VIC Network @ The Victorian

Monthly Digital Media Industry Speaker Series and Networking Event

"Digital Cinema: The Changing Landscape of Entertainment Content Preparation, Distribution and Exhibition"

Featured Speaker

Joe Berchtold,
President of Technicolor Electronic Distribution Services
In conversation with Joey Tamer

Wednesday, November 16, 6:00pm–10:00pm

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Speaker
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm Networking

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Location

The Victorian
2640 Main Street
Santa Monica CA 90405

COST

• $20 Standard - (Non-Member Rate)
• $10 VIC Members (+ one guest free)
• Purchase Tickets

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Digital Cinema: The Changing Landscape of Entertainment Content Preparation, Distribution and Exhibition

Digital cinema stands to dramatically alter the landscape of entertainment content preparation, distribution, and exhibition:

• The public is demanding a variety of digital entertainment, and the industry is responding.
• Entertainment has become digitized, portable, and easier to experience.
• Digital technologies have revolutionized the ways in which businesses must identify, develop, and deliver entertainment content to consumers.
• Digital entertainment has become the expected form by today's savvy consumers.

Still, the vast majority of theatrical motion pictures today are shot and distributed on celluloid film, just as they were nearly 100 years ago, and digital cinema has yet to reach critical mass, or its full potential.

• What is digital cinema, and what technological, operational, and financial benefits does it offer?
• What are the major issues delaying the deployment of digital cinema systems? What is the industry doing to move forward?
• What changes can we expect in entertainment content preparation, distribution, and exhibition?
• What challenges confront major film studios, regional and national exhibition chains, equipment manufacturers, and service providers?

Joe Berchtold

Joe Berchtold ( www.technicolor.com ), is president of Technicolor Electronic Distribution Services, a new Thomson Services division which aims to capitalize on the growing demand for electronic content. He is responsible for the division's overall strategic development, growth, and operations on a worldwide basis, as well as all aspects of Technicolor's Digital Cinema initiatives and on-demand content and IPTV distribution services.

Since joining Thomson in 2003, Berchtold has been co-head of strategy and acquisitions. Key initiatives he has led include the acquisition of DirecTV's set-top box business; the company's investment in Content Guard with Time Warner and Microsoft, where he now sits on the board of directors; and the forging of an agreement with VeriSign to jointly develop an online content authentication and authorization service bureau to support the secure delivery of electronic entertainment content over digital networks.

Joey Tamer

Joey Tamer (www.joeytamer.com) consults to Fortune 500 companies and capitalized start-ups to launch, build, grow and exit technology companies. Her clients say she is "a brilliant strategist and a practical, down-to-earth, get-it-done person." Clients include J.P. Morgan Capital, Sony, IBM, Apple, Hearst, Blockbuster, Technicolor, Harper Collins, NEC, Time-Warner, Agfa and Scitex. Her work includes strategies and implementation on entry, exit, capitalization, R.O.I., growth, positioning, pricing, distribution, risk-assessment, new market and international expansion, due diligence, and intellectual property.

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