(WASHINGTON, DC/ARLINGTON, VA/NORWALK, CONN/BETHSEDA, MD July 8) – - – Rick Cotton, executive vice president and general counsel of NBC Universal, will share his insights on digital media and broadband business developments in a keynote address at SUPERCOMM 2009. The keynote is part of The Broadband Entertainment and Digital Media Forum, a new conference program to be produced at SUPERCOMM 2009 (Oct. 21-23, Chicago, IL).
Cotton’s keynote presentation on Friday, Oct. 23 will address the critical need for cooperative efforts and dialog between technology companies, content developers and media distributors to build sound business models to ensure the market’s continued innovation and fiscal viability in the face of rapidly evolving technology and the current regulatory environment.
A leading proponent of intellectual property rights and anti-piracy efforts, Cotton was named executive vice president and general counsel of NBC Universal in August 2004. He supervises the NBC Universal Law Department, which provides legal advice to all NBC Universal business units for their ongoing operations and for new strategic plans and acquisitions. In addition, he oversees NBC Universal’s global regulatory and legislative agenda, including the company’s worldwide anti-piracy efforts. Cotton reports directly to Jeff Zucker, president and chief executive officer of NBC Universal.
SUPERCOMM 2009 represents an important opportunity to discuss how the broadband internet can provide exciting new ways to access content, while at the same time sustaining the creative sectors that produce the high quality entertainment and news that consumers want, Cotton said.
Cotton’s keynote address complements the all new Broadband Entertainment and Digital Media Forum, a conference program presented at SUPERCOMM 2009 (Oct. 21-23, Chicago, IL). The Broadband Entertainment and Digital Media Forum will address the commercial challenge of matching and ultimately leveraging the future needs of business customers and consumers with cutting-edge networks, services and support technology for todays demanding digital media and broadband-enabled world. Produced by The Salak Group, the Broadband Entertainment and Digital Media Forum will present broadband applications and services, including IPTV, streaming video, interactive gaming, film, audio, voice, social networks, location-based and permission-based advertising and more. These services will support content in the areas of film, data, music, photography, news feeds, 3-D animation and others.
Today’s announcement is significant in bringing digital medias issues, challenges and opportunities to the forefront for broader discussion, said Ron Mathews, Industry Vice President. SUPERCOMMs Broadband Entertainment and Digital Media Forum provides the platform in which to provide industry awareness and discussion from a full-scale perspective.
SUPERCOMM 2009 (Oct. 21-23, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL) will present a premier broadband technology forum where industry stakeholders will gather to discuss strategic issues, new business opportunities and common concerns in bringing Broadband Technology into Americans homes and communities. From stellar keynote presentations, private-public partnership forums & discussions and bleeding-edge technology and standards educational sessions, SUPERCOMM 2009 will offer the exceptional benefits of a new, world-class management team, EXPOCOMM Events LLC, a global producer of over 500 events worldwide; over 60 events in the technology sector.
US Telecom
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Tia
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