FT to host digital media and broadcasting conference

The Financial Times will host the Digital Media and Broadcasting Conference on 9 and 10 March 2009. Richard Waters the FT’s West Coast Managing Editor will chair the conference taking place at The Millennium Mayfair Hotel, London.

The conference will focus on a host of issues fundamental to the digital media industry, including new digital platforms, television in the digital age and how to make money as traditional advertising and subscription businesses face upheaval. With innovators and business leaders from some of the world’s most influential media companies in attendance, the conference features a high calibre list of speakers from a range of key industry organizations, including:

•Jeremy Darroch, CEO, BskyB

•Jana Bennett, Director, BBC Vision

•John Ridding, CEO, Financial Times

•Tim Brooks, Managing Director, Guardian News and Media

•Blake Chandlee, European Commercial Director, Facebook

•Samir Arora, CEO and Founder, Glam Media

•Dennis Woodside, Vice President for UK, Benelux and Ireland, Google

•John Mangelaars, VP, EMEA, Consumer & Online, Microsoft

Richard Waters, West Coast Managing Editor of the Financial Times, said: “This year’s Digital Media and Broadcasting Conference is taking place at a critical time, with digital now at the heart of every media business model. The time for experimentation is over: consumers have voted with their feet and now expect to choose for themselves how and when they are entertained or informed. The companies that fail to grasp that are already falling by the wayside.”

Topics for discussion during the conference include:

•Traditional Media: Coping Strategies vs Winning Strategies

•Investors: Making Money at the Digital Frontier

•The Race To Build The Web’s Next Dominant Platforms

•Remaking Television In The Digital Age

•Online Video Turns Professional

•The Coming Marriage of Hardware and Content

•The Bottom Line: The Future of Advertising

More information about the FT Digital Media and Broadcasting conference is available at http://www.ftconferences.com/digitalmedia/

Media looking to register for the conference should contact Gareth Pike at gareth.pike@ft.com and +44 207 873 3163

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For further information, please contact:

Tom Glover, Financial Times, +44 20 7775 6840 or tom.glover@ft.com

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