For Immediate Release

Top Executives at HBO, Fox Sports, and Reason Pictures Scheduled to Speak at the 2007 British American Business Council’s Transatlantic Conference in LA

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – April 24, 2007 – Top executives at three of the nation’s leading entertainment companies will speak on “The Future of Film and Television” at one of the most important transatlantic business development and networking events of the year, the annual conference of the British American Business Council.  Registration is open to the public.
            Colin Callender, president of HBO Films International, will join David Hill, Chairman and CEO, Fox Sports TV Group, and Ben Goldhirsh, CEO of Reason Pictures and Good Magazine, to discuss how the digital revolution is changing the entertainment industry.
            The two-day conference called FUTURE NOW will bring together prominent business leaders from the United Kingdom and the United States to look at the effect of the Internet and other emerging developments on entertainment and communications, joint U.S.-U.K. efforts to combat climate change, the outlook for renewable resources and homeland security. The conference will be held in Los Angeles May 17-18 at the Marina Del Rey Marriott.
            “We are honored to have such prominent business figures as Colin Callender, David Hill and Ben Goldhirsh speak at our conference,” said Paul J. Wright, president of the BABC of Los Angeles, which is organizing the event. “The hallmark of this event, we believe, is the high caliber of its speakers, who are prominent leaders in their respective fields and influential in shaping the future of their industries. Anyone seriously interested in doing business with these high profile companies and organizations will be there.”
            Colin Callender joined HBO in 1987 as executive producer of “HBO Showcase,” where he produced many award winning films. After 20 years with the company, he now holds responsibility for the networks. Under Callender's watch, HBO Films has garnered 39 Emmy® Awards, 18 Golden Globes, 4 Peabody Awards, and 9 Humanitas Prizes. HBO received 26 Primetime Emmy awards this year — the most of any network for the fourth year in a row — led by Elizabeth I, which received nine awards.
            David Hill serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the FOX Sports Television Group, overseeing the nation’s top-rated network for sports and FOX’s global presence in sports media. He is also Executive Producer, FOX Sports.
            Ben Goldhirsh is the owner and founder of Reason Industries, which owns and operates GOOD magazine and Reason Pictures.  Established in 2004, Reason Pictures is a production company committed to developing and financing projects that combine commercial entertainment with relevant content. Goldhirsch is previewing a new movie at Tribeca Film Festival next week called "Power of the Game" on the heels of his successful "Son of Rambo" and has several other feature and documentary projects in various stages of development. Launched in September, GOOD is a bi-monthly publication profiling and examining the people, ideas, and institutions affecting change in the world. 
            The panel on the Future of Film and Television will be held at 11:20 a.m. on the first day of the conference, which is devoted to the Future of the Entertainment and New Media Industries. Other topics that will be addressed on May 17 by prominent leaders in their fields include:

           
            One of the keynote speakers at the BABC 2007 conference will be Timothy J. Leiweke, President and CEO of Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), one of the world's leading presenters of sports and entertainment programming, as well as the developer and operator of such prestigious venues as STAPLES Center, The Home Depot Center, the Kodak Theatre in LA and the Millennium Dome in London.
            Attendees also will meet visionaries such as Sean Moriarty, President and CEO of Ticketmaster; Simon Wright, CEO of Virgin Entertainment Group; and Doug Perlman, President of IMG Media, a global sports, entertainment and media company.
            British Consul General Bob Peirce will speak, as well as energy and environmental experts from Arup,  British Petroleum and several prestigious universities and research centers in Southern California.
           
Working press registration for members of the media covering BABC 2007 is complimentary.  To register, go to  http://www.babc2007.com/pressregister.asp
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