Alan Sawyer is a strategy consultant and analyst, specializing in the Canadian media world.
With an extensive background in the area of digital content, he brings a unique combination of technical and business perspectives to his analysis of the Canadian media industry and of emerging technologies and business models. He believes that the age of convergence within the media world, between traditional and new media, is at hand.
Alan has recently completed an in-depth study on how Canadian consumers of video content are impacted by new distribution technologies and how Canadian producers and broadcasters are addressing these new opportunities and challenges in comparison to their U.S. counterparts.
Alan programmed the ICE 2007 conference and is a frequent speaker at both traditional and new media conferences (including the 2006 ICE conference).
Alan is widely recognized as an expert on media in Canada and is a frequent commentator on media and telecom in print and on radio and television.
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