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Arlington, Va. – Mark Burnett, the creator of a reality TV empire that includes Survivor, The Apprentice, Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?, The Restaurant, The Casino, Eco-Challenge, Combat Missions, The Contender, Martha Stewart and Rockstar, and a collaborator with Steven Spielberg for the FOX Network’s On the Lot, will speak at NXTcomm08 in a keynote address slated for Thursday, June 19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the communications industry exhibition and conference entity announced today. NXTcomm, the one event delivering the ecosystem of network-enabled voice, video and data, comes to the Las Vegas Convention Center June 16-19 and will co-locate with InfoComm08, the leading audiovisual business-to-business marketplace.
“Entertainment continues to be a key driver for the communications industry, and this in turn is changing how entertainment as a product is developed, delivered, viewed and owned,” NXTcomm Executive Director Wayne Crawford said. “By hearing Mark Burnett, the producer widely credited for introducing reality television as a genre to the U.S., speak at NXTcomm08, communications and entertainment leaders can find out firsthand what new multiplatform and consumer-generated media means for business models in both industries. We look forward to having Mr. Burnett share his experiences on these challenges, as well as what it takes to stream Rockstar on MSN, his collaboration with MySpace on political contests and what the future of entertainment content-driven voice, video and data is.”
Since 2001, Burnett has been nominated for 48 Emmy Awards and has won two. He began his career in unscripted drama when he created the adventure series and two-time Emmy Award-winning Eco-Challenge, which aired on cable from1995-2002. In 2000, Burnett broke into primetime network television with the hit reality series Survivor. Its debut season won two primetime Emmys, and the series continues—airing its 16th season this summer—to perennially earn multiple Emmy nominations. In November, 2007 several news shows developed by his production company, MBP, were ordered into production, including Amne$ia and My Dad is Better than Your Dad, both at NBC, and Jingles, at CBS. Burnett has also launched Mark Burnett Productions Asia, a joint venture with Genting International to both create new content for and adapt established formats in the Asian market.
Burnett will be joined at NXTcomm08 by AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson, who will open the 2008 show as the featured keynote on June 17th, and Verizon President and Chief Operating Officer Denny Strigl and Sprint Nextel President and Chief Executive Officer Daniel Hesse, both of whom will provide NXTcomm08 keynotes on Wednesday, June 18th. More NXTcomm08 Keynotes will be announced in the coming weeks.
NXTcomm08 is expected to draw 20,000 communications professionals from more than 100 countries and U.S. territories. NXTcomm08 will feature more than 500 exhibitors occupying 200,000 net square feet of exhibit space as well as 100 keynote addresses, sessions and conference events and coverage by over 450 press and analysts.
Photos and biographical information on Mark Burnett are available at https://NXTcommShow.com/keynotes.html.
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About NXTcomm: NXTcomm was created in 2006 by its co-owners, the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the United States Telecom Association (USTelecom), to serve as the one communications industry event delivering the ecosystem of network-enabled voice, video and data. NXTcomm08 will occupy the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center from June 16-19. For more information, go to NXTcommShow.com
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Survivor Producer Mark Burnett to Provide NXTcomm08 Keynote Address
Arlington, Va. – Mark Burnett, the creator of a reality TV empire that includes Survivor, The Apprentice, Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?, The Restaurant, The Casino, Eco-Challenge, Combat Missions, The Contender, Martha Stewart and Rockstar, and a collaborator with Steven Spielberg for the FOX Network’s On the Lot, will speak at NXTcomm08 in a keynote address slated for Thursday, June 19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the communications industry exhibition and conference entity announced today. NXTcomm, the one event delivering the ecosystem of network-enabled voice, video and data, comes to the Las Vegas Convention Center June 16-19 and will co-locate with InfoComm08, the leading audiovisual business-to-business marketplace.
“Entertainment continues to be a key driver for the communications industry, and this in turn is changing how entertainment as a product is developed, delivered, viewed and owned,” NXTcomm Executive Director Wayne Crawford said. “By hearing Mark Burnett, the producer widely credited for introducing reality television as a genre to the U.S., speak at NXTcomm08, communications and entertainment leaders can find out firsthand what new multiplatform and consumer-generated media means for business models in both industries. We look forward to having Mr. Burnett share his experiences on these challenges, as well as what it takes to stream Rockstar on MSN, his collaboration with MySpace on political contests and what the future of entertainment content-driven voice, video and data is.”
Since 2001, Burnett has been nominated for 48 Emmy Awards and has won two. He began his career in unscripted drama when he created the adventure series and two-time Emmy Award-winning Eco-Challenge, which aired on cable from1995-2002. In 2000, Burnett broke into primetime network television with the hit reality series Survivor. Its debut season won two primetime Emmys, and the series continues—airing its 16th season this summer—to perennially earn multiple Emmy nominations. In November, 2007 several news shows developed by his production company, MBP, were ordered into production, including Amne$ia and My Dad is Better than Your Dad, both at NBC, and Jingles, at CBS. Burnett has also launched Mark Burnett Productions Asia, a joint venture with Genting International to both create new content for and adapt established formats in the Asian market.
Burnett will be joined at NXTcomm08 by AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson, who will open the 2008 show as the featured keynote on June 17th, and Verizon President and Chief Operating Officer Denny Strigl and Sprint Nextel President and Chief Executive Officer Daniel Hesse, both of whom will provide NXTcomm08 keynotes on Wednesday, June 18th. More NXTcomm08 Keynotes will be announced in the coming weeks.
NXTcomm08 is expected to draw 20,000 communications professionals from more than 100 countries and U.S. territories. NXTcomm08 will feature more than 500 exhibitors occupying 200,000 net square feet of exhibit space as well as 100 keynote addresses, sessions and conference events and coverage by over 450 press and analysts.
Photos and biographical information on Mark Burnett are available at https://NXTcommShow.com/keynotes.html.
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About NXTcomm: NXTcomm was created in 2006 by its co-owners, the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the United States Telecom Association (USTelecom), to serve as the one communications industry event delivering the ecosystem of network-enabled voice, video and data. NXTcomm08 will occupy the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center from June 16-19. For more information, go to NXTcommShow.com