Geoff Katz

Transpond, Inc. provides advertising services for social networks. The company was founded by Peter Yared in June 2007 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

TiVo Solutions, Inc. provides broadband television services and products. The company was founded by Howard Look, James Michael Barton and Michael Ramsay on September 19, 1997 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Liberate Technologies engaged in the provision of software platform for the internet content and applications. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

PacketVideo Corp. develops software for mobile telephones and other wireless handheld devices. The firm offers software that transmits video and digital media over wireless networks to devices such as handheld computers, mobile phones and laptops. The company was founded by James C. Brailean and James Z. Carol on August 10, 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Method is a design & innovation consultancy with deep expertise in research, strategy, design and technology. The firm solves business challenges through design thinking and creates inspired products, services and brand experiences that engage users. Method has enabled hundreds of businesses to outperform competitors through the creation of unified branding & communications, compelling user experiences, and smart, differentiated products & services across every consumer touch point on the web, on mobile, in print, on advanced television and within physical & immersive environments. Their clients are best described as owners of progressive, era-defining brands, including Google, Comcast, MoMA, Samsung, Nokia, Microsoft, Time Warner Cable, Intel, the BBC, and many others. Method is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York & London.

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Inc. organizes social and civic activities including arts and sciences. It publishes emmy magazine, oversees television archives and educational programs through its ATAS foundation. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in North Hollywood, CA.

DIRECTV provides digital television entertainment services in the United States and in Latin America. It provides multi-channel television programming services through a satellite dish and offers access to various channels of digital picture and sound, and collection of sports programming. The company operates through three segments: DIRECTV U.S., DIRECTV Latin America and DIRECTV Sports Networks. The DIRECTV Holdings and its subsidiaries provide DTH digital television and multi-channel video programming distribution services to subscribers with access to hundreds of channels of digital-quality video entertainment and CD-quality audio programming that transmit directly to subscribers' homes or businesses via high-powered geosynchronous satellites, and also provides video-on-demand via broadband in the United States. The DIRECTV Latin America Holdings and its subsidiaries provides DTH digital television services throughout Latin America. The DIRECTV Sports Networks and its subsidiaries, is comprised primarily of three regional sports television networks based in Seattle, Denver and Pittsburgh, each of which operates under the brand name ROOT SPORTS. DIRECTV was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.