AT&T and Verizon Video Execs to Keynote TelcoTV 2008 Conference & Expo

IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- TelcoTV, the premier meeting place for the massive convergence of the entertainment and communications markets, announces its largest carrier speaker lineup for its annual conference to be held November 11-13 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Orange County, California.

The keynote addresses will feature top-level executives from the two leaders of telco video offerings in the US: Dan York, EVP Content for AT&T, which is rolling out its U-verse video service; and Eric Bruno, SVP Consumer Product Management and Development for Verizon, which is pushing out its FIOS service around the country.

TelcoTV will also have a very strong focus on medium-sized and small carriers and will feature participation by the following high-level business and technology leaders of noteworthy Tier 2 and Tier 3 carriers including:

  --  Rob Koester, Senior Manager, Broadband Product Development,
      Consolidated Communications
  --  Jeremy Graves, COO, Marketing, Sales & Competitive Services, Valley
      Telecom Group
  --  Mike Steciuk, Director of Technical Services, MTS Allstream
  --  Scott Watts, IPTV Manager, North State Communications
  --  Dale Merten, COO, Toledo Telephone
  --  Rob Koester, Senior Manager, Broadband Product Development,
      Consolidated Communications
  --  Derrick Bulawa, General Manager & CEO, BEK Communications
  --  Bruce Holdridge, Director of Commercial Operations, Zona
      Communications
  --  Mitch Emerson, VP Sales, Backspace Communications
  --  Brandon Zupancic, Director of Network Operations, Canby Telcom
  --  Mike Nawrocki, Director of Standards, Verizon
  --  Larry January, Technical Analyst, Panhandle Telephone Cooperative

The TelcoTV educational program will feature more than a dozen service providers from independent rural carriers to large, national, Tier 1 providers. "Our audience has consistently told us that the most beneficial sessions are those that feature the telcos themselves, discussing the challenges, lessons learned, and strategies for success in delivering video entertainment programming and services to their subscriber bases," notes Carolyn Herr, TelcoTV Show Director. "And so this year's TelcoTV program will have its largest service provider lineup yet."

The seventh annual TelcoTV is jointly owned by United Business Media's TechWeb Division and the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA), and produced by Light Reading, the leading online media, research, and targeted event company serving the $3 trillion worldwide communications market.

For a complete listing of TelcoTV 2008 speakers, please visit http://www.telcotvonline.com/

About Light Reading

Founded in 2000, Light Reading (http://www.lightreading.com/) is the leading online media, research, and focused event company serving the $3 trillion worldwide communications market. Lightreading.com is the ultimate source for technology and financial analysis of the communications industry, leading the media sector in terms of traffic, content, and reputation. Light Reading's research arms, Heavy Reading and Pyramid Research, provide the most comprehensive communications research, market data, and technology analysis in close to 100 markets around the world. Light Reading produces almost 20 targeted communications events including TelcoTV, Ethernet Expo New York and Ethernet Expo London, The Tower Summit @ CTIA, and Optical Expo, as well as focused one-day events tailored for cable, mobile, and wireline executives. Light Reading was acquired by United Business Media in August 2005, and operates as a unit of TechWeb.

About TechWeb

TechWeb (http://www.techweb.com/aboutus) the global leader in business technology media, is an innovative business focused on serving the needs of technology decision-makers and marketers worldwide. TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed media brands in the business technology market. Today, more than 13.3 million* business technology professionals actively engage in our communities created around our global face-to-face events Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat, and VoiceCon; online resources such as the TechWeb Network, Light Reading, Intelligent Enterprise, InformationWeek.com, bMighty.com, and The Financial Technology Network; and the market leading, award-winning InformationWeek, TechNet Magazine, MSDN Magazine, Wall Street & Technology magazines. TechWeb also provides end-to-end services ranging from next-generation performance marketing, integrated media, research, and analyst services. TechWeb is a division of United Business Media, a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.

About NTCA

The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association is the premier association representing more than 580 locally owned and managed telecommunications cooperatives and commercial companies throughout rural America. NTCA provides its members with legislative, regulatory, and industry representation; meetings; publications and educational programs; and an array of employee benefit programs. Visit us at http://www.ntca.org/.

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SOURCE: TechWeb

CONTACT: Tony Fisch, President, Tony Fisch Consulting, +1-323-461-7878,
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