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8:00 AM BREAKFAST 
8:30 AM WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
8:45 AM
Broadband Adoption & the
Emergence of Broadband-Enabled Services
• Recent trends in broadband deployment (Cable, DSL, Fixed
Wireless, Satellite)
• How does unlicensed broadband wireless change the landscape for
Internet services?
• The grand experiment: wireless hot spots (and will multimedia
content drive them?)
• The emergence of and future outlook for bundled services across
the provider landscape
• How the financial environment will dictate the deployment of
next-gen multimedia services
• Mobile telephony’s role in portable and relevant multimedia
content
• Emerging content services: the satellite industry joins the fray
• How broadband is whetting the consumer appetite for content
9:45 AM
Digital Music Services:
Music to the Ears of Internet Subscribers
• The economic environment for today’s music industry
• Impact of the digital media phenomenon on traditional music
distribution models
• The impact and likely outcome of the digital piracy phenomenon
• Consumer focus: what are the characteristics of a potential
digital music customer?
• Profile of current online music providers, revenue models, and
future prospects
• The role of digital music in the home and its implications
• Digital music winners and losers.
10:45 AM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS - MORNING BREAK
11:00 AM
Gaming-on-Demand: Consumer Interest & Business Models
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The game console: a residential
gateway in disguise
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Trends in online gaming – the
console, PC, and mobile perspective
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To whom does gaming matter? A profile
of consumer trends
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Profiles of leading equipment and
software vendors
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Status and outlook for on-demand
gaming growth
12:00 PM NETWORKING LUNCH
1:00 PM
DELIVERING Digital Media Content to
and through the Home
• How the PC and CE industries view digital rights management (DRM)
efforts
• Overview of the regulatory and industry landscape for DRM:
what’s working (or not)?
• Overview and background into the growth of data networking
solutions
• Next-generation networking solutions (wired, “no-new-wires,” and
wireless) that promise more robust connectivity;
• Implementing quality-of-service into tomorrow’s home networking
protocols
• Ultra-wideband (UWB) solutions: hype or reality?
• An examination of silicon and software developments that enhance
platform capabilities while driving costs lower
• Forecasts for various networking solutions
2:15 PM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS - AFTERNOON BREAK
2:30 PM
The Home Multimedia
Experience: Connected CE & Media Servers
• A historical look at consumer purchase patterns: is multimedia
in play?
• Today’s consumer: multimedia glutton, or simply browsing?
• A market emerges: CEDIA and custom-installed channels as a
starting point
• Trickle down: high-end platforms move into the mainstream
• Outlook and analysis of the media server market
• Identifying the significant factors governing the evolution of
the set-top platform and its role in the connected home;
• Examining networking solutions for their strengths and
weaknesses in a CE-centric market;
• Overview of hardware and software players impacting the industry
• Classifications and Forecasts: Mobile and Fixed CE
3:30 PM
THE HOME MULTIMEDIA EXPERIENCE: WHY THE PC?
• Consumer data: how is the home computer evolving into an
entertainment hub?
• Definitions and classifications: Digital Media Adapters (DMAs)
and Digital Media Receivers (DMRs);
• The Media Center PC: hub of the connected home?
• Forecasts for PC-centric entertainment networks.
4:15 PM WRAP-UP AND CLOSE
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