HDTV 07

High Definition Television 2007

30-31 October, BAFTA, London

Conference Agenda

Day One Monday 30th October 2006

Registration

08.45

Speed Networking

09.10

Chairman's Opening Remarks

09.20

KEYNOTE - Been There, Doing That

09.30
DirecTV, the world's biggest pay TV provider, has been running HDTV for over eight years. David Hill as overseen the launch and development of Sky Sports in the UK and the rollout of Fox Sports HD in the U.S. and worldwide. Learn the strategies used to drive the world's most expansive HDTV offering and hear David's outlook for HDTV in the coming years.
  • David Hill, President, DirecTV Entertainment and Chairman, Fox Sports Television GROUP

The Market for HDTV

10.00
  • How has the market performed so far?
  • What is the expected take-up of HDTV?
  • Who is buying HD and why?
  • The latest forecasts and industry intelligence.
  • Nick Simon, Analyst, GFK

PANEL DISCUSSION - The HDTV World Outside Europe

10.30
  • What is the experience of operators that have launched HD services?
  • What has been the consumer response?
  • David Hill, President, DirecTV Entertainment and Chairman, Fox Sports Television Group
  • Laura Frankel, general manager of Discovery HD, Discovery
  • Ian Sharp, President EMEA and APAC, Pace Micro Technology plc
  • A representative,, Liberty Global, Japan, (invited)
  • A representative,, Rogers Cable, Canada, (invited)

Networking Break and Refreshments

11.15

The Retail Market for HD devices

11.45
  • How significant is the retail market for set-top manufacturers?
  • How does the retail market vary across different territories?
  • Jim Lomax, Director of Sales and Marketing, ADB

PANEL DISCUSSION - The Retail Proposition

12.00
  • How should HDTV be marketed to consumers?
  • How should CE vendors and platform operators cooperate?
  • How should HD be sold to existing pay-TV subscribers?
  • Moderator - Nate Elliott, European Digital Home Analyst, Jupiter Research
  • Jim Lomax, Director of Sales and Marketing, ADB
  • Danny Churchill, Group Director of Technology Development, Dixons
  • Graham North, Commercial Director, Humax Electronics
  • Warren Newman, Board Member, Voice Of The Listener And Viewer

Lunch

12.45

The European Operator's Perspective: (TBC)

14.00
  • What are the lessons learned from the first year?
  • What next for HD in Europe?

Technology foundations for mass market HD

14.25
  • The developments that have enabled HD to be reality
  • Delivering mass-consumer multichannel HD across multiple platforms - satellite, terrestrial, cable and IPTV
  • The vision for a true end-to-end HD environment
  • Giles Wilson, CTO group - SVP of technology, Tandberg Television

HD and Bandwidth: The Technology Issues

14.40
  • What are the technology issues for HDTV distribution platforms?
  • What technology solutions are available for bandwidth-constrained operators?
  • Arnaud Perrier, Harmonic

PANEL DISCUSSION - The Bandwidth Bottleneck

14.55
  • What are the bandwidth constraints and how can they be overcome?
  • What are the minimum networks requirements for HDTV?
  • What types of network stand best placed to deliver services?
  • Moderator - John Ive, Management Consultant & Technologist, IveTec
  • Giles Wilson, CTO group - SVP of technology, Tandberg Television
  • Arnaud Perrier, Harmonic
  • Torkel Thoresen, Technical Product Manager, Telenor Satellite Broadcasting

Networking Break and Refreshments

15.30

The Global HD Market

16.00
  • What trends are visible amongst platform operators worldwide?
  • What are the technology issues that remain to be overcome?
  • Tim Sheppard, Scientific Atlanta

HD Formats and the Next Steps

16.30
  • What formats are best suited to HD content?
  • What formats will be used in the future?
  • What are the economic implications of different versions of HD?>
  • Torkel Thoresen, Technical Product Manager, Telenor Satellite Broadcasting

End of Day One - Networking Drinks Reception

17.00
 

Day Two Tuesday 31st October 2006

Chairman's Opening Remarks

09.20

KEYNOTE - World Cup: Full Time Report (TBC)

09.30
  • Key lessons learned during the broadcasters coverage of the World Cup.
  • How did the event affect perceptions of HD among broadcasters and consumers?

