Thursday, November 14th, 2019

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Track I: Herscher Hall, 3rd Floor, 303-304

Indie TV – OTT and Streaming - The Gateway to the New Hollywood of Content to Phones, Tablets, TV and PC

Frank Chindamo, President & Chief Creative Officer, Fun Little Movies

Kim L. Hurwitz, Chief Marketing Officer, FITE

Alia J. Daniels, Esq., Co-Founder | COO, Revry

Gene Pao, Senior Vice President, Digital Enterprises, Shout! Factory

Charles Dalaklis, President & CEO, Dalaklis Media Enterprises

David B. Williams, GM/SVP of Channels for pocket.watch

James M. Burger, Partner, Thompson Coburn LLP, Moderator

Kim L. Hurwitz, Chief Marketing Officer, FITE in September 2017 as Chief Marketing Officer  where she spearheaded the March 2018 launch of Karate Combat, a new global sports league.  Ms. Hurwitz was previously Chief Content Officer for FOTV Media Networks Inc. a global digital  platform she grew to 1,000 channels, featuring the eponymous TV network she programmed  with carriage worldwide via Digital, OTT, Dish Network (USA) and Sky (UK). She also led the  corporation’s global partnership, distribution and syndication efforts during her tenure from  2010 -2017.  From 2000-2005, Kim was Director of Marketing for DIRECTV overseeing PPV and Advanced  Products managing a $500mm annual P&L, returning to the telecommunications giant from  2009-2010. Past positions include Vice President of Marketing, PR and

Distribution at MWG  Media, National Director of Affiliate Relations for the Tube Music Network, Regional Marketing  Manager for Adelphia/TCI and President/Co-Founder of the SoCal PPV Cable Group.  The recipient of numerous marketing awards, Ms. Hurwitz studied Theater Arts at the  University of California, Los Angeles, and possesses more than 20 years’ experience building  and monetizing leading entertainment platforms and brands.

Alia J. Daniels, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Revry: Equipped with bachelor's degrees in Music and Communications Studies with a Mass Media emphasis, and a Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School, Alia J. Daniels has found her niche at the intersection of entrepreneurship, digital media and law as Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer for Revry, a global queer digital media network where she oversees the marketing department. She is the Co-Festival Director for QueerX, a one-of-a-kind festival bringing audiences to the intersection of music, film and industry. Her dedication to inclusion within the Queer and Allied community is a cornerstone of Alia's personal mission to create avenues for authentic representation in media.

David B. Williams, GM/SVP of Channels for pocket.watch: As GM/SVP of Channels for pocket.watch, David is charged with winning fans and growing franchises on OTT and social video platforms. With twenty-five years at the frontiers of digital media, David was previously part of Maker Studios' senior leadership where he led the esteemed talent team and engineered marquee content initiatives. Prior highlights include serving as Chief Content and Technology Strategist for Endemol Beyond USA, co-founding venture-backed Take180 which was acquired by The Walt Disney Company, leading digital teams while at Disney, and developing a patented technology that powered fan-driven initiatives for franchises such as Star Trek and Toy Story and earned the honor of Interactive Emmy Award finalist for The L Word. An early digital entrepreneur, in 1996 David founded a digital-first entertainment studio where he developed the world’s first major animated web series and licensed it to Showtime Networks.

Frank Chindamo, President and Chief Creative Officer, Fun Little Movies: Frank Chindamo is the President and Chief Creative Officer of Fun Little Movies. "FLM" specializes in producing original, live-action comedy films for its mobile channels of entertainment on Sprint-Nextel, Microsoft, Smart Video phones, in the US and many other countries around the world. They’re known as "Fun Funny Phone Films." Fun Little Movies has been the subject of cover stories in Forbes Magazine and the L.A. Times, and stories in Variety, Hollywood Reporter, CBS Radio, Wired Magazine, CBS TV’s Inside Edition, The Chicago Tribune, and several other outlets. Frank Chindamo holds the world's record for most short films made independently. His films have appeared on HBO, Showtime, CBS, PBS, A&E, Playboy, MTV and Comedy Central, etc. They’ve won 20 awards including The American Cine Golden Eagle, The American International Film Festival and a Finalist's Place for Best Short at the Cannes Film Festival. Frank is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California. At USC, Frank teaches short screenplay writing. He also created the Student Script Database, the tool which will allow directors and writers to pool their talent and is intended to bring the best-written scripts at USC to the screen. As Executive Director of the Staged Screenplay Reading Series at the Lee Strasberg Theater, and as the Director of the Professional Screenwriting Workshops at SONY Studios, Chindamo developed fourteen feature films which have been produced for the screen. Frank also taught at the Gotham Writer’s Workshop and City University of New York. Frank was also a Vice President of Development at two production companies in LA and has worked as a script consultant on numerous projects. Frank Chindamo received his Film B.F.A. from N.Y.U. and his Screenwriting M.F.A. from Columbia University.

Charles Dalaklis, President & CEO, Dalaklis Media Enterprises: Chuck Dalaklis is an innovative content creator and brand advisor. He and his team of award-winning entertainment specialists, develop cutting-edge, immersive and buzzworthy content that drives audience engagement. For more than two decades, under Chuck’s leadership, DME has developed and produced hundreds of hours of top-tier media content for Fortune 500 companies, advertising agencies, digital distributors and national broadcast and cable networks. In 2011, DME joined Momentum Entertainment Group, an agency within the Interpublic group (NYSE:IPG). Chuck was charged with building an in-house content company to provide creative and production support within IPG’s network of agencies. In 2014, DME was selected as a preferred brand vendor for Momentum/Interpublic where it serviced clients including Verizon, Blackstone/SeaWorld and Pacific Gas and Electric. DME was concurrently a brand/business consultant and content creator for its own roster of clients including Kraft Foods, Anheuser-Busch, Kmart and Sears. Additionally, the DME team created a slate of long and short-form broadcast programming that remains in broadcast, digital, and OTT rotation.

James M. Burger, Partner, Thompson Coburn LLP: Jim is a member of the Thompson Coburn Lobbying & Policy and Intellectual Property Groups. He has worked extensively on legal and policy issues arising from the intersection of digital technology, intellectual property protection, communications, and government regulation. Jim has represented the Computer Industry Group and other information technology entities in efforts to secure copy protection rules for DVDs, Blu-ray discs and digital music downloads. He has also represented technology clients before the Administration, Congress, and the FCC in regard to the Digital TV Transition, the Broadcast Flag, and international agreements affecting U.S. intellectual property law. His efforts in the copyright law arena include his work leading negotiations to exclude the computer industry from the Audio Home Recording Act, to avoid passage of the Digital Video Recording Act, and prevent passage of analog hole legislation. In addition, Jim has worked with the semiconductor industry in its efforts to prevent the importation of dangerous counterfeit semiconductors. Jim teaches Copyright Law at Georgetown Law School. Jim also served seven years as an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia Law School, where he taught Advanced Administrative Law.