The Future of the Content and Media Industries

The Future of the Content and Media Industries: New Business Models and Opportunities

Seminar Features One of the Leading Media Futurists in the World\

ictQATAR's Connected Speaker Series continues on Monday, December 6, with renowned Media Futurist Gerd Leonhard.

Every content and media industry - film, TV, radio, gaming, software, music, publishing and news- has been severely impacted by the explosive growth of the Internet and the empowerment of the hyper-connected consumer. Facebook is now the biggest broadcaster in the world, the full convergence of TV and Internet is here, telecoms are entering into the media fray, advertisers are switching their budgets to digital media in hordes and ""free"" or ""freemium"" content seems to be irreversible.

What is the future for the content and media industries? Where will new revenues come from and who will pay for what? Who will be the winners and the losers in the new digital realm?

Gerd Leonhard, described by the Wall Street Journal as ""one of the leading media futurists in the world,"" will take on these questions and more as part of ictQATAR's Connected Speakers Series on Monday December 6, 2010 at Ritz Carlton Hotel, Doha, Qatar from 6 -8 p.m.

Register today at: http://connectedspeakers.eventbrite.com !


Gerd Leonhard, Media Futurist

The Wall Street Journal calls Gerd 'one of the leading Media Futurists in the World'. He is the co-author of the influential book 'The Future of Music' (2005, Berklee Press), as well as the author of 'Music2.0' (2008) and the blog-book 'The End of Control' (www.endofcontrol.com, 2007). Gerd's background is in music; in 1985 he won the Quincy Jones Award and subsequently graduated from Boston's Berklee College of Music (1987).

Since 2002, following a decade as digital media entrepreneur and start-up CEO, Gerd travels around the globe and speaks at conferences, events and think-tanks on the Future of Media, Content, Technology, Business, Marketing & Advertising, Branding, Telecom, Communications and Culture.

Gerd is considered a leading expert on topics such as social media, mobile content and mcommerce, innovation and entrepreneurship, UGC and peer production, copyright, licensing and IPR issues, next-generation advertising, marketing and branding, digital content strategies and the development of next-generation business models in the content, communications & technology industries.

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