Parks Associates and CEA welcomed Roger Pitton, Program Director, TV Business, Microsoft Corporation, as the Keynote speaker for CONNECTIONS Europe Summit, taking place May 19, in Nice, France. This one-day executive seminar will be held in cooperation with TM Forum annual management conference at the Hotel Palais de La Mediterranee.

Mr. Pitton will deliver his keynote "IPTV and the keys to keeping customers" in the Cotton Club Room at 9:45 a.m. He will address business strategies for IPTV operators, including best practices to gain and retain customers in the highly competitive European market. Mr. Pitton, an expert with several years of firsthand experience in marketing and selling IPTV services, will specify the keys to differentiation, including unique content, an unmatched user experience, and the convergence of technology and content, required for sustaining success.

TV service in Europe is one of several key digital living domains that CONNECTIONS Europe Summit will address:

• Building the European and Global Business Cases
• Differentiating Video Services in a Hyper-competitive Market
• Broadband, Value-added Services, and the Bundle
• Adding Value to Access Services
• Which Connections Matter?
• Connected Home and Device Management
• Surrounding the Digital Home with Support
• The Role of Customer Support
• Consumers and Digital Media

The second CONNECTIONS Europe Summit will take place August 29, 2008, in Berlin, Germany, during IFA and is currently accepting speaking proposals.