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Media Leaders Will Meet To Debate Mass Media Future
January 8, 1997
New media meets old media as the leaders of AOL, PointCast, WebTV and Microsoft face Jupiter Communications' annual gathering of the media elite in New York City for Consumer Online Services IV (COS IV).
Legendary MTV founder Bob Pittman, now CEO of America Online Networks, will make one of his first appearances before an exclusive audience of over 750 top executives from mainstream content and entertainment industries. To be held at the New York Sheraton Hotel & Towers, March 3-5, 1997, COS IV focuses exclusively on the consumer online services industry.
"At COS IV, we drill down into the real world strategies of the world's largest diversified media players," said Adam Schoenfeld, Vice President at Jupiter Communications. "This conference is strategically focused on Internet strategies for mainstream media. The panels get to the heart of what every newspaper, magazine, cable network, broadcast station, movie studio or other content player needs to know about building interactive products and services for consumers."
The pre-conference seminar on March 3rd, entitled, Consumer Internet Appliance Outlook, will focus on issues concerning new Internet access devices for the home. 1996 saw the emergence of real consumer interactive appliances that are challenging the PC on its home turf. The pioneers of the new device revolution will be on hand to debate whether Internet appliances and set-top boxes will spearhead the real consumerization of new media, or whether these devices are doomed to the scrap heap along with the early PDAs and pen-based computing.
The three-day event, featuring over 750 attendees and more than 70 exhibitors, as well as top-level executives as speakers, offers ample opportunity to meet, mingle and discuss business. Confirmed speakers to date include:
Robert Pittman, AOL Online Networks
Steve Perlman, WebTV Networks
Pete Higgins, Microsoft
Wei Yen, Navio Communications
Christopher Hassett, PointCast Incorporated
Michael Kinsley, Slate
Halsey Minor, C/NET
Harry Motro, CNN
Eric Hippeau, Ziff-Davis Publishing
Avram Miller, Intel Corp.
Gary Griffiths, SegaSoft
Thomas Baker, WSJ Interactive Edition
Alfred Sikes, Hearst New Media
Thomas Hicks, Discovery Online
Jake Winebaum, Disney Online
Scott Webb, Nickelodeon Online
Tim Koogle, Yahoo!
Jim Moloshok, Warner Brothers
Charles Conn, CitySearch
Jeff Killeen, Pacific Bell
The registration fee for attending Consumer Online Services IV, plus the Consumer Internet Appliance Outlook pre-conference seminar at the New York Sheraton Hotel & Towers, is $1,490. To register or to receive a full conference brochure, contact Jupiter Communications at 212-780-6060 or 800-488-4345. Fax to 212-780-6075.
JUPITER'S COS IV conference will also be broadcast live over the World Wide Web by AudioNet. During conference breaks, online attendees will be able to go to the virtual exhibit hall or chat with one another in the online attendees' chat room. For further information or to register for online attendance visit the Jupiter Web site at http://www.jup.com. There is a separate fee of $495 to attend online.
Jupiter Communications, LLC is a privately held research and consulting firm which was established in 1986. Jupiter's Strategic Planning Services (SPS) are the cornerstone of the company's client offerings, providing data, analyses, and revenue models for Web developers. Divided into analyst practices on content, commerce, home technology, and advertizing, the SPS offers access to Jupiter's expert analysts in addition to customized bundles of executive briefings, research studies, tickets to Jupiter's renowned industry forums, and newsletters. Jupiter's research mandate is to provide a comprehensive strategic view of the emerging consumer interactive world.
Source: Jupiter Communications