 2001 Broadband Communications Europe. 10.30am, Tues Oct 16, 2001. Olympia, London Kate moderated the opening session. See the website:www.broadband-convention.com for information.
BCE 2001 Broadband Communications Europe.
10.30am, Tues Oct 16, 2001. Olympia, London Kate moderated the opening session. See the website:www.broadband-convention.com for information.
Kate moderated the opening session.
Sept 14-15, 2001 The RTS Cambridge Convention. 2.30pm, Sept 14, 2001 Kate Bulkley chaired a panel called "Temptations of Digital". See the website:www.rts.org for information.
The RTS Cambridge Convention.
2.30pm, Sept 14, 2001 Kate Bulkley chaired a panel called "Temptations of Digital". See the website:www.rts.org for information.
Kate Bulkley chaired a panel called "Temptations of Digital".
See the website:www.rts.org for information.
July 18, 2001
Live Event: Kate Bulkley interviewed Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP, the world's largest advertising agency, at an RTS early evening event.
June 20, 2001
Live Event: Session Three in the Broadband Series:
The Money Pit
Presented by the Royal Television Society and Chaired by Kate Bulkley.
How do you make money building broadband content? What the experts think.
Rob Love, Co-founder and CEO of Victoria Real , a ITV/mobile web agency. See www.victoriareal.com
Richard Glynn, CEO Sporting Index, a spread betting company. See www.sportingindex.com
Check out RTS early evening series. 6.45-8.15pm
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