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In New York City on November 18th, 2005

Over 400 Senior Decision-Makers From Cable & Broadcast Networks, Cable & Satellite; Operators, Technology Companies and Advertising to Gather in NYC to Focus on Recent Developments Impacting the Future of Television

NEW YORK, NY -- (Market Wire - Nov 10, 2005) -- Digital Media Wire, the industry's leading mobile and digital entertainment news, events and information provider, today announced speakers and agenda for Future of Television: Beyond the Box to be held at NYU's Stern School of Business in New York City on Friday, November 18th, 2005. For agenda, speakers and registration, please visit: www.televisionconference.com.

The one-day executive forum brings together approximately 400 decision-makers from cable and broadcast networks, cable and satellite operators, high-tech and advertising to focus on the future of television. This year's event includes keynotes from industry luminaries, including Fox Television Stations Chief Executive Officer Jack Abernethy, CBS Digital Media President Larry Kramer and Rainbow Media Holdings President & CEO Joshua Sapan.

Confirmed speakers include:

KEYNOTES
Jack Abernethy, Chief Executive Officer, Fox Television Stations
Larry Kramer, President, CBS Digital Media
Joshua Sapan, President & CEO, Rainbow Media Holdings LLC

PANELISTS & FEATURED SPEAKERS
Simon Applebaum, Editor-at-Large, CableFAX's CableWORLD
David Bluhm, Chief Executive Officer, GoTV Networks
Howard Bolter, SVP, Production & Network Operations, E! Networks
Merrill Brown, Founder & Principal, MMB Media LLC
Peilin Chou, SVP of Programming & Production, Comcast's AZN Television
Greg Clayman, Vice President, Wireless Strategy & Operations, MTV Networks
Lisa Coelho, General Manager & Executive Director, GlobeCast WorldTV
Chris Crommett, Senior Vice President, CNN en Español
David Del Beccaro, CEO & Founder, MusicChoice
Greg Demetriades, CEO, Continental Vista Broadcasting Group
Tracy Dolgin, President & CEO, YES Network
Lewis D'Vorkin, Editor-in-Chief, AOL News & Sports
Stephen Friedman, General Manager, mtvU
Bernard Gershon, SVP & General Manager, ABC News Digital Media Group
Paul Gough, Reporter, Television, The Hollywood Reporter
Andrew Heyward, President, CBS News
Manish Jha, SVP & GM, ESPN Mobile, ESPN, Inc.
Joseph Laszlo, Research Director, Broadband & Wireless, Jupiter Research
Al Lieberman, Executive Dir., EMT Program, NYU Stern School of Business
Lydia Loizides, Analyst / Principal, Paphion Inc.
Bob McIntyre, SVP & CTO, Scientific-Atlanta
Bill Morningstar, EVP, Media Sales, The WB
Alana Muller, Director, Consumer Marketing, Sprint Nextel
Bob Reid, EVP & Network General Manager, The Africa Channel
Adam Ritter, VP, Wireless, Major League Baseball Advanced Media
Tom Selz, Founding Partner, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire
Perry Solomon, Senior Director, Bus. Dev., FAST Search & Transfer
Anil Srivatsa, SVP, Affiliate Sales & Operations, ImaginAsian TV
Mike Vorhaus, Managing Director, Frank N. Magid & Associates
Robert Weiss, Head of Entertainment & Digital Media, Fuse
Andrew Wing, President & CEO, Nielsen Entertainment

The event includes 5 cutting-edge panels on the following topics:

-- Killer Apps: Technology Beyond TiVo
-- Digital Technologies & the Future of Television News
-- The Explosion of Ethnic Television
-- Television & the Echo Boomer Generation
-- Mobile TV: Can You See Me Now?

Future of Television: Beyond the Box is produced by Digital Media Wire in association with NYU's Stern School of Business. Sponsoring companies include Omnicom Group, Music Choice, Frankfurt Kurnit, Klein & Selz, Continental Vista, FAST Search & Transfer, GlobeCast, OOH! TV, Nellymoser, The Hollywood Reporter, CableFax Daily, Cable World, Producers Guild of America, Frank N. Magid Associates, Interactive Television Alliance, The Emmy Advanced Media Committee and Tri-State Tech Wire.

For complete agenda, registration and event details, please visit www.televisionconference.com.

Digital Media Wire produces premier events within the mobile and digital entertainment industry including Games & Mobile Forum, Digital Music Forum, Future of Television Forum, Digital Media Conference, and the much talked about and the popular 2004 Billboard Digital Entertainment Conference & Awards show, which is recently grown to become the widely anticipated Digital Entertainment & Media Expo.

About Digital Media Wire, Inc:

Digital Media Wire is a news organization, publisher and events company serving the digital media industry since May 2000. We publish a well-respected free daily email newsletter, industry reports and directories. Our executive forum in Los Angeles, New York City and Washington, DC feature the leading minds in digital media, are recognized by the press and provide valuable networking opportunities. We encourage you to sample our products and services, and welcome inquiries about how we can put our knowledge & relationships to work for you. For more information, please visit http://www.digitalmediawire.com

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