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ROBERT KING,
a pioneer in digital media, and an innovator in marketing, advertising, direct
selling and technologies for over 30 years. His marketing expertise has spanned
the globe including associations with ADP, CCH, Tymshare, Infonet-Minitel, Toshiba,
Microsoft's Mr. Bill Gates/Casio, Klipsch/BAFTA Lucas event , America's
Cup, IBM, PSA INC, Boston Acoustics, AOL, RICOH, Night of 100 stars, Time Warner -WAMO, GM-Hughes/Spielberg.
Currently
the burgeoning IPTV , Interactive TV, and Mobile Marketplace.
Mr. King for the last 18 years is a renowned strategic new media advisor to
global conglomerates.
Specializing in the facilitation of the worldwide business of entertainment, for
feature films, television, music and new media. His expertise crosses
between traditional production-distribution to the cutting edge and back again.
He continues to furthered strategic alliances from international technology
partners in broadband entertainment including rapidly expanding broadband
wireless and the Burgeoning HD and HD DVD business.
King is well known for Merging Hollywood and New Media; producing the Steven
Spielberg's DreamWorks-GM Hughes event as well as the
premiering the first film to DVD at the Venice International Film Festival,
establishing him as a leading proponent of DVD.
Additionally, his keynote address launched the Venice Film Market and gave
great awareness to the filmmakers' role from DVD to Digital Cinema.
King is a recognized speaker on New Media and DVD technology and is a founding
member of The International Association of multi channel music
(IAMM) along with
Tom Holman, the inventor of George Lucas's THX sound,
He was a key panelist with Tom Dolby and Tom Holman as to copyright and Digital
rights protection.
Robert King also now appears on
several IPTV shows with interviews from Jay Leno , to the founder of Gateway Jim
Wiatt , King host's " you are funded " Reality TV for the business minded.
With guest appearances
on Broadcast TV
world wide on FTV Networks www.FTV.com
Robert King created and coined the Traveltainment brand and launched the Television
Networks premiere production and in 1999 served as the Executive Producer of the
Travel Awards in London, attended by many of the world's leading travel industry
Executives as well as many celebrities including Nigel Mansell, Leo Sayer, The
Drifters, Edwin Star and the Artist Formally known as Prince. This was
both a TV broadcast, and Early stages of Interactive and IPTV.
King was also the new media producer for the Première of the CyberNet Live
Worldfest, featuring the alliances of many cutting edge technologies. The event was
sponsored in part by Variety, Earthlink, Yahoo, GoTo, EBay, PlayStation, and
celebrated the Internet's 30th birthday. And honored the founder of the IP
Internet from UCLA, Dr. Kleinrock
King also produced New Media ventures with Toshiba, Time Warner,
Venice International Film Festival, Hughes GM and Dream Works with Steven
Spielberg and Night of 100stars.
Some
Interesting highlights:
While
being active in the Americas cup King got to introduce News Corp's Rupert
Murdoch to among his first experience of a live internet chat with the now
late Yacht skipper Peter Blake as they witnessed together Peter " text
chatting " with his fans from New Zealand thru a Delphi connection in San Diego
at the media center.
Robert King had
personally campaigned to US Pres William Clinton, Mayor of Los Angeles
Richard Riordian and the Calif Governor as to being the " first Secretary of E
Commerce " this came as a result of King introducing a New Media campaign to the
then running Governor.
2000 King's much
talked about company launch with "World One Networks" , well known TV
Producers Harry Thomson, Alan Ladd and Brown in which King was made
President of Broadband of " WON " company had an expected feature film
slate STARS included Billy Bob Thornton, Burt Reynolds " Crossing the Bar" and video
library acquisitions including many titles from Hearst.
1988 include Robert
King 's consulting in the beginning of the First commercial enterprise of the
Internet " Infonet and France Telecom's -Minitel USA.
In 1984 famed
Producer W Stark contracted with King for a slate of feature films
including the " Petrified Prince " written by Ingmar Bergman.
Robert King over the many years has and is active in many charities
and philanthropic endeavors, he founded the educational Radio station WXBA which
for 35 years has been a beacon in Long Island for students as they enter the
entertainment industry also serving
Educators and
millions of listeners. King was a Boy Scout
and then became a Scout Executive.
He was involved in support of the AJC/ Honoring Steven Spielberg to Whitney Houston/ Michael Bolton Foundation,
Friends Helping Friends, (the NBC Hit show Friends cast), and the Southern
California consulting center charity having launched the Wallis Annenberg Award.
King makes financial contributions to RTFD, Artists Rights Foundation now
the Film Foundation, Best Buddies, Oceana, Black and White Police Ball, and
others.
Robert King continues to break new ground as he presents fundamental new
philosophies for the creative community to embrace. Mr. King has been quoted as
saying:
" The ABC's of new media are the Artists
Broadcasting to the Customer ”. and
his pursuit to maintain Artistic excellence for Digital Evolution
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