NewswireTODAY - /newswire/ - Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom, 2009/07/07 - The Social TV Forum event - social-tv.net – in London on the 28th and 29th September, has just announced its preliminary conference speaker line up. The event has already attracted a range of broadcasters, content providers, social network.

Leading speakers announced include:

• Antony Rose, Controller Vision & Online Media Group, BBC
• Pasa Mustafa, Head of Digital Studios, Endemol
• Kelly Sweeney, Head of Original Productions, Bebo
• Laurel Chamberlain, Director Digital, Turner Broadcasting
• Triona Campbell, CEO, Campbell Ryan Productions - Producers of Sofia's Diary
• Laurence Billet, General Manager, Babelgum
• Henrik Werdelin, Chief Creative Officer, Joost
• Kate Bradshaw, Head of Online Commissioning, ITV
• Damien Byrne, Head of Entertainment, T-Mobile
• Julian March, Executive Producer, Sky News
• Philip Bourchier O'Ferrall, SVP, Digital Media for MTV Networks UK & Ireland

The Six Degrees team are looking forward to the event (sixdegs.com), on the back of the hugely successful Social Networking World Forum – UK (socialnetworking-forum.com/2009) that took place earlier this year at Olympia, London and attracted over 2000 people to register.

Whether in the form of blogs or online social networks, social technologies have become increasingly prevalent in the lives of average computer users. Millions of people around the world login to MySpace, YouTube and countless other social network sites to share their lives with others and keep tabs on their friends and family.

However, with social media starting to infiltrate users’ television experiences. This conference will examine the current state of social TV, the challenges in developing and implementing social TV experiences, and the future outlook of social TV.

There is an early booking discount for the conference which ends on the 28th of August, delegates can register online at social-tv.net, by fax +44(0)11 7321 8301 or via our telephone booking hotline +44(0)11 7321 8303.

Agency / Source: Six Degrees

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