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Event Title: 2006 -2007 Panel and Salon Series

https://www.nyemmys.org/events/102/< /div>
When: Jun 19, 2007 15:00 PM US/Eastern
Speaker:

The Screening Room at the Core Club
66 East 55th StreetBetween Madison and Park Avenues, NY
http://maps.google.com/ maps?q=66+East+55th+Street,Between Madison and Park Avenues,NY

Forecast: http://www.weather.com/weather/monthly/


Producers Guild of America
New Media Council East
with the
National Academy of Tele vision Arts and Sciences

Presents the \;

2006-2007 Panel and Salon Series

Wine an d light refreshments will be served during a networking mixer prior to the programming. \;

 \;

DVD: A Dyi ng Medium or Savior of New Media?

The format that Hollywood ha s relied upon to generate enormous profits –\; DVD - has been rumored in recent months to be on the wane in this, the 10th anniversa ry of the DVD format. \; The DVD juggernaut’\;s maturation arrive s at a time when new high-definition DVD formats –\; Blu-Ray and HD-D VD –\; and holographic storage are entering the market. \; Next-g eneration gaming consoles –\; PlayStation 3 and XBOX 360 –\; rel y on DVD formats as delivery vehicles for online and multi-format communic ation. \; While DVD as a stand-alone format for home video viewing may have peaked, the DVD is still a platform that offers tremendous creative opportunity for filmmakers and new media producers alike. \;

< b>A conversation featuring: Peter Becker, President, Criterion Collection< o:p>

Peter Becker has served as the president of Criterio n Collection –\; the leading distributor of authoritative DVD release s of classic and contemporary films - since 1997, just prior to the compan y’\;s foray into the DVD format. \; Becker has often called Crite rion’\;s special edition releases –\; which the company pioneere d in 1984, with the laserdisc release of ‘\;Citizen Kane’\; and ‘\;King Kong’\; –\; ‘\;a film school in a box,’\; incorporating numerous bonus materials, such as trailers, directors’ \; audio commentaries, behind-the-scenes documentaries, alternate endings, deleted scenes, and other materials. \; Criterion also pioneered many innovations in the way movies are presented on video that have become sta ndard today, including the use of letterboxing, the release of multi-disc sets and special editions, and definitive versions. Established in 1984 as a joint venture between Janus Films –\; the company that brought the films of such renowned directors as Ingmar Bergman and Akira Kurosawa to the U.S., and Voyager Company –\; the critically-acclaimed CD-ROM pub lisher - Criterion Collection is noted for spending great effort and resou rces in tracing the best source materials for classic films, and engaging in thorough video clean-ups —\; a practice that has influenced other companies, most notably Warner Home Video. \;

Chris Pfaff, President, Chris Pfaff Tech/Media LLC\; board delegate, PGA New Media Coun cil

A board delegate of the PGA New Media Council si nce 2006, and a PGA NMC member since 2004, Chris Pfaff leads a consultancy –\; Chris Pfaff Tech/Media LLC –\; that represents some of the leading service providers, audio/video technology firms, networking vendor s, and media companies in the world, from PRIMEDIA and Eastman Kodak to Ca ntor Telecom. \; A veteran of the venture world, Chris helped launch m ore than 20 ventures from the Lucent New Ventures Group, including iBiquit y Digital\; Flarion\; Lucent Digital Video, and GeoVideo Networks, among o thers. \; In addition, he has helped launch AT&\;T’\;s Interne t strategy\; the Viacom New Media division of Viacom, Inc.\; Sony Electron ics’\; Digital Betacam format, and Sharp Electronics’\; LCD prod uct division. \;

Space is limited so a confirmed RSVP for t his event is required. \; \; Please email: rsvp_natas@pga-ny.org to request a seat.  \;

All RSVP’\;s are for one person onl y. All RSVP’\;s must be re-confirmed to be considered valid.

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