The National Association Broadcasters (NAB) and iHollywood Forum, Inc. have announced the final slate of sessions, speakers and sponsors who will participate in the inaugural IPTV World event The summit takes place Wednesday, April 26, 2006 during NAB2006 at the Las Vegas Convention Center as part of the official NAB program.

NAB2006 will take place April 22-27, 2006 in Las Vegas (exhibits open April 24), and is the world's largest electronic media show covering the development, delivery and management of professional video and audio content across all mediums. Complete NAB2006 details are available at www.nabshow.com.

Satellite and cable have been battling it out for a decade with industry watchers taking sides and making bets on who will win. With over 70 million cable subscribers and 16 million satellite subscribers in the U.S. market, the telco industry is taking on a huge challenge by deploying pay television services. IPTV World will address challenges and strategies for increasing profits and revenues in this emerging industry.

"Unknown to most consumers, telcos are preparing an assault on the television domains now controlled by cable, satellite and broadcast companies," said Michael Stroud. "The best known examples are SBC and Verizon. But dozens of smaller telcos are also beginning to offer IPTV. This conference will examine the emerging IPTV landscape." Keynote Speakers Include: Rob Thun, AT&T Inc.’s, Director of Programming; Phil Corman, Microsoft TV’s Director of Worldwide Partner Development; Tony Zona, Motorola FTTP Solution’s General Manager; Chris Coles, Siemens SURPASS Home Entertainment’s President and Chief Executive Officer; and Stephen Reeder, ANT Software Limited’s Director of Product Strategy.

IPTV World panels include:

• War!
• Wanted: A Few Good Boxes
• Is Content the Kingmaker?
• Advanced Services: Beyond the Hype
• Delivering IPTV to the Home
• Next-Generation IPTV
• IP Prime: An IPTV Solution for Telcos
• Consumer Consensus: MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC or Both?
• Advertising in an IP World

Sponsors include:
Platinum: ANT Software Limited, Motorola and Siemens SURPASS Home Entertainment
Gold: Envivio, Intelsat and SES Americom
Silver: Kasenna, Lucent Technologies and Nagravision
Bronze: ATCi, HP, Irdeto, Latens, Nine Systems, VectorMAX and Whiteblox
Contributing Sponsor: Globecast
Research Partners: ABI Research, Current Analysis and Parks Associates
Media and Supporting Partners: Broadband Home Central, Business Wire, HDTV Magazine, IP Media Monitor, IP Television Magazine, IPTV Industry.com, Internet Streaming Media Alliance, MPEG Industry Forum, Red Herring, Rogers and Cowan, SymbianOne, TriplePlay News, TVover.net, VoIP Action and WiMAX-Industry.com

Speakers include:

• ANT Software Limited, Stephen Reeder, Director, Product Strategy
• ANT Software Limited, Colin Shave, Executive Director
• ATCi, Gary Hatch, Chief Executive Officer
• AT&T Inc., Rob Thun, Director of Programming;
• BellSouth, Lee Friedman, Director, Rich Media Services
• BTC Broadband, M. Lynn Pike, President and Chief Executive Officer
• CNN.com, David Payne, Senior Vice President and General Manager
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Ray Carnovale, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
• Court TV, Claire Cowart, Senior Vice President, New Media Ventures
• Denuo - A Publicis Groupe, Tim Hanlon, Senior Vice President, Ventures
• Envivio, Inc., Alain Fernando-Santana, Chief Marketing Officer
• Envivio, Inc., Ian Locke, Vice President, Strategic Alliances
• GlobeCast America, Mary Frost, Chief Commercial Officer
• Hewlett-Packard Company, Peggy Dau, Director, NSP Broadband and Media
• IBM, J.D. Zeeman, Director, Digital Media
• iHollywood Forum, Michael Stroud, Co-Founder
• Intelsat, Alex Diamantopoulos, Senior Manager, Video Services
• Intelsat, Jon Romm, President, Media and Entertainment Business Unit
• Intertech, Bill Bauer, Chief Executive Officer
• Irdeto, Andrew Wajs, Chief Technology Officer
• Kasenna, Mark Gray, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
• Latens, Dean Kashlan, General Manager and Vice President, Americas Lucent Technologies, Rob Piconi, Vice President and General Manager, Broadband Solutions
• Microsoft TV, Phil Corman, Director of Worldwide Partner Development
• MPEG Industry Forum, David Price, Vice President
• Modulus Video, Bob Wilson, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
• Motorola, Paul Baker, Senior Product Line Manager, Motorola IP Set Tops
• Motorola, Kevin Wirick, Vice President, Motorola IP Video Solutions, Marketing
• Nagravision, Robin Wilson, Vice President, Business Development
• Nine Systems, Troy Snyder, Chief Executive Officer and President
• Ovum, Josette Bonte, Vice President, Content and IPTV
• Parks Associates, Yaunzhe Cai, Director, Broadband and Gaming
• Scientific Atlanta, David Alsobrook, Director, IPTV Products
• SeaChange, James Kelso, Vice President, Marketing and Communications
• SES Americom, Bryan McGuirk, President, Media Solutions
• SES Americom, Steve Osman, Vice President
• Siemens SURPASS Home Entertainment, Brook Longdon, Director, Field Engineering and Technical Sales, Home Entertainment Studios
• Siemens SURPASS Home Entertainment, Chris Coles, President and Chief Executive Officer
• Texas Instruments, Peter Percosan, Director, Broadband Strategy
• VectorMAX Corporation, Eric Petajan, Chief Technology Officer
• Verizon FiOS Television, Roger Seiken, Director, Business and Legal Affairs
• WhiteBlox, Greg Demetriades, Chief Executive Officer

Advanced rates for IPTV World registration are available through April 19 with two types of available tickets. Basic tickets are available for $250 and Deluxe tickets are available for $325 through April 19. Deluxe tickets include the full day program, networking lunch and mixer, attendee list with attendee name, job title and company, and partner research brief notebooks. Onsite registration rates are slightly higher.

Registration information can be found at: http://www.ihollywoodforum.com/iptvworldApril2006-registration.htm