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Lauren Zalaznick, Chairman, NBC Universal
Green Council, to Keynote Green Media Summit

Lauren Zalaznick

Lauren Zalaznick, the President of Bravo Media and Oxygen Media, will address the home entertainment industry at its April 2 Green Media Summit in Los Angeles. Zalaznick was named President of Oxygen Media after its acquisition by NBC Universal in November of 2007. She also serves as chairman of the NBC Universal Green Council, which was responsible for last fall's weeklong programming commitment to environmental themes as well as the company's ongoing green initiatives.

Oxygen is a program service of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment and is currently available in over 73 million homes. One of the nation’s leading female-focused cable television networks, Oxygen airs unconventional and original programming including “The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency,” “The Bad Girls Club” and “Tori & Dean: Inn Love.”

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Dan Esty

LOS ANGELES -- Dan Esty, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at Yale University, and author of the business best-seller "Green to Gold," has been named the keynote speaker at the first Green Media Summit, April 2 in Los Angeles. This invitation-only event will host over 125 executives from all home entertainment studios who are exploring new environmental practices for the design, supply and retailing of home entertainment software.

Professor Esty is the Director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy as well as the Yale World Fellows Program and is the author or editor of eight books and numerous articles on environmental policy issues and the relationships between the environment and trade, globalization, security, competitiveness, international institutions, and development. His current research agenda includes projects on environmental protection in the Information Age and a rethinking for corporate environmental strategy.

Esty will participate in, advise and consult throughout the day as part of the program's in-depth, highly-interactive expert knowledge exchange about creating more sustainable programs for the design of DVD packaging, and creating green disciplines for retail merchandising, transportation, and manufacturing. The program will provide tutorials on the new environmental scorecards from key retailers. Presentation and analysis of the latest carbon emission analysis of the DVD will debut. Updates will be provided by current cross-industry environmental working groups on packaging, displays, transportation and education.

Due to space limitations, content holders must apply to attend by sending name, title, company and brief relevance description to the attention of Lyndsey Schaefer: schaefer@degonline.org

The Green Media Summit is sponsored by: AGI (Polymatrix and Media), Ivy Hill, Shorewood Packaging, Sony DADC, Wynalda Litho, GreenDisk, NAPCO, Univenture. The event is produced by DEG: the Digital Entertainment Group and the Entertainment Supply Chain Academy (ESCA). Media sponsors are Video Business and contentagenda.com

For more information visit: www.greenmediasummit.com

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CONFERENCE PROGRAM: MEET THE EXPERTS

“The Carbon Disclosure Project – Climate Change and Shareholder Value”
Zoe Riddell. Vice President, Carbon Disclosure Project USA (live via video)

Panel Session: “DVD Supply Chain Carbon Footprint Analysis”
Tony Korkunis, Senior Vice President, Category Management & Retail Operations, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Tom Emrey, COO, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Larry Wilk, Vice President, Worldwide Operations, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

“SmartWay Transport:  Creating a Demand for More Sustainable Transportation”
Mitchell Greenberg, Program Manager, SmartWay/EPA

“Green IT – Facing the Downside of Moore’s Law”
David Mochella, Global Research Director, Computer Sciences Company

“The Business Case for Green Building”
Lance A. Williams, Executive Director, US Green Building Corporation, LA Chapter.

"Pursuit of Green Packaging & Retail Display"
Beth Rattner,  Blu Skye Sustainability Consulting

"Looking for Energy Efficiency in Transportation"
Kyle Tangier, Principal, Clear Carbon Consulting

"Searching for Sustainability in the Manufacturing Process"
 Lance Williams, U.S. Green Building Council

"Closing Session: The Home Entertainment Industry’s Environmental Agenda for Sustainability"
Larry Wilk, Vice President, Worldwide Operations, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment; Tom Emrey, Universal Studios Home Entertainment; Tony Korkunis, Senior Vice President, Category Management & Retail Operations, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Lightning Round Presentations By Event Partners

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GREEN MEDIA AWARDS TO  BE PRESENTED

As part of the end-of-day reception, DEG: the Digital Entertainment Group has announced that it will be presenting the first-ever Green Media Awards, highlighting the year's innovations in environmental packaging, production, supply chain, retail display and consumer education.

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SUPPLIER LIGHTNING ROUND PRESENTATIONS

One of the highlights of the day's program will be a lightning round of the industry's leading suppliers who will educate attendees about the latest developments in the field of eco-friendly supplies and services for the home entertainment industry. Already scheduled to present are: AGI Polymatrix, AGI Media, James Allyn Printing, Arvato/Sonopress, Bert-co, Hub Folding Box Co., Greendisk, Ivy Hill, Key Solutions, NAPCO, Nexpak, Paperfoam, Shorewood, Sony DADC, Technicolor, Univenture, UPS, Viva Magnetics, Wynalda

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DEG Announces Green Media Summit

Event on April 2 in Los Angeles Will Address Environmental Information Needs of Home Entertainment Execs

Bob Chapek

LOS ANGELES -- (January 30, 2008) --DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group has announced the first in a series of events designed to inform the studio and entertainment communities about the latest developments and opportunities for the environmental delivery of digital entertainment media. The Green Media Summit, scheduled for April 2, 2008 at the Luxe Hotel in Los Angeles, is an invitation-only meeting for an exclusive list of operations, creative services, marketing and sales delegates from content holders and their partners.

"We need to make certain we deliver the content – be it physical or digital media – in an eco-friendly manner that is respectful of the environment,” said Bob Chapek, Chairman, DEG and President, Walt Disney Studios Worldwide Home Entertainment. “Now, more than ever, we need to work together to find solutions that help us watchdog ourselves into making a cleaner, greener world,"

The one-day event is being co-produced by the Entertainment Supply Chain Academy (ESCA), which will be developing the conference program in cooperation with Reed Business Information. Reed Business Information, publisher of Variety, Video Business, contentagenda.com and the Green Report, is the event's media partner.

"The home entertainment community plans to accelerate its leadership in adopting environmental best practices and the Green Summit is where our industry will gather for the first time to exchange market intelligence and develop a collaborative game plan," explained Amy Jo Smith, Executive Director, DEG.

For speaker consideration, contact Conference Chairman Devendra Mishra at Mishra@degonline.org.

Packaging, printing, replication and transportation companies, and other service providers are invited to provide sponsorship support by contacting: Linda Buckley Bruno, Publisher, Video Business and Director, Home Entertainment,Variety at: 323-965-2402 or via email at: lbuckley@reedbusiness.com