(WASHINGTON, DC/ARLINGTON, VA/NORWALK, CONN/BETHSEDA, MD June 10) - - - The Broadband Entertainment and Digital Media Forum, a new conference program to be produced at SUPERCOMM 2009 (Oct. 21-23, Chicago, IL), will address the commercial challenge of matching and ultimately leveraging the future needs of business customers and consumers with cutting-edge networks, services and support technology for todays demanding digital media and broadband-enabled world. The Forum will focus on the business, marketing and technology issues and opportunities facing this rapidly evolving sector while providing a vision of the markets future. Speakers and panel participants will be announced in the coming weeks. The Broadband Entertainment and Digital Media Forum will offer a 30,000 ft view to technology suppliers, enterprise groups and high-end clients and users that will give them a competitive edge for the future, said Ron Mathews, Industry Vice President, SUPERCOMM 2009. The voracious appetite of the business and end-user client to quickly and effectively harness these new technologies will be explored in depth. This Forums content, along with the new strategic direction of SUPERCOMM, we believe, will attract a new audience of business professionals that will help us keep SUPERCOMM at the cutting-edge of communications industry. The scope of the Broadband Entertainment and Digital Media Forum, which is being produced by The Salak Group, will run the gamut of broadband applications and services, including IPTV, streaming video, interactive gaming, film, audio, voice, social networks, location-based and permission-based advertising and more. These services will support content in the areas of film, data, music, photography, news feeds, 3-D animation and others. This Forum is natural and critical extension of SUPERCOMMs traditional base. It will build a bridge between the technology suppliers and high-end users of digital media and broadband entertainment services that will help make each group stronger, more effective and ultimately more profitable, said John Salak, President, The Salak Group, Inc. The Broadband Entertainment and Digital Media Forum will have particular relevance to business professionals representing entertainment, advertising, marketing, medical, media and music production/distribution, financial services, academic, online gaming sectors, social networking groups and online multi-channel platforms. The Forums focus will also help allied broadband services that drive revenues or increase efficiency grow their businesses. SUPERCOMM 2009 (Oct. 21-23, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL) will present a premiere broadband technology forum where industry stakeholders will gather to discuss strategic issues, new business opportunities and common concerns in bringing Broadband Technology into Americans homes and communities. From stellar keynote presentations, private-public partnership forums & discussions and bleeding-edge technology and standards educational sessions, SUPERCOMM 2009 will offer the exceptional benefits of a new, world-class management team, EXPOCOMM Events LLC, a global producer of over 500 events worldwide; over 60 events in the technology sector. US Telecom The United States Telecom is the premier broadband trade association representing service providers and suppliers for the telecom industry. US Telcom represents companies offering a wide range of services across the communications platforms, including voice, video and data over local exchange, long distance, wireless, Internet and cable services. TIA The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) represents the global information and communications technology (ICT) industry through standards development, advocacy, tradeshows, business opportunities, market intelligence and world-wide environmental regulatory analysis. With roots dating back to 1924, TIA enhances the business environment for broadband, mobile wireless, information technology, networks, cable, satellite and unified communications. Members' products and services empower communications in every industry and market, including healthcare, education, security, public safety, transportation, government, the military, the environment and entertainment. The Salak Group, Inc. The Salak Group is a strategic communications company headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey. The group specializes in providing clients worldwide with customized strategic communications solutions that achieve strategic objectives and drive business development. For more information, please contact The Salak Group at 201-798-6484 or visit thesalakgroup.com.