IPTV World Forum Announces Key Speakers as Exhibitor Numbers Look Set to Double

Orange, the BBC, BT, Telefonica and BSkyB to speak at leading IPTV event

London – Junction Ltd today announced speakers from across the telecoms and broadcast industry for its March 2007 event. The announcement comes as over 110 exhibitors have already confirmed their attendance at the show – a new record – being staged at the Olympia in London between 5th-7th March 2007.

 IPTV World Forum 07 Programme

The conference (www.iptv-forum.com) will feature over 40 worldwide telcos and ISPs discussing IPTV service deployment issues. Speakers include Telefonica, PCCW, Belgacom, BT, SaskTel, Deutsche Telekom AG/T-Com, Telstra, T-Online France, AT&T, Telecom New Zealand, NetCologne, Telekom Austria, Fastweb, BSkyB, Orange, Bharti Airtel Ltd and Siminn.

“IPTV is now a major industry phenomenon and next March’s London event will, I believe, be a major landmark for professionals from all over Europe – and beyond – to gather and discuss their experiences together,” said Ian Johnson, Managing Director of event organisers, Junction Ltd.

Leading speakers already include: Bernard Ghillebaert, CEO, Orange UK; Jean-Charles De Keyser, Chairman, Belgacom Skynet; Mary Turner, CEO, Tiscali; Paul Berriman, Head of Strategic Market Development, PCCW; Ashley Highfield, Director of Future Media & Technology, BBC; Paolo Agostinelli, Head of Media & TV, Fastweb; Marc Schroeder, Senior VP, T-Home Deutsche Telekom; Chris Coles, President/CEO, Myrio – A Siemens Company; and Jeff Weber, VP Product & Strategy, AT&T.

In addition to the conference programme, the event will also include leading content players and broadcasters, as well as an IPTV showcase area in the exhibition, featuring service demonstrations from 25 leading worldwide IPTV deployments.

Next year’s IPTV World Forum will run in parallel to two additional Junction conferences: The Connected Home (www.the-connected-home.co.uk) and TV Over Net (www.tvover-net.com). A three day joint exhibition, being held for all three conferences, will be free to attend.

Mr Johnson, added: “Delivering video over the internet is rapidly emerging as a significant delivery platform for content. With The Connected Home show examining future service and device convergence, and how content is delivered around the home, the IPTV World Forum is a compelling draw for the telecoms, digital broadcasting and device markets. This year we have made our exhibition free to attend as we build the show and look to attract a broader worldwide audience to attend.”

The Connected Home, held on the 5th and 6th March, will include leading speakers such as;

Peter Kerckhoff, Senior VP Content & Portal for T-Online
Robin Truchy, Director XBOX Live Europe, Middle-East and Africa, Microsoft
Thor Jes Thorisson, CTO of Siminn.
 

TV Over Net, being held on the 7th March, will also host expert speaker in its field including;

Griffin Parry Director of Broadband & Mobile, BSkyB
Vincent Dureau, Head of TV Technology, Google Inc
Kevin Baughan, Director Network Strategy, NTL. 
 
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Event information:

IPTV World Forum                      
www.iptv-forum.com
March 5th, 6th and 7th 2007
Olympia, London.

The Connected Home
www.the-connected-home.co.uk
5th & 6th March 2007
Olympia, London.

TV Over Net
www.tvover-net.com
7th March 2007
Olympia, London.

These events are run by Junction Ltd  
Tel: +44 (0) 117 3116 220
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Other Junction events:
IPTV World Forum Latin America – www.iptv-latinamerica.com  30th & 31st January, Brasil.
IPTV World Forum Eastern Europe, 15-16th May, Prague. www.iptv-easterneurope.com.
Digital Radio Show – www.digital-radio-show.com, and Mobile TV World Forum – www.mobiletv-forum.com 11-12th June, London