ANNOUNCEMENT:
Variety Magazine hosts its first ever Entertainment Apps conference from 8:30am – 6:30pm on Thursday, December 1st, 2011 at the Sofitel Hotel Los Angeles.
Naushad Huda, CEO of Textopoly has been invited to speak at the conference, which features other entertainment industry mobile experts like Elias Plishner, SVP Worldwide Digital Media, Sony Pictures Worldwide Marketing and Distribution, T.J. Marchetti, SVP, Digital, Disney, Chris Hewish, Head of Global Interactive, DreamWorks Animation, Ted Hong, CMO, Fandango, Alex Barkaloff, Executive Producer, Lionsgate, and many more leaders in the space. Produced by Concurrent Media, the event will provide insights on how media and entertainment companies are using apps to distribute premium content, enhance viewer engagement and create new revenue opportunities.
The conference will cover topics such as movie distribution via social-networking platforms, social viewing apps for movies and TV and monetization strategies. Naushad will speak about HTML5 vs. Native Apps; more specifically, answering questions such as: Will HTML5 really allow web-based apps to do everything that iOS and Android apps can do? This panel will focus on the advantages/downsides of developing entertainment-oriented apps in HTML 5 vs. native platforms. How quickly are media companies shifting focus from proprietary platforms to HTML 5? Where should developers focus their resources?
Please join us for this exciting and unprecedented event, and share this note with your friends and colleagues. Registration is accessible by this link – click here.

