SYS-CON Events announced today that the first "iTVcon Internet TV Conference & Expo 2007" (www.itvcon.com) will take place June 25-26, 2007 in New York City. Calls for papers for the conference, sponsorship and exhibit opportunities were made available today at the conference website. Delegate registration information can also be obtained at the conference website, www.itvcon.com.

A letter written by the conference chair Jeremy Geelan announcing the conference today states:

"Welcome to the Future! Did you already purchase your .tv domain name? You can't afford not to add Internet TV to your Web site in 2007!"

2006 has been the year of streaming video and the birth of Internet TV, the long-awaited convergence of television and the Internet. Now that broadband is available to more than 100 million households worldwide, every corporate website and every media company must now provide video content to remain competitive, not to mention live and interactive video webinars and on-demand webcasts.

Internet TV is wide open, it is global, and in true "Web 2.0" spirit it is a direct-to-consumer opportunity.

Twenty years ago the advent of desktop publishing tools opened the doors for the creation of some of today's well-known traditional print media companies as well as revolutionized corporate print communications. Today, with maturing digital video production, the advent of fully featured PVRs, and significant advances in streaming video technologies, Internet TV is here to stay and grow and will be a critical part of every website and every business in the years to come.

It will also very rapidly become a huge challenge to network and cable television stations: Internet TV is about to change forever the $300BN television industry.

The Internet killed most of print media (even though many publishers don't realize it yet), Google killed traditional advertising models, and Internet TV will revolutionize television the way we watch it today. You need to be part of this change!

On that note we welcome you to the first iTVcon - Internet TV Conference & Expo 2007.

Welcome to the future!

Jeremy Geelan
2006 Conference Chair, iTVcon
Internet TV Conference & Expo 2006
www.itvcon.com

Conference Tracks:

The conference will offer four simultaneous tracks in two days to target the areas of interest of delegates who are in cross sections of multiple industries and job responsibilities.

Track 1: Corporate marketing, advertising, product and brand managers

Track 2: Software programmers, developers, website owners and operators

Track 3: Advertising agencies, advertisers and video content producers

Track 4: Print and online content providers, representatives from traditional media companies, print and online magazine and newspaper publishers, network and cable television business managers

A List of Topics iTVCon Will Cover:

- Advertising Models for Video-on-Demand (VOD)

- Internet TV Commercials

- Mastering Adobe Flash Video

- How to Harness Open Media Formats (DVB, etc.)

- Multicasting

- Extending Internet TV to Windows CE-based Devices

- Live Polling During Webcasts

- Video Press Releases

- Pay-Per-View

- Screencasting

- Video Search & Search Optimization

- Syndication of Video Assets

- V-Blogs & Videoblogging

- Choosing Your PVR

- Product Placement in Video Content

- UK Perspective: BBC's "Dirac Project"

- Case Study: SuperSun, Hong Kong

Who Should Attend?

- Internet content owners who've not yet added moving-image inventory to their site

- IPTV operators

- Producers and programmers of video content

- Advertising agencies, advertisers, public relations agencies and video content producers

- Print and online media companies, magazine and newspaper publishers

- Corporate marketing, advertising, product and brand managers

- Network and cable television business managers

- Website owners and operators, software programmers, developers, webmasters and designers who want to specialize in emerging Internet video development, production and broadcast technologies

- Streaming video technology enablers, web hosting and search engine technology company representatives, consultants

- Graphic designers, Flash and Flash Video programmers, traditional and digital video production professionals

For conference content and speaking opportunities please contact Jeremy Geelan at jeremy@sys-con.com or by phone 201 802-3051.

For sponsorship and exhibit opportunities please contact Carmen Gonzalez at carmen@sys-con.com, or by phone 201 802-3021.

For more information, please refer to the conference website, www.itvcon.com.

About SYS-CON Media

SYS-CON Media, listed in Inc 500 three years in a row as the fastest growing, privately held publishing company in America, is the world's leading publisher exclusively serving i-technology markets.

SYS-CON's well-known and respected magazine titles include: Java Developer's Journal (www.JavaDevelopersJournal.com), .NET Developer's Journal (www.DotNETDevelopersJournal.com), Enterprise Open Source Magazine (www.opensource.sys-con.com), LinuxWorld Magazine (www.linuxworld.com), SOA Web Services Journal (www.WSJ2.com), Wireless Business & Technology (www.WBT2.com), XML-Journal (www.XML-Journal.com), WLDJ-WebLogic Developer's Journal (www.WeblogicDevelopersJournal.com), Symbian Developer's Journal (www.symbian.sys-con.com), WebSphere Developer's Journal (www.WebSphereDevelopersJournal.com), Adobe Developer's Journal (www.mx.sys-con.com), ColdFusion Developer's Journal (www.ColdFusionJournal.com), PowerBuilder Developer's Journal (www.PowerBuilderJournal.com), IT Solutions Guide (www.sys-con.com/it), ISSJ - Information Storage & Security Journal (www.issjournal.com), Eclipse Developer's Journal (www.eclipsedevelopersjournal.com).

Each month SYS-CON Media reaches over two million i-technology professionals through its specialty journals, magazines, conferences, education programs (www.education.sys-con.com), SYS-CON.TV (www.SYS-CON.TV), the world's first branded blog community (www.blog-n-play.com), Live and on-demand Webcasts (www.webcast.sys-con.com), and the SYS-CON interactive portal with more than 100 Web sites at www.sys-con.com.

About SYS-CON Events, Inc.

SYS-CON Events, Inc. (www.sys-con.com) is the world's leading producer of i-technology conferences and expos, including SOA Web Services Edge -- International Web Services Conference & Expo, Enterprise Open Source Conference & Expo, "Real-Life AJAX" One-Day Seminar Series, and iTVcon Internet TV Conference & Expo 2006.

Contact:
Jeremy Geelan (speaking opportunities)
SYS-CON Events, Inc.
Email Contact
201 802-3051

Carmen Gonzalez (sponsorship and exhibit opportunities)
SYS-CON Events, Inc.
Email Contact
201 802-3021