Forum

INTERNATIONAL FORUM CSTB Telecom & Media’2017

(7-9 February 2017, Crocus Expo Centre, Pavilion 1)

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ForuM Schedule

7 FEBRUARY 2017
CONFERENCE-ROOM 1
12:00 - 14:00	Media without Borders, Roundtable
Part 1. 12:00 – 12:30 Moderators: Yuri Pripachkin, President, Russian CATV Association Yana Churikova, Head of Youth and Music Channels, VIACOM Discussion Topics: Russia-China cooperation in the media industry; vectors of cooperation Promoting Russian content in the Chinese market Developing new media; media industry growth rates in the two countries Invitees: Alexey Volin, Deputy Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications, co-chair of the Russia-China Media Cooperation Committee Alexey Efimov, CHANNEL ONE RUSSIA WORLDWIDE Cyril Lysko, CEO, Digital TV Mikhail Kovalchuk, CEO, Signal Media Kirill Filipov, CEO, SPB TV A representative of Huawei
Part 2. 12:30 – 14:00 Moderators: Yuri Pripachkin, President, Russian CATV Association Yana Churikova, Head of MTV Russia Discussion Topics: 1. Regulatory initiatives in the sector Connecting operator's network to the mandatory TV channels distribution points. Pain points around network coverage and signal transmission format (MPEG-2/MPEG-4). Assessing quality of the digital signal, and areas of the broadcaster's and operator's responsibility. Amendments into the Federal Law On Telecommunications. Non-discriminatory access to the apartment blocks' infrastructure for installation of telecom networks. New regulation on interrelations between operators and house management companies / condominium partnerships. New business-models in the multi-channel digital TV market. Which of the long existing models remain efficient? To what extent can cable and satellite TV operator's ARPU can be increased by means of extra services that inevitably lead to opex growth? How does the pricing policy 'Price Forever' introduced by Russian operators affect the market? Who gets the benefits: operators, subscribers or pay channels? 2. Cost of competitive content for the pay TV market and ways to recover the costs Have the viewers' preferences changed after the consolidation of the Russian pay TV market? Has the competition between domestic and international TV products become stronger? How material is it? Competition trends and implications Is the modern viewer going from the background to focused viewing? Most sought-after topics of TV packages. Invitees: Alexey Volin, Deputy Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications of Russia A representative of Roskomnadzor A representative of RTRN Alexey Kholodov, CEO, Tricolor TV Sergey Nazarov, President of ACADO Group Natalia Bratchikova, Head of Marketing, Fixed Business and TV Department, MTS Mikhail Demin, CEO, NTV-PLUS Dmitry Mednikov, Deputy CEO of VGTRK Cyril Lysko, Head of Digital TV Mikhail Kovalchuk, CEO, Signal Media Alexey Efimov, CEO, CHANNEL ONE RUSSIA WORLDWIDE Elena Balmont, Head of VIACOM Russia, Ukraine, CIS and Baltic States Oleg Grischenko, President of Association ROSTELESET
CONFERENCE-ROOM 1
16:00 - 18:00	Press-conference of NTV-PLUS
CONFERENCE-ROOM 2
15:00 - 17:00	Press-conference of Tricolor TV
CONFERENCE-ROOM 3
14:30 - 16:30	Round Table: The Immediate Technological Future of Russian TV Organized by: GS Group Investment and Industrial Holding and Moscow R&D TV Institute
CONFERENCE-ROOM 4
15:00 - 18:00	Ultra HD production and broadcasting Co-organized by: Comunicare Digitale Association Technological Partner: Panasonic Andrea M. Michelozzi, President of Comunicare Digitale Nikolay Orlov, CEO of the First HDTV
	Schedule to be advised
8 FEBRUARY 2017
CONFERENCE-ROOM 1
10:30-17:30	Satellite multi-service networks and service: broadcasting and potential B2B and B2C applications Co-organized by: Telesputnik magazine Supported by: Global VSAT Forum Partners of the session: Hughes Network Systems, Intelsat, Skyline Communications, Gazprom Space Systems, Newtec
	Moderator: Vsevolod Kolyubakin, Co-Editor, Tele-Sputnik
	Satellite VSAT communication: current status and development prospects	Yuri Fomin, Head of Sales, Hughes Network Systems
	Topic to be determined	Representative of Gazprom Space Systems JSC
	Cooperation instead of competition	Yulia Shakhmanova, CEO, Satellite TV JSC
	International players entering the Russian Pay-TV market in the existing circumstances	Andrey Trufanov, Head of Telecom Services, Orion Group
	Topic to be determined	Representative of MTS
	Topic to be determined	Andrey Shestakov, CEO, Telecom-Project-5 LLC
	Discussion of the key points raised
13:30-14:30	Break
CONFERENCE-ROOM 1
14:30-17:30	Telecom solutions for governments, businesses and individuals
	Moderator: Sergey Pekhterev, Head of AltegroSky Group
	Topic to be determined	AltegroSky Group
