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Overview of the First Day of the 2006 AFI Digital Content Festival (4:28)

http://www.itvt.com/AFI06-1stDay-Presentations.html

This video provides highlights from presentations that were given during the first day of the 2006 American Film Institute Digital Content Festival. It also contains brief interviews with a few of the attendees. Presenters and interviewees include:

Todd Wagner of 2929 Entertainment
John P. Roberts of GSN
Kevin Cohen of Turner Network Sales
Fred McIntyre of AOL Video
Suzanne Stefanac, author
Nathan Kessler of Limelight Networks
Nick DeMartino of the AFI
Seth Shapiro of New Amsterdam Media
Ben Mendelson of the Interactive Television Alliance
Mark Heninger of DreamTank
Rebecca Lim of Starz
Mugs Buckley of Comcast Spotlight
Karen Lennon of BeyondZ
David Jensen of Tandberg/Zetools
The ABC team that won a 2006 ITV Emmy
Honey Berman of Los Angeles Telemedia

"Buzz" (4:43)

This clip provides highlights from a presentation, given on the second day of the Digital Content Festival, about an AFI Digital Content Lab prototype, entitled "Buzz," that was developed by Cynergy Films (producers: Bruce Hickey and Sharon Lawrence). The multiplatform drama series makes extensive use of interactivity and user-generated content.  http://www.itvt.com/AFI06-Buzz.html

More Prototypes (4:41)

http://www.itvt.com/AFI06-MorePrototypes.html

This clip highlights some of the other prototypes that were presented during the second day of the Digital Content Festival. It also contains a few highlights from that day’s final panel. Featured prototypes include:

MTV’s "MyStory"
SiTV’s "Pure"
AFI’s and Georgia Tech’s "Unlocking Movie Assets"
Oregon Public Broadcasting’s "History Detectives"
National Geographic Channel’s "NGC2"

Interview: Rebecca Paoletti, Maven (2:18)

Rebecca Paoletti, creative director at Maven Networks, talks to [itvt] about her experience working on the National Geographic Channel’s "NGC2" prototype, and explains the challenges her team faced in trying to strike a balance between developing a highly interactive project with multiple clickable options and maintaining a televisual experience. http://www.itvt.com/AFI06-RachelP-Maven.html

Interview: Angela Morgenstern, MTV News (3:27)

Angela Morgenstern, supervising producer at MTV News, and the director of an AFI Digital Content Lab prototype entitled "MyStory," talks to [itvt] about the importance of curating user-generated programming, in order to prevent the illicit publication of copyrighted materials. http://www.itvt.com/AFI06-MTV-AngelaMorgenstern.html

Interview: Kim Spencer, Evelyn Messinger, LinkTV & InterNews (4:57)

http://www.itvt.com/AFI06-LinkTV.html

Kim Spencer, co-founder and president of LinkTV, and Evelyn Messinger, executive director of InterNews, discuss what makes LinkTV unique and describe the kind of programming it offers. One show they mention, entitled "The People Choose 2006," will showcase user-generated video about the 2006 election and its candidates.

Interview: Actor, Tim Matheson (1:44)

Actor, Tim Matheson (perhaps best-known for his roles as Eric "Otter" Stratton in the movie, "Animal House" and as Vice President John Hoynes in the drama series, "The West Wing"), talks to [itvt] about why he isn’t worried about user-generated television and why he’s interested in interactive and multiplatform television technologies. http://www.itvt.com/AFI06-TimMatheson.html

Interview: Libby Freligh, Waleed Anbar (3:50)

Libby Freligh, Brightcove’s director of programmer engagements and evangelism, and Waleed Anbar, the company’s publisher evangelist, talk to [itvt] about the Brightcove service and about the future of video publishing for smaller producers. Freligh hints that Brightcove will be unveiling some enhancements to its video-encoding process in the fall.  http://www.itvt.com/AFI06-Brightcove.html

This article was originally published on August 15, 2006 within the [itvt] newsletter.

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