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What People Are Saying

"An important note to say a HUGE thank you for doing such a great job last week. We were delighted with all aspects of the show and look forward to supporting the event next year....You once again created a truly...

Sam Pemberton

CEO

Softel

"Great conference last week! Thanks for pulling it together."

James Mumma

Executive Director of Interactive TV Product Development

Comcast

"Thanks, Tracy. You did a great job. The conference was darn impressive. We were happy to participate and support it."

George Schweitzer

President

CBS Marketing Group

"It was a wonderful event--seems to get better each year."

Brandon Brown

CEO

Zodiac Interactive

"All of us at the Softel Group were very proud to sponsor TV of Tomorrow 2009. Once again, Tracy and her team managed to create an innovative and truly unique conference attended by mover and shaker executives from...

Sam Pemberton

CEO

Softel

"I wanted to say thank you for the invite to speak on a panel and the great conference. It is fantastic to see the momentum continue to build after all these years and the conference feels like a reunion of friends...

Aimee Viles

VP of New Media

Bravo Media

"Really appreciate the opportunity to join yesterday...It was really fun."

Matt Apfel

VP of Content, East Coast

Coincident.tv

"Thanks again for organizing such a great show. I think your show is great and provides a
unique and much needed forum for iTV discussion and exploration."

Sangita Verma

CEO

TAG Networks

"Just a quick note among many, I'm sure, to congratulate you and Richard and your team on an excellent event. Your curatorial mastery is coming into its own now. You have an extraordinary ability to tell a story...

Nick DeMartino

Consultant

Nick DeMartino Consulting

"Want to say [it was a] great show! I learned a lot from it."

GakWee Low

Group Product Manager

PayPal

"I just wanted to thank you for putting on such an awesome show! I had a great time and met some great people. The topics were excellent, the food was tasty and the location superb."

Kevin Shaw, Ph.D

CTO

Sensor Platforms

"Thank you again for a very, very interesting couple days at the event. I met many interesting people and we had great conversations and a number of them are continuing. "

Adrian Belic

Oscar-nominated Filmmaker for Documentary, "Genghis Blues"

"Thanks for putting on a great show again."

Walden Miller

VP Services and Co-Founder

enableTV

"Last week's show was great, per usual. So informative and, as always, some of the best conversations I have all year happen at TVOT."

Kate Ertmann

President/Executive Producer

ADi Animation Dynamics

"It was a great show, Tracy. Thanks for pulling together a lot of interesting topics and people once again."

Anne Dirkse

Director of Technical Strategy and Product Solutions

Alticast

"Thought it was a great conference."

Adam Cahan

Founder, CEO

IntoNow, Inc.

"Belated thanks for organizing a fantastic conference. Having been to many of these things, yours is one of the best because of the high quality of attendees and discussion. Plus you know everyone and are so sincere...

Lisa Hsia

EVP, Digital Media

Bravo Media

"I always have so much fun and meet great people. Wanted to thank you as always for giving me such great exposure at your conference. I love being on the panels, moderating and in general supporting the show. And the...

Lori Schwartz

Chief Technology Catalyst

McCann Worldgroup

"This was the first time I had attended a TVOT event, and I thought the quality of the discussions was outstanding. I thought it was excellent and I will absolutely look to attend next time."

Michael Patton

Senior Manager of Product/Business Development

Sony Corporation

"Fantastic work putting together such a great event for the business. Events like these really help to move the needle forward for the ITV business and I'm appreciative of that."

Matt Bayer

Supervisor, National Broadcast

Carat

"(2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 SPONSOR) "It's one thing to get the smartest people in the industry together on panels. It's quite another to be able to get them to offer truly enriching insights. The TV of...

Edgar Villalpando

SVP of Marketing

ActiveVideo Networks

"The conference was fantastic as always...panels were spot-on for issues my team is facing. The mix of people was brilliant and well-orchestrated and the caliber of attendees and speakers high. I'm already looking...

Jon Dakss

VP of Emerging Media

NBCUniversal

"I cannot say enough good things about you and this year's TVOT conference. The venue was beyond compare, artistic and functional and funky and the gardens and OMIGOD I *love* Yerba Buena. For real the best venue I...

