Entertainment Technology Center @ USC

LOS ANGELES (November 9, 2010) – The Entertainment Technology Center at University of Southern California (ETC@USC) today announced that its director of
business development, KC Blake, will be speaking about managing entertainment content with the “Link Between Social Media and Metadata” as part of his presentation at the
Henry Stewart Digital Asset Management Conference in Los Angeles. The event will be held on Monday, November 15, at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel.

Blake co-chairs the ETC Metadata Working Group which brings together experts from the studios and film service providers to establish a set of best practices for metadata creation
and delivery.

“It’s an honor to take part in this event and participate as a presenter on this important topic,” said Blake. “At the ETC@USC we are always looking for new ways to bring together
senior executives from the entertainment and consumer electronics industries to discuss entertainment content. This event will do just that.”

The Henry Stewart Digital Asset Management (DAM) event will highlight all the important issues from the fundamentals of how to get started with a DAM solution to the latest and
greatest practices in the management of digital media. The 2010 Los Angeles DAM event will guarantee that everyone involved in the capture, storage and application of digital
media assets is informed on the latest developments.

The event will be an essential function for businesses in all types of industries. The digital media content, such as photographs, animations, video and music, are created by leading
organizations and innovators, and the digital media assets can increase workflow productivity, help cost savings and present new opportunities for revenue generation.

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Welcome to another State of the eBook! This week we’re bringing in an expert to share some thoughts on eBooks, music and movies, and where the future is taking digital media. Read on for Gear Diary’s interview with K.C. Blake of the Entertainment Technology Center at University of Southern California.

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As I mentioned Tuesday, the growing e-reader market and the new Barnes & Noble “Nook” had me shook.

After all, I’m a book lover and was worried that the ability to share electronic books would mean that traditional books would go the way of newspapers, records and CDs.

Not quite, says KC Blake of USC’s Entertainment Technology Center. “I don’t think any e-reader is ever going to fully replace the feeling of turning physical pages,” Blake says.

You can say that again, buddy.

Blake points out that the Nook’s ability to share electronic books is significant because consumers are used to sharing their media.

“If there’s an ability to share your e-books with your friends,” Blake says, “that’s going to be viewed as a competitive advantage for sure.” But while sharing a book is important, so is a book’s “collector appeal,” Blake adds.

“A book is viewed as educational and there’s some intrinsic value in just having this knowledge sitting on a shelf,” Blake
says.

So does this mean that I will still be able to go to the library and bookstore to borrow and buy real books in the near
future?

“I don’t think books are going away anytime soon,” Blake says. “I’m not sure that books will ever go away.”

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