MEDIA-TECH Conference 2009 in Association with Futuresource

The half-day morning sessions focus on new formats, features and technologies impacting on the optical disc industry including BD, digital copy, recordable media and the key influences on these business sectors.

Futuresource Consulting

The conference program is brought to you by the specialist team at Futuresource Consulting, and co-founder Jim Bottoms will be participating throughout the event. Futuresource is a major research and knowledge-based consulting company, formed through the merger between Understanding & Solutions and DTC. The company provides global expertise in entertainment content, optical and other storage media, consumer electronics, broadcasting, digital imaging, and the IT & professional industries.

With more than 30 years of heritage and 50 specialist researchers and business analysts, Futuresource provides information and insight that help deliver the best possible results in research, and offers invaluable and independent support in strategic planning and decision making.

• 1st day:

  Into the Blu: Producing 3rd Generation Optical Discs

  The move to a single high definition optical disc format has created a more positive environment for everyone involved in the production, replication and distribution of packaged media, as well as their investors. The first day of the Media-Tech 2009 conference examines the various issues that will determine the long-term success Blu-ray Disc.
  

• 2nd day:

  Future Directions for Physical Media – Threats and Opportunities

  Packaged media is facing increasing challenges from alternative delivery platforms but, on the plus side, new technologies such as 3D and ultra high resolution video play to its strengths of delivering large data volumes at high rates and low cost.