	Big data and satellite networks	Mario Ivanov, Regional Director, Intelsat
	Managing media and data transmission services in hybrid fiber-optic, wireless and satellite networks	Eldar Mamedov, Regional Account-Manager, Russia and CIS, Skyline Communications
	Mobile broadband communication with sea ships and aircraft	Maxim Baranyuk, Senior Expert, Morsvyazsputnik
	Topic to be determined	Mikhail Kaigorodov, CEO, ISAT Global Xpress (Inmarsat)
	Trends in satellite telecom	Maxim Zharenov, Space Technology and Telecom Cluster, Skolkovo Foundation
	Skiff, a high-speed non-geostationary satellite system of Internet access - beyond fiber, beyond 5G, beyond OneWeb	Viktor Doniants, CEO of D.C. Orbital
	High-speed satellite systems LEO/MEO/HEO-HTS - current status and development prospects	Andrey Gritsenko, CEO of Severnaya Korona (Northern Crown) Information Space Centre (JSC)
	Marketing initiatives to boost mass B2C market of broadband satellite communication in the absence of state support	Vladimir Skripnik, Satellite Mega Internet
	No presentation planned	Evgeny Budyinov, Deputy CEO, Head of Innovation, Kosmicheskaya Svyaz (Space Communication), State Company
	Discussion of the key points raised
CONFERENCE-ROOM 2
11:00 - 14:00	TMT industry in the Experience Economy Partner: AR and VR Association
	Moderator: Ilya Ovcharenko, Creative Producer, GameShow Mediaholding
	Overmap. Real-time TV graphics. Visualization of highway traffic	Dennis Yuzhanin, Head of Development Department, Vizart
	To be determined	Andrey Kolesnikov, Head of the IoT Association
	AR/VR (augmented / virtual reality) – today or in the distant future	Ekaterina Filatova, Head of AVRA
	To be determined	Cyril Philippov, CEO SPB TV
	Videogaming industry as the main entertainment driver in the universe	Ilya Ovcharenko, Creative Producer, GameShow Mediaholding
	Innovations in business in the times of VR and AR	Igor Akulinin, Business Consultant, HUAWEI
	To be determined	Vitaly Shoob
	Yandex inside: online video content	Marya Sorokina, Head of Business development, Yandex.Mediaservices; Irina Skripnikova, Head of Video Advertising Group, Yandex
	Financial services and e-commerce in media products	Anna Kuzmina, Deputy Chief Commercial Officer, Yandex.Money
	To be determined	Zaur Besolov, Deputy CEO, RFI Bank
14:00 - 14:30	Break
CONFERENCE-ROOM 2
14:30 - 18:00	New business models and approaches in the TMT industry
	Moderator: Vladimir Valkovitch, CTO, Virgin Connect
	Partner projects with providers of TMT solutions - efficient way to minimize challenges faced by the regional providers	Vyacheslav Dombrovsky-Syrovatsky, CEO of Elat R&D Company; Nikolay Mikhailov, Head of IPTVPORTAL
	Evolution of telecom outsourcing: new platforms and technologies	Andrey Yatsenko, CEO of Gorsvyaz
	Outsourcing and outstaffing - building an efficient cooperation model	Vladimir Valkovitch, CTO, Virgin Connect
	Looking for a business partner with a view for long-term OTT partner relations	Alexander Kisselevitch, Managing Partner, Smotreshka
	Telecom and OTT - cooperation models	Alexander Chernyaev, Lead Manager, Huawei
	Strategies and practical approaches to creating non-linear media: international experience	Alexander Ermakov, CEO of BroadView Russia
	Cloud technologies for the media sector	Sergey Platonov, Head of Product Development, RAIDIX
	Simple solutions for small and medium operators. Entering the interactive TV market without excessive risks	Sergey Kryukov, Head of Sales, Russia and CIS, SmartLabs; Vladislav Ilchenko, Deputy CEO, Tvzavr
	Satellite networks as CDN platforms for the OTT	Nikolay Milovanov, CTO, Elecard
	Partnership programmes for IPTV introduction - how to add a TMT service without losing your subscribers	Alexander Chagin, Chief Commercial Officer, Hom IPTV
CONFERENCE-ROOM 3
10:30-13:30	OTT.Future Co-organizer: Internet-Video Association
	Moderator: Alexey Byrdin, Head of the Internet Video Association
10:30-10:45	Introduction. Vision of the 'OTT.Future' forum. Basic awareness of OTT. Key terms and definitions, business models, risks and opportunities, purposes and mission of the TV/video industry	Alexey Byrdin, Head of the Internet Video Association
10:45-12:30	Analytical Section. Round Table: Russian and international OTT market
	Round Table: Russian and International OTT Market Participants: Konstantin Ankilov, CEO of TMT Consulting; Dmitry Kolesov, Director of TV and Content Department, J’son & Partners Consulting; Denis Kuskov, CEO, TelecomDaily News Agency; Karen Kazaryan, Senior Researcher, RAEC
	Part I. Global Market
	Current status and global trends of the OTT service development (volumes, models, growth rates, operator and independent services)
	Comparing Pay TV and OTT video market sizes (revenues, content, audiences)
	Overview of global leaders of online video (YouTube, Netflix, etc.)
