Seminar | UK

The Distribution and Delivery of Digital Entertainment - Part I
Thursday 19th June 2008
at 10 Queen Street Place, London EC4R 1BE

Following the success of its seminar series last year, SJ Berwin LLP will be holding two further seminars addressing the issues facing the world of entertainment as digital distribution channels proliferate and consumers increasingly control the content they watch and listen to. This series of seminars will look at the critical legal and regulatory issues in this rapidly changing world and the developments and challenges in licensing and protecting rights.

Programme
This seminar will cover the following topics:

  • Digital Media & the Valuation of Rights - Tim Johnson, Partner, Media & Communications
    •  Is there “new media” in the digital age?
    •  The impact of multi-platform distribution channels and new applications on the value of rights
    •  Windows & exclusivity
    •  The impact of pan-European licensing
    •  The impact of piracy and DRM on the value of rights
    •  The YouTube/Viacom example
    •  Media asset financing models in the digital age

  • Exclusivity, Collective Licensing and Pan-European Distribution: Competition issues - Tom Usher, Partner, EU & Competition
    •  Pan-European attitudes to Pan-European licensing
    •  How exclusive can your licences be?
    •  Collective selling: pro- or anti-competitive?
    •  The role of Collecting societies in the digital age 

  • Spectrum Auctions and the Digital Dividend - Charlotte McMillan, Partner, Media & Communications
    •  Possible spectrum uses
    •  Spectrum awards and how they will be structured
    •  Timing
    •  Ofcom's reorganisation of digital terrestral television

Speakers
Tim Johnson, Partner, Media & Communications
SJ Berwin LLP

Charlotte McMillan, Partner, Media & Communications
SJ Berwin LLP

Tom Usher, Partner, EU & Competition
SJ Berwin LLP

Timetable
08.15 Registration & Breakfast
08.45 Seminar commences
09.45 Questions & Answers
10.00 End

RSVP
Thursday 19 June: Email martin.punt@sjberwin.com including in the message your name and organisation as well as the date you wish to attend.

Alternatively by calling Martin direct on 020 7111 5453 or by fax on 020 7111 2000. Colleagues are welcome to come in your place.

Training
SJ Berwin is accredited as a provider of continuing professional development by the Law Society and other professional bodies. Attendance to these seminars qualifies as 1 CPD per hour, reference 012/SJBE.


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