Tubefilter Hollywood Web Television Meetup — October 2009

Hailey Bright, Co-Host, Coin-Op TV Live: Hailey Bright is the Associate Producer and Co-Host of Coin-Op TV Live, a weekly talk show about the video game industry, people, and events. The show utilizes new media and technology to update the talk show formula by incorporating a live chat room audience, live video interviews across the world via Skype and trivia with viewers using Twitter. Hailey also recently hosted for Machinima.com's Coverage of the Tokyo Game Show, Modeled for Spiderman Comics, and is currently launching her new production company, Bright Idea Productions, which will focus around many elements of live streaming. An actress and model, Hailey was named IGN.com’s ‘Babe of the Day’ and one of the ‘Hottest Women of the Web’ by G4tv.

Brian Gramo, Founder theStream.tv: The creator of Filmnut, The Game Show, and Can I Nail It? is also the founder of theStream.tv. Brian already had four live shows airing each week out of his apartment in Santa Monica in 2006. By January 2007, Brian moved theStream.tv into its second studio and continued to add additional interactive shows to the programming lineup that focused on various niche topics. Filmnut was the first of these shows to launch in the new space. theStream.tv has since upgraded to an even larger facility and airs over 10 live shows each week, has served more than 10 million video feeds since launch and continues to develop new shows that take advantage of its unique, interactive style.

Tyler Crowley, Executive Producer, Mahalo Daily: Tyler Crowley is the Director of Corporate Development, Marketing and Strategy at Mahalo, where he additionally functions as the Executive Producer of Mahahlo Daily, This Week in Startups with Jason Calacanis, Kevin Pollak's Chat Show and others. Prior to joining Mahalo, Tyler traded technology and petroleum services stocks from the comfort of the beaches in Thailand and Costa Rica. In 2003 Tyler started a fashion design company which sold internationally in over 20 countries and to several national department stores domestically.

Bismarck Lepe, Founder, Ooyala: Prior to founding Ooyala with Sean Knapp (CTO) and Belsasar Lepe (Director of Engineering), Bismarck worked at Google as a Senior Product Manager responsible for the development and launch of monetization products for the Google AdSense network. While at Google, Bismarck launched over 25 different products focused on search and content monetization that contributed over $1 billion dollars in annual revenue. Bismarck directly led the display and video advertising efforts for the AdSense network. At Ooyala, Bismarck was CEO and President of Product from inception in 2007 until August 2009. As CEO, he raised over $10M of funding, developed the strategic vision of the company and signed many of the early media partnerships.

Drew Baldwin, Producer, The Streamy Awards: Drew Baldwin is a co-creator and producer of the 1st Annual Streamy Awards, the first live, multi-camera awards show broadcast to a global online audience. He is a Co-founder of Tubefilter, the leading authority in the web television space. Tubefilter exhaustively covers the industry, the creators, and the stars of this fast-paced, emerging entertainment market. Drew is also a co-founder of the International Academy of Web Television, and serves as the Chair of the New Media Council for the Caucus for Writers, Producers, and Directors.