	General discussion
	Part 2. Russian market
	Place of OTT TV and VOD services in the Russian media market (revenues, content, audiences)
	Major trends in the markets of independent and operator OTT services in Russia
	Qualitative and quantitative growth of OTT video services in Russia. Forecasting
	General Discussion, new presenters to join
12:30-13:20	Round Table: growth of the Russian market of OTT video services. Points of growth, challenges, and regulation Participants: Mikhail Goryachev (Tricolor), Andrey Kushnarev (MegaLabs), Victor Chekanov (Megogo), Oleg Grishenko (Rosteleset), Mikhail Medrysh (Acado), Alexander Shirokikh (NAT), Mikhail Silin (CATV association), Anton Petukhov (NRA)
	Key challenges in the OTT TV service market as part of the wider TV market (discussion)
	Q&A
Break
14:00-17:30	OTT.Future
	Round Table. OTT TV service for Broadband/TV operator: partnership, "from the box" or "handmade" Participants: SPB TV (Dmitry Philippov), LANTA (Alexander Vasilyev), MicroImpulse (Tatiana Moskaleva), Beeline (Maria Reznik), Irdeto (Andrey Silanchev) , Orion Express (Elena Yachmennikova), Skyline (Eldar Mamedov)
15:45-16:45	Round Table. VOD in a partner model Participants: Amediateka (Gorshkov), IVI (Makarov), representatives of: TVzavr, Megogo, TELE2, Rosteleset, Tricolor TV
	Q&A
16:45-17:30	OTT for broadcasters: why and how?
	Grigory Uryev (Synterra), Anatoly Vorontsov (DaltonMedia), Natalia Grishkina (Yandex)
CONFERENCE-ROOM 4
10:30-17:00	Forum of Regional Operators
	General Partner: Digital TV Family by Channel One Russia Worldwide Partner: First HDTV Co-organized by: Rosteleset Association, Cableman internet media
	Moderators: Yana Belskaya , Editor in Chief, Cableman internet media; and Oleg Grishenko, President of Rostelet Association
	Experience of Belarus colleagues	Sergey Starovoitov, Expert, Managing Partner of TelecomBelMedia; Petr Stankevitch, Head of BelBusinessChannel
	Operator's own telco as a marketing strategy	Yana Belskaya , Editor-in-Chief, Cableman internet media
	How to overcome the inferiority complex of a minor operator	Zharkyn Tursynov, Managing Partner, Smotreshka
	Experience of First TVCh in promoting TV channels by means of joint campaigning with cable operators	Nikolay Orlov, CEO of the First HDTV
	Round Table: Does 'a la carte' have any future? What are the concerns of channels and operators in distributing the revenues? Cooperation between channels and operators as a driver of revenues.	Broadcasters and operators are invited. Participants: Denis Gorshkov, CEO of A-Media; Maria Gorbik, CEO of Contact; Natalia Nemova, Chief Commercial Officer of Viasat; Ekaterina Ivandikova, Head of Sales, RedMedia
	Content policy of operators, market changes, imperatives of the time	Vitaly Korneev, Head of Content Committee, Rosteleset
	Expansion of EPG, plans to create a common product for the entire ROSTELESET	Alexander Vasiliev, CEO of LANTA, Tambov
	Recommendations on connecting operators to RTRN for the sake of mandatory TV channels	Oleg Grishenko, President of ROSTELESET
	Break
	Functioning of REVIZOR website suppression control system. Overview of ready-made solutions	Technology Committee of ROSTELESET
	From video intercom towards smart house and smart city	Vladimir Limonov, Director of REAL, Astrakhan
	Major mistakes of operators in building data centres	Dmitry Popkov, Head of Engineering Design Unit, OMEGA, Yekaterinburg
	Managing and developing a large contact-centre; prospects of a large contact centre	Renat Sultanov, Head of Contact Centre at Ufanet