CASE STUDY - The Broadcaster's Experience

09.50
  • What are the challenges of delivering HD over digital terrestrial TV?
  • What are the lessons learned from trials so far? What are the future prospects for terrestrial HD?
  • Goh Kim Soon, Television Division, Mediacorp, Singapore

PANEL DISCUSSION - Broadcasters' Meeting the HD Challenge

10.15
  • What are broadcasters' obligations when it comes to HD?
  • Does a public sector broadcaster remit extend to HD?
  • How can these obligations be balanced against the other services PSBs are required to provide.
  • Where will the bandwidth come from?
  • Simon Fell, Controller Emerging Technologies, ITV
  • Sissela Andren, Senior Digital Adviser, Sveriges Television
  • Seetha Kumar, Head of High-Definition TV, BBC
  • Jean-Eric De-Cockbourne, Head of Audiovisual & Media Policy, Information Society And Media Dg, European Commission (Tbc)
  • Peter Bury, Director of Strategic Resources, OFCOM

Networking Break and Refreshments

11.00

Q+A: Gold at the End of the Rainbow?

11.30
Interview With Rainbow Media, the company that has full fledged channels in the US and a burgeoning international business.
  • Greg Moyer, General Manager, Rainbow HD (VOOM)

PANEL DISCUSSION - Selling HD Programmes Internationally

12.00
  • What's selling and where?
  • What premium is attached to HD programming
  • What are broadcasters asking for?
  • Sally Miles, Managing Director, ID Distribution
  • Mark Gray, VP of co-productions and acquisitions, Fremantle International Distribution
  • Abigail Hughes, Head of Global Sales Operations, BBC Worldwide
  • Tim Mutimer, Director of Sales, Granada International

Lunch

12.45

CASE STUDIES HD on Trial HD Over IPTV

13.45
  • How do bandwidth challenged platforms offer HDTV?
  • What is the early feedback?
  • Moderator - Jack Davison, Senior consultant, 3Vision
  • Helmut Leopold, Head of technology management, Telekom Austria

CASE STUDIES HD on Trial HD Over IPTV

14.15

We've heard from the international players, but how are the European operators that have launched HDTV services faring?

  • Moderator - Jack Davison, Senior consultant, 3Vision
  • Gerry Sullivan, Director of Product Strategy & Management, BSKYB
  • Gabriel Fehervari, CEO, EURO1080
  • Nils Hartmann, Creative Director & Head of Sky Cinema HD, Sky Italia
  • Philip Snalune, Group Strategy Director, NTL:Telewest

How will gaming act as a driver for HDTV?

15.00
  • How will gaming shape the burgeoning HDTV market and wider consumer electronics market going forward?
  • Nick Sharples, Head of Corporate Communications, Sony Playstation

Networking Break and Refreshments

15.25

KEYNOTE - What impact will HD DVD have on the HDTV market? What contact will win out?

15.50
  • The lessons from the DVD market for the next generation discs
  • How the new DVD formats will shake up the market
  • How the situation with competing formats wil play out
  • The implications for different parts of the value chain
  • Warren Lieberfarb,, consultant and 'father of the DVD'

PANEL DISCUSSION - Disc wars: HD DVD v BluRay

16.20
  • Will confusion hold up development of the DVD market?
  • What will be the impact of the DVD market on the overall HDTV business?
  • Warren Lieberfarb,, consultant and 'father of the DVD'
  • Olivier Van Wynendaele,,, Assistant to General Manager (Marketing), Consumer Products Europe Organization, Toshiba Information Systems (Uk) Ltd

End of Conference

17.00