Is everything old new again? Are advertisers less appealing than circa 1950s show sponsors? With major networks and film houses holding so much great content in their vaults, what's the best way to derive value? Exclusivity or sharing? Which model works and why?

Anton Denissov is a Media and Entertainment analyst at the Yankee Group, focusing on broadband video. His research explores how the broadband video market evolves, including creation, distribution, consumption and monetization of over-the-top content.
He also studies the impact that the broadband video has on traditional media, such as television, movie theaters, DVDs and video-on-demand.

Todd Dagres is a founder and general Partner of Spark Capital, a venture capital firm focused on the conflux on media, entertainment and technology. His investments include Veoh Networks, Menara and Verivue.


Before Spark, Mr. Dagres was a general partner and executive committee member at Battery Ventures, where his investments generated profits of over $1.1 billion. Prior to Battery Ventures, Mr. Dagres has held positions with Montgomery Securities, Smith Barney/Robinson Humphrey, the Yankee Group and Digital Equipment Corporation.



Mr. Dagres holds a BS in Psychology from Trinity College and an MBA from Boston University.

Bradley J. Inman is an entrepreneur, journalist and technology expert. TurnHere is the most recent company to be founded by Mr. Inman, famous for highly-successful Internet content businesses including Inman News and Homegain.com which he sold in 2005 to Classified Ventures. Through TurnHere.com, Mr. Inman has harnessed the rampant consumer acceptance of Internet video technology and is tapping a rich vein of creative filmmakers who operate in a new, low-cost, technology-rich environment. He is the founder and publisher of Inman News which delivers real-time real estate stories via the Internet to more than 50,000 newspapers and Web sites. Mr. Inman has been a visiting fellow at the UC Berkeley School of Journalism, lecturer at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and sits on the BRIDGE Housing Board of Directors.

Richard is the CEO and founder of Qoof, Ltd. He has leveraged his unparalleled visionary expertise to transform a concept into a powerful business model that will create revenue for both online entrepreneurs and enterprises. Where some see the rise of consumer-controlled video-based entertainment as a challenge and threat, Richard sees it as an exciting and profitable opportunity for both entrepreneurs and enterprises to directly market and sell products to targeted consumer audiences via the Internet.

Rebecca J. Paoletti serves as Yahoo!'s director of video strategy and is responsible for developing, executing, and leading Yahoo!'s online video sales strategy. In this role, she helps develop online video programs and sales support plans to meet marketers' objectives. She also plays a critical role in advising marketers and the sales organization on leveraging the constant innovation within online video.
She has over 13 years of media communications experience and 11 years in Internet, broadband and iTV strategy, publishing and production.
Prior to joining Yahoo!, Paoletti served as the creative director at Maven Networks, where she managed broadband strategy for various Fortune 500 companies including GM/Chevrolet, Pepsi, Nike and 20th Century Fox. Prior to her work with Maven, she spent two years as vice president of strategy and programming with Gotham Broadband, where she was charged with overseeing client sales strategy and developing unique broadband programs.
Paoletti also served as editor in chief and senior director of programming for AOL Time Warner's Road Runner broadband service. She developed e-commerce and community strategies that could be implemented on both the national and local levels.
In 1995, Paoletti was charged with launching Turner Network Television's first interactive programming venture and building the audience for the award-winning site.
Paoletti holds a Bachelor of Arts in English/Creative Writing and a minor in Russian Studies from Princeton University.