Beyond the Box: The Future of Video Distribution

Submitted by jenniferwager on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 6:21pm.

Session info

Start: Mar 2 2008 - 12:15pm
End: Mar 2 2008 - 1:45pm
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Submitted by: 
Jennifer Wager
Short Description: 

This panel will discuss new developments in technology and video distribution in order to broaden participants’ horizons on the various ways that their message can be viewed and the dangers that lurk if corporate control gets a hold on these new developments before they are democratized.

Presenter One Name: 
Geoff Shelton, Manhattan Neighborhood Network (Moderator)
Presenter One Info: 

Geoff Shelton is head of Production Services at MNN, the largest community TV access station in the country.

Presenter Two Name: 
Jeff Chester, Center for Digital Democracy
Presenter Two Info: 

Founder and executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, has been an important force in public-interest media issues for more than twenty years.

Presenter Three Name: 
Paul Garrin, Name.Space and WiFi-NY
Presenter Three Info: 

Founder of Name.Space (http://namespace.org) and WiFi-NY (http://wifiny.net) a non-commercial, subscriber supported carrier-class alternative community wireless network. Since 1989 Garrin has worked with interactive media and has developed several acclaimed works in the field.

Presenter Four Name: 
Jon Bartholomew, Common Cause
Presenter Four Info: 

Jon Bartholomew works for Common Cause as the Media and Democracy Campaign Coordinator. Prior to that, he worked for three years for Citizen Action of New York leading their Clean Money/Clean Elections campaign and staffing the Coalition for After-School Funding.

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