Leslie Ellis

Principal

"Translation-Please.com"

"Great job with the show this year! Would love for AETN to be involved again in the spring."

Elizabeth Braiman

Manager, Business Development, Distribution

A & E Networks

"Thanks for having orchestrated yet another stellar conference. The finale 'TV in 2030' panel was an incredible treat."

Matthew McKenna

ITV Operations Manager

NBC Universal

"Really great job pulling together a conference that allowed an open discussion of many of the opportunities and challenges for our future."

Robert Dandrea

Distinguished Engineer, National Engineering & Technical Operations

Comcast

"Thank you for the opportunity to participate in TVOT 2011. Our unique session was particularly interesting. From preparation to the actual discussion, I really enjoyed the whole process."

Clayton Banks

CEO

Ember Media

"Congratulations on a successful event. It was clearly run well, and very informative. I am new to the ITV space and found the time spent very valuable to me personally."

Dennis McCauley

Affiliate Sales and Marketing

Disney and ESPN Networks

"Thanks for a terrific conference. I have to say I was overwhelmed by the positive response to my presentation (and the presentations by all of the speakers in my section). I must have collected over 30...

Joan FitzGerald

VP Television Sales and Business Development

comScore, Inc.

"This was a first time in many years that I was able to make your event in SF. I was thoroughly impressed by the quality of the content, panels and particularly by the venue and especially on how well the event was...

Robin Wilson

VP of Business Development

Nagra-Kudelski

"Thanks again for a great show."

Seth Haberman

CEO

Visible World

"...this year's conference was one of the best shows I have attended. The panels were informative and insightful. More importantly, they were populated with the people actually moving Television forward....

Hans Fischmann

Director, Digital Products

Time Warner Cable Media

"Thank you again for another inspiring conference! I felt recharged and ready to change the world when I returned to work after an amazing week of networking in San Francisco. I thoroughly enjoyed being a part...

Rachelle Zoffer

Director, FiOS TV Content Acquisition & Programming

Verizon FiOS TV

"I wanted to let you know that me and my team from Donovan thought this was a terrific conference. Great content, people and venue."

Harvey Kent

Chief Media Strategist

Donovan Data Systems (DDS)

"Thank you for inviting me to a wonderful show."

Jason Trucco

Director

"A quick note to say what a brilliant show it was. Well done! As ever, really interesting people, great sessions and thoroughly enjoyable...I think you did a great job capturing the spirit of the moment."

Jasper Smith

CEO

PlayJam

"I can't thank you enough for including me in the TVOT festivities. It was so amazing and has generated a significant amount of buzz that continues to linger around the size and quality of the show. Your genuine...

Erin Flood

Content Strategy and Acquisition

Verizon

"I was most impressed with the quality of the conference. The stage set, art exhibit, audience quality and planning were amazing. Fantastic job."

Gary Shapiro

President and CEO

Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)

"It was a really great show! I think you did an outstanding job in gathering a large number of industry-shapers together to discuss the hottest topics moving our industry today. I was really honored being part of...

Thomas Dvorak

CMO

APRICO Solutions, a Philips Company

"It was wonderful to see you, and the show was incredible!"

Vibha Ristagi

CEO

itaas

"Just wanted to say I really enjoyed the show. It always draws the Crème de la Crème. "

Gerard Johnson

Principal - Media & Entertainment

HCL

"I really enjoyed it and you did a terrific job pulling this together and getting attendance for the first appearance in NYC. I think it went really well and I heard a lot of positive feedback about the whole event...

Jim Turner

SVP of product

Canoe Ventures

"First let me thank you for putting together the show: it was my third video conference in 3 weeks and compared to Digital Hollywood or Streaming Media this was 10x better ROI."

Kumar Gopalakrishnan

"Awesome awesome job!!!"

George Schweitzer

President

CBS Marketing Group

(2007, 2008, 2009 SPONSOR)

"This is one of the few events where I'm sure I'll meet the right people at the right place with the right topics to discuss," said Steve Tranter, Vice President of Broadband and...

Steve Tranter

VP Broadband and Interactive

NDS