Entertainment Technology Center @ USC

The Executive Director job has now been officially posted and USC is accepting applications. Please click the link to view and apply - http://etcusc.co/ed-search

Entertainment Matters, sponsored by Variety and Ericsson, is the International CES program developed to help entertainment professionals navigate the largest, most influential technology show in the world, through exhibits, conference sessions and events critical to the Hollywood community.

Returning to the 2012 International CES, Entertainment Matters at CES provides you with the opportunity to see firsthand why the world’s premiere event for technology is also the ultimate platform for content.

LOS ANGELES - (October 26, 2011) – The Entertainment Technology Center at The University of Southern California (ETC@USC), a non-profit consortium that brings entertainment studios, consumer electronics manufacturers, and other key industry players together in order to improve the appeal of digital entertainment, is pleased to announce the appointment of chairman emeritus Bob Lambert to chief strategic officer. Bob is a long-time ETC@USC board member and industry visionary whose aim will be to continue accelerating the upward trajectory of the ETC@USC.  Vince Roberts, ETC's chairman and EVP and CTO of Disney/ABC Television made the announcement today.

The ETC brings together senior executives from the entertainment, consumer electronics, technology, and services industries to discuss and importantly, to act upon, topics related to the creation, distribution, and consumption of entertainment content. The ETC, an organization within the USC School of Cinematic Arts, helps drive collaborative projects among our member companies, and also brings next generation consumers to the table to understand the impact of new technology on all aspects of the entertainment industry – technology development and implementation, the creative process, and existing business models.

ETC is working to bring member company employees into B-B social network around entertainment technology, helping them share knowledge, learn form each other, and make sense of the evolving landscape.

The ETCentric is the answer - a collaborative online destination that provides technology news, trends and opinions as they relate to entertainment media.