Keynote Speakers
John H. Marmaduke
President and Chief Executive Officer
Hastings Entertainment Inc.
Ted Sarandos
Chief Content Officer
Netflix, Inc.
Featured Speakers
Maurice Bernstein
CEO/President
Giant Step
Asheesh Barman
Executive Vice President
Acutrack, Inc.
Rich Boehling
President
Productiv Inc.
Todd Collart
Deluxe Digital Studios
Russ H. Crupnick
VP, Senior Industry Analyst
NPD
Jim Donio
President
National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM)
Mark Fisher
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives & Membership
Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA)
Jim Goodkind
Vice President, Sales
Shorewood Packaging Corporation
Steven Haas
Executive Producer
Giant Interactive
Darryl Laing
Viva
Adam Lesh
Chief Technology Officer
Testronic Labs
David McCrary
Euler Hermes ACI
Bruce Nazarian
President
DVD Association and Gnome Digital
Zane Vella
President
Related Content Database Inc.
The Future of Packaged Media Summit
February 3-4, 2009
Hilton Los Angeles
Universal City, California
Hastings Entertainment's John Marmaduke and Netflix' Ted Sarandos To Keynote "The Future of Packaged Media '09"
They will speak to the continuing importance of packaged entertainment
PRINCETON, NJ, USA – 5 January 2009 – Entertainment retailing leaders John H. Marmaduke, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hastings Entertainment, Inc., and Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer, Netflix, Inc., will present keynote addresses at “The Future of Packaged Media ’09,” event organizers announced today. The two-day summit, which will be presented February 3-4, 2009 at the Hilton Los Angeles in Universal City, CA, will feature high-level executives from across the packaged media supply chain addressing the content, technology, and marketing challenges for packaged entertainment in the coming years. In addition, the event will feature a showcase where participating companies will be able to exhibit their products and services.
Marmaduke will speak on “How a Leading Entertainment Specialist Is Maintaining Its Commitment to, and Maximizing Sales and Rentals of, Packaged Entertainment.” Hastings Entertainment, Inc. founded in 1968, is a leading multimedia entertainment retailer that combines the sale of new and used CDs, books, videos, and video games, as well as boutique merchandise, with the rental of videos and video games in a superstore format. It currently operates 153 superstores, averaging approximately 20,000 square feet, primarily in medium-sized markets throughout the United States. Hastings Entertainment also offers an e-commerce Internet web site, www.gohastings.com, that makes available to customers new and used entertainment products and unique, contemporary gifts and toys. Marmaduke has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since July 1976 and as Chairman of the Board since October 1993.
The topic of Sarandos’ keynote is “The Leading Online Video Rental Service Speaks to Its Continuing Support for DVD and the Importance of Blu-ray Discs to Our Industry’s Future.” Netflix, Inc. is the world's largest online movie rental service, with more than eight million subscribers. The company's appeal and success are built on providing the most expansive selection of DVDs, an easy way to choose movies and fast, free delivery. Ted Sarandos has led content acquisition for Netflix since 2000. During his tenure, the Netflix library has increased from 2,000 to 100,000 titles on DVD and more than 12,000 movies and TV episodes available to watch instantly on the personal computer and the TV.
Ted Sarandos will offer his remarks and analysis in the morning of Opening Day, February 3, 2009 and John Marmaduke will deliver his keynote address mid-morning on February 4, 2009.
“The Future of Packaged Media ’09” is being produced by the Content Delivery and Storage Association (CDSA), Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA), and MEDIA-TECH Association (MTA). Additional information about the summit, including the current list of speakers and registration information, is available at www.FuturePackagedMedia.com
EMA Teams Up with CDSA and MEDIA-TECH To Coproduce "The Future of Packaged Media '09"
February event will focus on maintaining vitality of packaged entertainment
PRINCETON, NJ, USA – 3 December 2008 – The Content Delivery and Storage Association (CDSA) and MEDIA-TECH Association (MTA) today welcomed the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) as a coproducer with them of “The Future of Packaged Media ‘09,” which will be presented February 3-4, 2009 at the Hilton Los Angeles in Universal City, CA. The two-day summit will feature high-level executives from across the packaged media supply chain addressing the content, technology, and marketing challenges for packaged entertainment in the coming years. In addition, the event will feature a showcase where participating companies will be able to exhibit their products and services.
Specific topics to be addressed at the summit include: the future of brick and mortar retailers; whether entertainment media are recession-proof; green packaging; consumer attitudes towards packaged media; the marketing of Blu-ray Discs; case studies in media manufacturing operations; and the impact of the credit crunch.
