Telcos deploying IPTV services to consumers do so to grow and protect bundled revenue share and have greater control over the consumer's information and entertainment environment so new and innovative services can be rolled out over time. The greatest attention has been given to designing and deploying IPTV networks from the head end to the subscriber edge. Yet, the home network environment is where content will ultimately be distributed and will determine the user's quality of experience and evaluation of the IPTV service. Telcos are beginning to look at the implications of the home network and the CE devices that exist on it for their plans to serve the digital home of the future.

This session will examine IPTV provider rationales for playing in the home network, the dynamic ecosystem in the home network, and user expectations for the role of the home network in information and entertainment delivery.

Matthew Marnik Vice President, Marketing Broadband Services Forum

Mr. Marnik brings a wealth of broadband experience to the Broadband Services Forum, for which he also serves on the Board of Directors. With Nortel, he launched the industry's first optical Ethernet solution, introduced Nortel's Ethernet switching portfolio to the service provider market, and developed the enterprise market for broadband IP services. Prior to his work at Nortel Networks, he was a management consultant with Price Waterhouse. Mr. Marnik is a graduate of Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and the College of the Holy Cross.

Brett Azuma President Ovum North America

Mr. Azuma is responsible for Ovum's business in North America, including advisory services and sales. He has 20 years of experience in marketing, engineering, sales, and operations. Mr. Azuma has led the marketing and sales efforts for a VoIP media server start-up called IP Unity. Prior to that, he spent five years at Gartner, in roles ranging from chief analyst of telecommunications to group vice president and head of research for Gartner's G2 research division.

Paul Baker Senior Product Line Manager, IP Set Top Boxes, Connected Home Solutions Motorola

Mr. Baker is responsible for and manages the concept introduction, development, and customer deployment of IP set-top box platforms and their derivatives, providing operators with set-top box solutions to enable many services beyond the traditional element of watching television. He joined Motorola in 2000 as a systems engineer, developing next-generation digital set-top boxes and other consumer electronics products, and brings 17 years of experience managing and creating embedded electronic solutions. Before joining Motorola, Mr. Baker worked in the aerospace industry, developing avionic systems for both fixed and rotary-wing aircraft.

Allen D. Easty Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder Optical Entertainment Network

Mr. Easty is considered one of the industry's top experts on video systems. At Intertainer and SandStream, he served as chief scientist, where he pioneered new technologies that created the first commercial video-on-demand and Internet protocol digital television system. Mr. Easty is the author and co-author of several patents in digital media and Internet protocol digital television. He has more than 16 years of experience in complex systems, multimedia, and MPEG video and audio solutions.

Derek Kuhn Senior Director Marketing and Business Development Alcatel-Lucent

Mr. Kuhn is responsible for IP Video, IPTV and Broadband Entertainment strategy, strategic partner development activities (including Microsoft TV), media and analyst relations and is also Alcatel's primary liaison with the content community including film, television and gaming. He is also the past Chairman (03'-06') of the Broadband Services Forum, an independent, non-profit trade association that adresses the business of broadband and works with the service provider and content community to deliver content-rich consumer and business services.