The Financial Times will host the Digital Media and Broadcasting Conference on 25 and 26 February 2008. Richard Waters the FT’s West Coast Managing Editor will open the conference taking place at The Millennium Mayfair Hotel, London.

With digital now at the heart of every media business model and global media players understanding that digital is more than just a new way to receive traditional media, the Financial Times has assembled senior executives from the world’s most powerful media companies to discuss the challenges being faced.

The conference speakers include:

•Gideon Bierer, Senior Vice President of Digital Media at MTV Networks International

•Blake Chandlee, UK Commercial Director of Facebook

•Toby Coppel, Managing Director, Yahoo! Europe

•Ashley Highfield, Director of Future Media and Technology at the BBC

•Rona Fairhead, CEO, FT Group

•Robert Cailliau, Codeveloper of The World Wide Web

•Lex Fenwick, CEO, Bloomberg LP

•Lieven Vermaele, Technical Director, European Broadcasting Union

Richard Waters, West Coast Managing Editor, Financial Times said: “The Digital Media and Broadcasting Conference comes at a crunch time for the media industry as we move from ideas about digital strategy to their execution. The panel of expert speakers from the world’s biggest and most influential media companies will undoubtedly give rise to some exciting debate around the key issues currently facing the industry.”

Topics for discussion during the conference include:

•Chasing the next big thing: who are tomorrow’s YouTubes?

•IPTV: is content really king?

•Online communities: unlocking value

•Innovating revenue: the future of advertising

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

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For further information, please contact:

Tom Glover, Financial Times, 020 7775 6840 or tom.glover@ft.com

Jo Crosby, Financial Times, 020 7873 3811 or jo.crosby@ft.com

About the Financial Times

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