	Round Table. The experience of 'living in' with mega telcos	Pavel Modelin, CEO of Telemir, Lipetsk
	Aggregation of support of expensive vendors, joining the costs	Andrey Urlin, Head of Technological Committee of Rosteleset
	SORM-3: solutions for operators	Dmitry Katayev, Head of Technical Support at Norsi-Trans
	Round Table on the implementation of the Yarovaya Law	Oleg Grishenko, President of Rosteleset; Mikhail Medrish, Head of Operations of Acado Telecom; Iskandar Bakhtiarov, CEO of Ufanet ; Dmitry Katayev, Head of Technical Support, Norsi-Trans
	Challenges of today for Association ROSTELESET
9 FEBRUARY 2017
CONFERENCE-ROOM 2
11:00-14:00	Legal advice: Law on telecom and Media Moderator: Elena Gultayeva, Legal Counsel of the CATV Association
	General overview	Elena Gultayaeva, Legal Counsel, CATV Association
	Legal compliance of content to be distributed in Russia	Yuri Korchuganov, Junior Partner, Head of TMT Practice, MGAP Law Firm
	Legal risks for telecom and media in 2017, mitigation techniques	Pavel Katkov, Founder, Owner and Senior Partner of Katkov and Co Law Firm, lecturer at the Russian state Academy of Intellectual Property of Rospatent, national intellectual property rights regulator, member of the Council on Intellectual Property of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, member of the Association of Lawyers of Russia
	To be determined	Tatiana Nikiforova, Advisor in Intellectual Property at Dentons
	Legal aspects of telcos' operations (to be determined)	Evgeny Leonov, Senior Lawyer, Pepelyayev Group
	Legal regulation of advertising in the Internet : enforcing the challenges	Irina Akimova, Advisor, Head of Antitrust Practice, Capital Legal Services
	Anti-pirate legislation and its enforcement in 2016-2017	Roman Lukyanov, Founder and Partner, of Semenov & Pevzner Law Firm
	Q&A
CONFERENCE-ROOM 3
10:30 - 16:00	Creating and Promoting a niche channel Master classes co-organized by: Cableman Internet Media
	Moderators: Yana Belskaya , Editor-in-Chief of Cableman Internet Media; Regina Yurkina, Mediabrand
	Digital promotion of pay TV from the "working bees' " point of view – creativity, investments, efficiency	Polina Zimina, Independent Expert Vadim Bolbot, Fat Digital Agency
	How to make announcements and releases: do's and don’ts from the PR perspective	Maria Degtyareva, PR Director, Blogger and Expert
	Automation systems for 'on the spot' TV production	Yaroslav Polyakov, Managing Partner of MeditProfi
	Structuring the broadcasting time by means of design and promotion. Overview of rebranding cases in 2016.	Regina Yurkina, CEO of Mediabrand; representatives of TV channels
	What is the cost of content? Buying domestic and international content, localization and programming	Svetlana Gabunya, CEO of SDI Media Russia
	What is the cost of content? Buying domestic and international content, nuances of localization	Dennis Gorshkov, CEO of A-media
	What is the cost of content? Cost of production of content	Ekaterina Kovaleva, Lead Producer, Pyatnitsa (Friday) TV Channel
	Localization of TV content	Valery Dovbnya, CEO of CYRILLICA
	Analysis of off-air channels (subject matter of the analysis will be programmes nominated for the Big Digit contest)	Experts: Ekaterina Kovaleva, Lead producer of Pyatnitsa (Friday) TV Channel Roman Toloknov, Creative Director Alexander Zhelesnyakov, Engineer, Broadcasting Equipment Unit, Panasonic Olga Sherstobitova, Lead Content Procurement Manager at Vimpelcom Mikhail Goryachev, Head of Content, National Satellite Company
	Building TV brand of a news channel	Jack Khanik, TV expert (USA)