Confab zeroes in on digital effects

June 27, 2007 The continuing digital revamping of the media and entertainment business was in the spotlight Tuesday at a PricewaterhouseCoopers event here. In a closely watched keynote session, NBC Universal chief digital officer George Kliavkoff highlighted his interest in more partnerships, especially with technology companies, as well as adding gaming and e-commerce offerings. Tuesday's event also formally launched PwC's "Global Entertainment and Media Outlook: 2007-2011," which projects that revenue streams that aren't subject to digital competition -- including media firms' digital businesses, boxoffice, TV subscriptions and video games, among others -- will grow well ahead of revenue streams challenged by digital competition, including home video, physical recorded music and book sales as well as newspaper and magazine sales.

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