Variety's Sports Entertainment Summit Headlined By Fox Sports Media Group's Randy Freer And LA Kings President Luc Robitaille

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Variety is pleased to announce its Sports Entertainment Summit, in association with SVG, which will feature keynote conversations with Randy Freer, Fox Sports Media Group Co-President and COO, and Luc Robitaille, Hockey Hall of Famer and Los Angeles Kings' President of Business Operations on Aug. 15 at the Four Seasons at Los Angeles in Beverly Hills.

Freer will be speaking in a keynote conversation on the eve of the launch of Fox Sports 1 – the new national sports network dedicated to live event coverage and sports and entertainment programming. He is responsible for a broad range of business operations and media rights acquisitions involving all aspects of Fox Sports.

Robitaille, Hockey Hall of Famer and President of Business Operations/Alternate Governor, Los Angeles Kings, is the highest scoring left wing in NHL history and the all-time Kings leader in goals scored. Named the Kings' President of Business Operations in 2007, Robitaille has made a tremendous impact on the club across sponsorship, fan relations, game entertainment and more. Last year, the Kings attracted record attendance for its games and also generated record revenue.
 
Kicking off the cocktail reception at the Sports Entertainment Summit, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, whose all-new season of "Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team" on CMT premieres September 6, will be making a special appearance.

Variety and SVG will be presenting a packed day of elite speakers and dynamic sessions at its Sports Entertainment Summit. Topics include the business impact of exploding regional sports networks; management of the athlete's brand across social media and entertainment options; advancing technology in game-time storytelling; rising companion sports mobile experiences; and more.

Additional speakers at the Sports Entertainment Summit 2013 include:

Ken Aagaard, CBS Sports, EVP Operations, Engineering and Production Services
Mark Ballas, Pro-Dancer and Choreographer Dancing with the Stars
Van Bedient, Adobe Video Solutions Consultant, Broadcast Market
Jim Bell, Executive Producer, Olympics, NBC Sports Group
Tom Brady, VP of Content, NFL Media
Aaron Brenner, Director of Production, LA Kings
Scott Brown, President and General Counsel, Universal Sports Network
Christopher R. Chase, Counsel, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC
Mitch Covington, VP Sports Marketing at Monster Beverage Company
Terry Denson, Vice President, Content Strategy & Acquisition for Verizon Communications
Sundance DiGiovanni , Co-founder and CEO, Major League Gaming
Matthew DiPietro, VP of Marketing, Twitch
Brian Dunphy, Sr. Director Business Development, Qualcomm
Stephen Espinoza, EVP and General Manager Showtime Sports
Greg Estes, NVIDIA, Marketing Executive, Technology and Media
Henry Ford, SVP and General Manager Fox Sports San Diego
Ken Fuchs, VP Sports, Games and Entertainment, Yahoo
Evelyn Guillen, ESPN, Postproduction Supervisor
Christen Harris, VP Digital Video Distribution, Disney and ESPN Media Networks
Joe Inzerillo, SVP and Chief Technology Officer, MLB Advanced Media
John King, Senior Sales Engineer, Aspera
Albert Lai, Chief Technology Officer, Brightcove
Chris Lauricella, VP of Content, AT&T
Beth Marchant, Co-Chair SportsPost
David Neal, Executive Producer of FIFA World Cup/Coordinating Producer of Super Bowl XLVIII, Fox Sports
Art Marquez, our SVP of Affiliate Sales and Marketing, Pac-12 Network
Larry Meyers , VP Content and Executive Producer, Time Warner Cable Sports
Evan Morgenstein, Owner and CEO of CelebExperts (CE) and Premier Management Group (PMG Sports) (clients include Dara Torres, Bruce Jenner, Cullen Jones, Dominique Dawes, Amanda Beard)
Mike Mossholder, SVP of Global Marketing Partnerships, UFC
Chris Oliviero, Senior Vice President of Programming, CBS RADIO
Chuck Parker, Chairman 2^nd Screen Society
Danny Peters, Director of Creative Services, Quantel
Clark Pierce, Senior Vice President, Mobile & Advanced Platforms, FOXSports Media Group
Jennifer Pransky, Coordinating Producer, Fox Sports
Tim Reed, Senior Director, Content Strategy, Sports & Competition, Global X Games
Mike Rogandino, Fox Sports Broadcaster
Lon Rosen, EVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Dodgers
Mark Shuken, SVP and General Manager Time Warner Cable Sports
Tyler Slocum, Director of Mobile, at NFL
Bob Stenner, Lead Producer, Fox Sports
Zane Stoddard, Managing Director, Entertainment Marketing & Business Development at NASCAR
Craig Stouffer, TROIKA, Art Director
Josh Swartz, President, Relativity Sports
Andy Tennant, ESPN, Executive Producer, E:60
Pete Vlastelica , SVP FOX Sports Digital
Alex Vargas, Vice President, Business Operations at Bleacher Report, Turner Sports
Circe Wallace, SVP Wasserman Media Group
Jonathan Wilner, Vice President of Product, Ooyala

The entire event will be streamed live and available to view for up to 30 days via Ustream, the leading video technology platform for live business communications. To view online and purchase a ticket for $100, visit http://www.ustream.tv/channel/variety-sports-summit To attend the event and take advantage of the advanced rate of $495, which ends Monday, August 12, visit http://www.eventbrite.com/event/6805063127.

Variety's Sports Entertainment Summit, in association with SVG, thanks its sponsors and media partners. Premier sponsor: Qualcomm; Official sponsors: Aspera, Brightcove, CMT, Quantum, Ooyala, NVIDIA/Key Code Media; Supporting sponsors: Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC, Flocast, Quantel Newtek, Twitch, Unicorn Media and VER.

Media partners: 2^nd Screen Society, CBS Radio, HPA, Next Impulse, ProductionHUB, SMPTE, The Studio-B&H, ThinkLA and Yahoo!

To view the full agenda, visit http://variety.com/conference/sports2013/

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