TV2Mobile Rome '07 Event Testimonials

Thanks for hosting a great event.  The attendance was excellent and there were many speakers that are not usually found on the conference circuit, which made a refreshing change.

Gordon J. Mattey
Head of European Sales and Business Development
TV Guide Mobile Entertainment

A well focused and organized networking event especially for Italian context with interesting speakers from across the mobile TV value chain.

Simon Morris
BDC Ventures
Director, Venture Capital – Advanced Technologies

The TV2Mobile conference covered all aspects of understanding how to succeed in the mobile TV space.  The topics ranged from technology IP to SoCs, from RF to Digital, from codecs to standards, from cost issues to investment projections.  Very useful information for those needing to understand the key players, standards, and future of mobile TV.

Dan Davis
Senior Director for Consumer Business Development
ARC, International

Excellent networking and in depth event

Alberto Ciarniello
VP for Technology Innovation
Telecom Italia

I had a positive experience ,it gave some new viewpoints and opened further areas of analysis.

Roberto Parodi
Managing Partner
Integrya
 

Almost all the key players of the Mobile TV market in Italy were present at this event. Many interesting presentations.

Filip Gluszak
VP of Marketing
UDCast

A good conference to understand the leading innovations in this rapidly growing market.

Navin Varsani
Sales Director of EMEA HQ
Cloakware

Thanks very much for the event you organized; it was very informative and a great learning experience.

Ronen Jashek
Senior Director of Marketing
Siano Mobile Silicon, Ltd.

Good event, relevant content.

Vinod Gopinath
Product Marketing Manager at SIRF
SIRF

I was interested in presentations of the speakers which were of very high technical level; most of all I found very interesting the first panel session with the contributions of great content providers and broadcasters.

Roberta Catoni
Telecom Italia
 

TV2Mobile is the only conference and exhibition solely dedicated to the nascent mobile TV industry. This event covers representatives of all the elements of this industry, its technologies and the business opportunities.

TV2Mobile – Italy will present the market reality of the first country offering consumers, mobile TV broadcasting. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn firsthand from those companies pioneering the market. 

The elements involved in this event represent a variety of segments from the ecosystem. All of them are seeking partnerships/business relationships with other players in this space. 

The elements of the ecosystem are: 

• content owners

• operators/carriers

• broadcasters/spectrum consolidators

• software developers

• application providers

• handset manufacturers

• broadcast equipment manufacturers

• semiconductor manufacturers

• investors

• consumer market

The diagram below describes the ecosystem of the mobile TV market. 

Mobile TV devices include handheld devices, portable computers, TV in vehicles and more. The ways in which the video can be transferred into the devices can include: 

• unicast

• multicast

• broadcast

• over the air downloading

• offline downloading 

As the market rapidly expands it becomes necessary for companies to seek and establish strategic partnerships and position their products to increase their likelihood to succeed in this market. This need is fulfilled by TV2Mobile. 

TV2Mobile is the meeting place for all the companies involved in the mobile TV ecosystem where business connections are made. 

Each element of the ecosystem has to carry on business with one or more elements of the ecosystem. 

• Content owners want to deal with operators, and developers of  DRM software. Operators talk to software developers and content owners. 

• Operators want to talk to content owners, want to talk to spectrum consolidators, handset manufacturers, software application developers and the consumers 

• Software Developers want to meet broadcasters, operators, handset manufacturers and content owners 

• Handset Manufacturers want to meet with broadcasters, operators, semiconductor companies. 

• Semiconductor companies want to meet broadcaster equipment manufacturers, handset manufactures, broadcasters and engineers 

As a decision maker involved in this space it becomes essential for you to interact with all these businesses and plan your strategies. We look forward to welcoming you to Rome.