Mark Cuban To Keynote HDTV Forum 2004

14-Jul-04

Insight Media and DisplaySearch are proud to announce that Mark Cuban, high-definition visionary and co-founder of HDNet, will keynote the upcoming HDTV Forum 2004. HDNet, the leading high-definition television network, provides viewers with exciting and topical news, sports, music and entertainment programming, all produced in the highest quality 1080i HDTV format. Entitled ""Accelerating the HDTV Transition"", HDTV Forum 2004 will be held at the luxurious Westin Century Plaza on August 24-26, 2004 in Los Angeles, California and will bring together leaders from all segments of the TV food chain. ""The more HD viewers watch, the more discerning they are of picture quality and the more they will make their viewing choices based on this feature,"" stated Mark Cuban. ""It is important for everyone in the television industry to recognize this trend and to focus on delivering the best possible picture quality without increasing compression."" ""We are thrilled to have Mark Cuban presenting at this year's event"", said Display Search President Ross Young. ""We applaud the key role HDNet and Mark Cuban have played in the HDTV transition to date and look forward to their future objectives and successes."" Mr. Cuban, who is also the owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA franchise, was first made famous by his sale of Broadcast.com to Yahoo in 1999, making him one of the wealthiest people in the country. Today, his passion is high definition television, and HDNet operates two 24x7 all-HD networks, HDNet and HDNet Movies. Cuban has also partnered with Todd Wagner to create 2929 Entertainment, an entertainment holding company that owns several entertainment assets, including HDNet Films, a production company that produces high-definition movies for distribution on the HDNet networks as well as through theatrical and HD-DVD/D-VHS release. Mr. Cuban will also be heading up his own reality show in the fall entitled ""The Benefactor"", which will air right before Monday Night Football this fall on ABC. Also keynoting this strategic event is Bryan Burns of ESPN. Other companies confirmed to present at HDTV Forum 2004 include 16x9 Productions, Akai, Brillian, Canon, Dell, Delta Electronics, DisplaySearch, Discovery HD Theater, the European Commission, Genesis Microchip, HDVision Studios, Hollywood Digital Imaging, Indiana University, InFocus, Insight Media, Joe Kane Productions, LG.Philips LCD, Mitsubishi, National Semiconductor, Oplus Technologies, Pacific Growth Equities, Pixelworks, Roku, Runco, Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI, Sharp, Silicon Image, Silicon Optix, Sony, Texas Instruments, TiVo, VOOM, Warner Bros., The WB and Zoran. Corporate sponsors of the event include LG.Philips LCD, Samsung LCD Business, Texas Instruments, Zoran, InFocus, Pixelworks, Intel and Brillian. The event is also supported by CustomRetailer, Dealerscope, HDTV Magazine, HighDef Magazine, Home Toys, Residential Systems, USDC and Widescreen Review. For more information about Insight Media, please visit www.insightmedia.info; For more information about DisplaySearch, please visit www.displaysearch.com; For more information about HDNet, please visit www.hd.net; and for more information about HDTV Forum 2004, please visit www.displaysearch.com/hdtvforum/.

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