Category: Events

Televised sports are the biggest reason cable and satellite customers don’t cancel their subscriptions for online alternatives, surveys show. That gives cable and satellite companies little incentive to stream games online. But Dish Network is betting its future on a stand-alone streaming service that includes the most popular TV sports network, ESPN, and a dozen other top channels for just… Read More

SBCA’s Annual Leadership Luncheon To Tackle Today’s Telecoms Realm, Trends + Concerns For SatBroadcasting™ On January 6, 2015, the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA) it will be holding its 2015 Leadership Luncheon Panel in Las Vegas. The emergence of digital technology has placed many traditional industries at significant risk. However, it has also provided them with access to… Read More

Date: Jan 6, 2015 Location: Las Vegas, NV Panelists: Steve Shannon, GM, Roku; Rich Greenfield, senior analyst, BTIG; Robert McDowell, partner, Wiley Rein; Jimmy Schaeffler, Chairman & CSO, The Carmel Group. Read More

Super Session, titled “Consumers, 4K, and Next Generation Home Entertainment: Which Experiences Will Most Excite Them?,” moderated by The Carmel Group’s chairman and CSO, Jimmy Schaeffler; including Disney/ABC’s CTO Vince Roberts; Technicolor’s CTO, Vince Pizicca; Vubiquity’s CEO, Darcy Antonellis; CEA’s Sr. VP, Brian Markwalter; LG’s Sr. VP, Communications, John Taylor.” Read More

Location: San Francisco Panel titled “Original Premium Content for OTT & Internet Channels,”moderated by The Carmel Group’s chairman and CSO, Jimmy Schaeffler; including panelists Allison Girvin of the Huffington Post; Joe Michael of Microsoft; Michael Vree or PBS; Tom Ashley of Flightflix; and Joanne Waage of MobiTV.” Read More

Location Redondo, Beach, CA, Keynote afternoon address, “Issues and Trends In The Usage And Ownership of New Media, 2014,” by The Carmel Group’s chairman and CSO, Jimmy Schaeffler. Read More

My 10-day European excursion ended a week ago Monday (following another horrendous experience with United Airlines), with visits for three days each to the International Broadcasting Conference 2014 in Amsterdam; Messe Frankfurt’s Automechanika 2014 in Frankfurt; and to one of the world’s largest (and best) fixed satellite services (FSS) providers, SES, in the tiny principality between Francfe and Germany, called… Read More

Satellite 2014 Show March 12, 2014 Washington DC The panelists: Arnie Christianson, SES Martin Turner, Inmarsat John Stoltz, Network Innovations John Huddle, Thuraya. Moderator : Jimmy Schaeffler, The Carmel Group Read More