Coming to the Channel Partners Conference & Expo this year is the launch of Channel Partners TV, an on-demand streaming video channel dedicated to, you guessed it, the channel. CPTV, as it is known, will feature video-taped recordings of channel leaders from the vendor, supplier and partner industry discussing key trends, growth opportunities and information executives need to make strategic decisions.
The new video offering will be hosted on the Channel Partners and MSP Summit web sites to serve our live events audiences along with those who receive our daily digital updates and weekly newsletters. CPTV hosts include Bob DeMarzo, longtime channel leader who oversees content development and strategy for Informa’s channel events, along with David Raffo, veteran technology and business editor who oversees the Channel Partners and MSP Summit newsletters. DeMarzo and Raffo will be making their on-site CPTV debut from the Channel Partners Conference & Expo Hall in the Venetian Hotel.
Get ready for CPTV to quickly become the CNBC Squawk Box for the channel featuring fast-paced, timely interviews. We’ll talk with executives who oversee vendors’ channel strategy for the industry’s leading suppliers in addition to channel partners ranging from managed service providers to technology advisors and other IT and communications partner organizations. CPTV’s charter is to offer insight, education and inspiration to channel leaders across the entire channel ecosystem. Content for CPTV will come from the speakers and content featured at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo and MSP Summit. Several thousand attendees get to experience some of that content throughout the March 24-27 event but attendees have told us they want short-form video content of sessions they could not attend during the live event. Because of those requests, we developed CPTV will serve as a digital extension of the live event experience. CPTV will actively also serve up video content in the months leading up to our events so attendees are well prepared before hitting the show floor or conference center on site.
You can see some of our pre-conference CPTV videos here.
CPTV will be broadcasting from the Expo floor of the huge Venetian Conference center starting March 25, with a star-studded lineup of guests that include:
Scott Barlow, VP, Global MSP and Cloud Alliances, Sophos
Matt Fassnacht, VP, Channel Chief, Comcast Business
Mark Tin, VP, Indirect & Partner Channel, Verizon
Kristy Thomas, SVP, Global Channels and Alliances, Vonage
Don Ochoa, CEO, Mach Networks
Tim Acker, VP of Channel Sales, Lumen Technologies
Jeff Hill, Americas Service Provider Leader, Stellar Cyber
Steve Forcum, Director of Program Management, Sippio
Chris Nein, SVP, Channel Sales, Zayo