A vital part of OEDN's mission is the buy-in and participation by companies in the interactive television community. Representatives of the companies below have participated in the conception, design and launch of OEDN, and have committed to working together to foster community, ultimately leading to the creation of innovative new interactive television applications for digital cable television.

Advisory Companies

The following key players in the interactive television industry have been involved in the OEDN design and have already generously given of their time and have committed to participating in the community, to include contributing content and responding to questions and participating in the governance strategy. We couldn't do it without them!

They include representatives from cable MSOs, the ITV vendor community & developer programs, industry analysts/consultants, American Film Institute's Digital Content Lab, and interactive media graduate school programs (NYU and Ball St.)

Time Warner Cable (www.timewarnercable.com)
• Will Kreth
• Steve Riedl
• Al Straub
• Vipul Patel
• Jack Miller
• Phil Won
• George Sarosi
• Philip Batey

Comcast (www.comcast.com)
• Rob Penn
• James Mumma

Cox Communications (www.cox.com)
• Kelly King
• Steve Calzone
• Craig Smithpeters
• Luke Warren

Insight Communications (http://www.insight-com.com)
• Charlie Barnes

Advance/Newhouse (Bright House Networks) (http://www.mybrighthouse.com/)
• Kristi Kramersmeier
• Arthur C. Orduna

Vidiom Systems (http://www.vidiom.com/)
• Ellen McDaniels
• Mark Malinak
• John Washburn
• Mike Malcy
• David Houseman

Ensequence (www.ensequence.com)
• Aslam Khader

TV Works (http://www.tvworks.com/)
• Ryan Reed
• Ryan Currier
• Greg Thomson

ITAAS Inc. (http://www.itaas.com/)
• Vibha Rustagi
• Jaspal Bhasin
• Smita Pawar
• Jaitin Desai

iBox Systems (http://www.iboxsystems.com/)
• Christy Martin

Interactive TV Works (http://www.interactivetvworks.com/)
• Craig Leddy - editor/publisher of the OCAP Primer and Directory

Bob Crawford - industry consultant (ex-Viacom/MTV - consulting writer on the CTAM OCAP Primer)

Method Design (www.method.com)
• Geoff Katz

Translation Please (http://www.translation-please.com/)
• Leslie Ellis

AFI Digital Content Lab (http://www.afi.com/education/dcl/about_dcl.aspx)
• Suzanne Stefanac

Kenzan Media (http://kenzanmedia.com/)
• Chris Kilmer
• Erin Flood

Ball St. University (Center for Media Design - http://www.bsu.edu/cmd/)
• Mike Bloxham - professor

NYU ITP (Interactive Telecommunications Program - http://itp.nyu.edu/)
• Shawn Van Every – professor
• Howard Tiersky - guest professor

Cognisync (OEDN Infrastructure Provider - www.cognisync.com)
• Andrew Kelly - CEO
• Frank Nikola - OEDN Community Manager
• Brett Evanson - OEDN Community Developer

If your company or education institution is interested in participating, please contact us.