Glenn Hower, Research Analyst, Parks Associates is speaking in the session "Content Rights and Technology Solutions in Media and Entertainment: Implementation of Technology Strategies - Protecting the Product" on Wednesday, May 7th at 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM.

Content is what the entertainment and media industry produce, and the viability of the industry's future rests on its ability to manage its content and control its distribution while at the same time making it available to an ever larger customer base. And that is the job of the DRM technology industry, to make the film, music and mobile technology delivery systems safe for mass use. In this session, we will explore, from the point of view of the technology companies, the possibilities and potential of DRM in the evolving content landscape. From CDs and DVDs to broadband and wireless delivery, DRM and content protection represents the bottom line of the future of our industries.

Parks Associates is supporting LA Games Conference.

Held in the iconic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, LA Games Conference (LAGC) is a favorite among game, media and investment leaders for the high energy, focused environment for networking, meetings and deal-making. Featuring two tracks with fireside chats, roundtables, panels and presentations on digital game investment, creation, distribution, marketing and monetization, the event brings together many of the elite in the industry for top sessions and power networking.

Parks Associates is supporting Broadband and TV Connect Asia.

Broadband & TV Connect Asia 2014 brings together 1000+ senior level decision makers and buyers from the fixed, wireless and mobile broadband industry from across the Asia- Pacific region and beyond. With senior decision makers gathering in one location and over 40 hours of rich content delivered by 65+ industry visionaries have you cleared you diary to ensure you will be there?

Parks Associates is supporting SDN World Asia.

Following the successful launch of SDN World, this brand new conference and exhibition will bring together the Asian operator community to discuss Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Virtualization in more complete detail than any other show to date, covering topics such as: SDN’s potential to improve network performance, flexibility and manageability; increasing the pace of innovation through software, instead of hardware; its ability to establish an open environment for delivering high value, game changing applications for customers; and crucially, its ability to make networks faster and more efficient. The forum will also examine SDN as a disruptive technology, its cost implications and its impact on the industry as a whole.

Parks Associates is supporting IMS World Forum.

Informa Telecoms & Media are delighted to announce the 11th IMS World Forum – the only dedicated global IMS event in the market. 2013/14 has given us more commercial launches of VoLTE and RCS services across a number of markets and has proved to be a very exciting time for everyone in the industry.

Parks Associates is supporting The Cable Show.

Hosted by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), The Cable Show 2014 is the live event that ignites business opportunities, cultivates new relationships and produces unparalleled learning experiences for more than 12,000 Internet and television professionals from around the world.

Parks Associates is supporting LTE Latin America.

Celebrating its 5th year, LTE Latin America follows on from last year’s hugely successful show, and is returning to Rio de Janeiro with an extended conference programme and new speakers from the whole ecosystem to give greater depth and breadth of discussion around the region’s most pertinent mobile broadband developments.

Parks Associates is supporting Rich Communication.

Parks Associates is supporting Internet of Things Asia.

The first Asian IoT / M2M event dedicated to showcasing IoT and M2M turnkey solutions and technologies to a potential population of 490,000* end businesses across 7 high growth verticals, and 18,000* system integrators and app developers across Asia. Visit www.internetofthingsasia.com for more details.

Parks Associates is supporting Fixed Access Networks Summit.

Continuing on from the successful DSL Acceleration series, the Fixed Access Networks Summit will be a global event, bringing together senior-level representatives from across the ecosystem to examine the current and upcoming challenges faced by fixed access service providers, with real-life case studies on FTTh users.

Parks Associates is partnering with the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and Digital Media Wire to produce the Disruptive Media Conference.

Brett Sappington, Director of Research is moderating the two hosted Parks Associates' sessions on April 9th.

Disruption and Opportunity in the Connected Home
The growth in broadband penetration and increase in available speed is changing the landscape for connected devices and services. This new connected world is also changing consumer habits and is producing new use cases. This discussion of industry experts looks into the impact of broadband on consumers, their homes, and their connected lives.

Upended: Disruption and the New Connected Ecosystem
The broad availability of high speed broadband has radically changed the marketplace for entertainment and consumer electronics. New players are joining the ecosystem and companies are facing new competition from unexpected areas. This panel will discuss the impact of high speed connectivity on entertainment, services, and competition.

This two-day conference gathers media and entertainment professionals responsible for digital distribution of their content as well as ad agencies, investors and others supporting these initiatives to discuss how new media as well as more traditional OTT technologies are impacting business models for distribution and consumer engagement.

Parks Associates is supporting the Broadband Communities Summit.

As the leading conference on broadband technologies for buildings and communities, the Broadband Communities Summit attracts broadband system operators, network builders and deployers of all kinds. Many of the country’s major property owners and real estate developers attend the Summit each year, along with independent telcos and cable companies, municipal, county and state officials, community leaders and economic development professionals.  For more information, visit www.bbcmag.com.