NewTeeVee Live: Quincy Smith (CBS), Amy Banse (Comcast), but no Jason Kilar (Hulu)
The highlight of today's NewTeeVee Live conference was clearly Quincy Smith, the "Hans Solo of TV Everywhere". The guy is brilliant. He is one of the few media executives who totally understands the whole picture: traditional TV, the web, the consumer, the media supply chain, distributors, and advertisers. And he can articulate a powerful and compelling vision for where TV is going (very much UNLIKE his music counterparts).
Comcast's Amy Banse came in 2nd place as far as speakers, in my mind. She is such a great spokesperson for Comcast: precise and calculated. Represents the Comcast brand perfectly.
But where was Hulu? Perhaps true to the current anti-momentum Hulu is struggling with right now, Jason Kilar (Hulu's CEO) was MIA from this year's conference, dubbed "The Year of TV Everywhere".
