May 8, 2007 11:11 AM

Future of Video Meet Draws Tech Elite

The video space has officially arrived. The House Telecommunications Subcommittee has put together the “Digital Future of the United States: Part V: The Future of Video Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Hearing.” The festivities are set to being on May 10 at 9:30 AM and will feature bigwigs such as Mark Cuban (HD Net), […]

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The video space has officially arrived. The House Telecommunications Subcommitteehas put together the “Digital Future of the United States: Part V: The Future of Video Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Hearing.”

The festivities are set to being on May 10 at 9:30 AM and will feature bigwigs such as Mark Cuban (HD Net), Chad Hurley (co-founder/CEO of YouTube), Thomas Rodgers (CEO of TiVo), Ben Pyne (President Disney/ESPN), Blake Krikorian (CEO Sling Media), Gina Lombardi (President MediaFlo/Qualcomm), and… wait for it… Phil Rosenthal, creator of “Everybody Loves Raymond”!

With experts like these helping to guide the future of video on Capitol Hill how can we go wrong? Let me count the ways...

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