European Commission at CeBIT 2007 : Mobile TV :: Programme
Programme
Friday 16 March 2007
14:30 – 15:00: Press Conference
- by European Commissioner Viviane Reding, Convention Centre, Room 17
15.00 – 17.30: High-level Conference "Watch it anywhere! Television goes mobile"
- Convention Centre, Room 3A (registration
required)
- 15:00 – 15:10
- Introduction by Reinhold Albert, Director, Media Regulatory Authority of Lower Saxony
- 15:10 – 15:25
- Opening speech by Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media
- The convergence between broadcasting and e-communications is creating new exciting services for consumers. Mobile television and multimedia services are the next frontier. The success of these services in the EU depends on several factors, including spectrum availability, a favourable regulatory environment, interoperable technologies which can work across national borders and attractive content and applications. The European Commission has been working together with industry and national administrations on a pan-European strategy for mobile TV.
- 15:25 – 15:45
- Phil Laven (Director, Technical Department, European Broadcasting Union and Secretariat European Mobile Broadcasting Council)
- 15:45 – 17:15
- Panel Session:
Chair: Bernd Langeheine (Director, European Commission, Information Society and Media Directorate General)Panellists:
- Ilkka Raiskinen, Senior Vice President, Multimedia Experiences, Multimedia, Nokia Corporation
- Vincenzo Novari (CEO, 3 Italia)
- Constantin Daskalakis, Head of Media Unit, Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
- Tilman Scheel (Managing Director, Reelport)
- Hans Hege (Director, Media Regulatory Authority Berlin-Brandenburg)
- 17:15 – 17:30
- Concluding Remarks