“Digital distribution certainly will be a significant part of the entertainment industry in the future, but our predictions are that packaged media will continue to dominate the home video sector until 2015 at least,” noted Bo Andersen, President and CEO of EMA. “We are pleased that, as the trade association for the retailing of DVDs and video games, we can help bring the perspectives of the retail sector to this important conversation on how to maximize the sales and profitability of packaged entertainment over the next decade.”
“We are fortunate to have the support of the Entertainment Merchants Association, the trade association for the retailers of DVDs and video games, for the summit,” commented Charles Van Horn, CDSA President. “Retailers are vital to the future of packaged media and are therefore integral to the success of any packaged media event. Without retailers, manufacturers would be hard-pressed to bring their products to market. The retail segment of the packaged media industry provides the connection with the consumer, a connection to the ultimate decider of the success of any format.”
“We are delighted that this has become a three-way event to include the CDSA, with its strong content owner and replicator contacts, the EMA, with the force of the retailers, and the MTA, with its influence of the suppliers of equipment and material manufactures,” said Bryan Ekus, managing director of the MEDIA-TECH Association. “By coming together, these three associations can leverage their particular strengths to provide the best possible event for everyone from content owners to media manufacturers, packaging companies, and retailers.”
Associations Join Forces to Create New Packaged Media Event
PRINCETON, NJ, USA – 17 September 2008 – The two leading media creation, storage, manufacturing, and distribution industry associations: the Content Delivery and Storage Association (CDSA) and MEDIA-TECH Association (MTA) have announced that they are to join forces to provide a new industry event early next year.
The Future of Packaged Entertainment Summit, jointly produced by MTA and CDSA, will take place February 3 to 4 at the Universal Hilton in Hollywood. The two-day program will address technology challenges on the first day and content and marketing challenges on the second. In addition, the event will feature a Showcase so supporting companies will be able to exhibit their products and services. The over riding message of the Summit is that there is life in packaged entertainment, and the industry trade associations intend to help all those concerned learn how to maximize potential and profitability in the short to medium term.
“It makes sense for us to join forces on this event,” says Bryan Ekus, managing director of MTA, “as our memberships are entirely complementary and cover the entire spectrum of packaged media senior executives, from content owners and replicators through raw material and equipment manufacturers. Our joint message is that there is a future for packaged media, and we intend to bring together a number of key speakers from leading companies to show how that can be done, from improving manufacturing processes to identifying and marketing the right content for high definition media.”
A specially-formed advisory committee will help organize the program for the event. The committee will include members from each of the associations, as well as key people from the content, research and publication communities.<
“This Summit will address the key issues and concerns of the entire range of packaged entertainment executives,” says Charles Van Horn, president of CDSA. “The location in Hollywood is always a popular choice both with the studios and major replicators, and with their vendors across the board. The program will be designed to cover the major issues facing that segment of our membership involved in the packaged media industry.”
“While this is certainly the first step towards helping each other and the industry find ways to work together and extend the life of packaged entertainment,” says Ekus, “the Associations will remain as separate entities, each bringing its own particular strengths to the core issue of extending the life of standard and high definition media.”
“The Summit responds to the requests from the physical media segment of our membership for a highly targeted program presented in a condensed two-day setting delivering high value content designed to maintain the strong appeal for packaged media,” says Van Horn. “We look forward to offering this opportunity to our respective memberships to network and work together in addressing the challenges and business opportunities available to today’s leading packaged media companies.”
About the MEDIA-TECH Association
The MEDIA-TECH Association was created in 2001 to serve the packaged media manufacturing industry, spanning the range of optical disc, flash media and future formats such as holographic memory and near field recording. The MEDIA-TECH Association provides the packaged media manufacturing industry with a unique program of trade shows and conferences where the exchange of ideas take place, along with demonstrations of the latest in manufacturing technology.
About CDSA
CDSA, the Content Delivery & Storage Association (formerly IRMA, the International Recording Media Association), is the worldwide forum advocating the innovative and responsible delivery and storage of entertainment, software and information content. Founded in 1970, this global trade association's membership includes companies involved in every facet along the digital and physical media supply chain. Beginning with the audiocassette, through the home video revolution, and into today’s digital delivery era, CDSA has always been the organization companies have turned to for news, networking, market research, information services, and leadership. CDSA also publishes the professional journal Mediaware that provides "Executive Strategies for the Advancement of Content Delivery & Storage."
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