We're less than a week away from VideoNuze's Broadband Video Leadership Evening, on Tuesday, March 17th in New York City. There are over 230 people now registered and I expect it to be a high-energy evening of networking with industry colleagues and learning from our panel of top-tier digital media executives. (And yes, in honor of St. Patrick's Day, Guinness will be available at the bar...)

Lots of great media and technology companies will have people in attendance. In addition to the list I posted last week, companies represented include: Akamai, Babelgum, blinkx, Clearleap, Dolby, FAST, 5Min, Google, HealthiNation, Hearst-Argyle, Kaltura, NeuLion, Ogilvy, Sezmi, Starz, thePlatform, Tremor Media and many others.

We'll start with a "VideoSchmooze" cocktail/networking reception from 6pm - 7:30pm, followed by a panel discussion I'll moderate from 7:30pm - 9pm titled, "Broadband Video '09: Building the Road to Profitability." The panel includes:

• Albert Cheng, EVP, Digital Media, Disney/ABC Television Group
• Greg Clayman, EVP, Digital Distribution & Business Development, MTV Networks
• John Edwards, President and CEO, Move Networks
• Karin Gilford, SVP, Fancast and Online Entertainment, Comcast Interactive Media
• Daina Middleton, SVP, Moxie Interactive, Publicis Groupe

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The event will be held at the Hudson Theater on West 44th Street just off Times Square. NATPE, VideoNuze's partner since launch, is on board for the event. And I'm extremely grateful to lead sponsor Move Networks and supporting sponsors AnySource Media, ExtendMedia, Horn Group, mPoint and PermissionTV who are making the evening possible.

I've set up a Facebook group so you can start meeting other attendees and also keep up to date on all the recent broadband news we'll discuss on the panel. Yesterday I contributed a column to MediaPost which outlines the challenges and opportunities broadcast networks face in the broadband era, a key topic of our discussion.

I hope to see you there...

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