Shelly Palmer - Shelly Palmer Biography
Shelly Palmer Biography
Shelly Palmer is the host of “MediaBytes,” a daily
news show that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders
take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment.
He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry
leading consulting firm and the President of the National Academy
of Television Arts & Sciences, NY (the organization that bestows
the coveted Emmy® Awards).
Along with his contributions to the advancement of television, Palmer
is a pioneer in the field of Internet technologies. He is the inventor
of the underlying technology for Enhanced Television used by programs
such as ABC’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and ESPN’s
Monday Night Football. In 2004, ABC’s Celebrity Mole Yucatan
received an Emmy® Award in the category of Enhancement of Original Television
Content. It was Palmer who led ABC’s team of advanced media professionals
and spearheaded the award-winning project.
His professional vitae includes years of experience in television production.
He created and produced HotPop, a teen lifestyle and music show for
Starz/Encore’s WAM! and has directed and produced dozens
of national television commercials. Palmer has also enjoyed a highly
distinguished career as a composer and producer. He was the recipient
of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP’s)
12th Annual Film and Television Music Award for ABC’s hit series Spin
City. He was also recognized the following season in the category
of “Most Performed Television Themes.” Palmer’s music credits include
the theme songs for Live with Regis & Kelly, Rivera
Live and MSNBC as well as the digital debut of the “real” cat singing
the classic “Meow, Meow, Meow, Meow” for Meow Mix.
Palmer is a popular speaker and moderator at technology and media conferences
hosted by industry organizations and top tier colleges and universities,
like: The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), The
National Association of Broadcasters Convention (NAB), The
National Show presented by the National Cable Television Association
(NCTA), Telecom presented by the United States Telecom Association,
Digital Hollywood, iHollywood, ad:tech, iMedia and ITV Europe. He is
a guest lecturer at the MIT Media Lab, Stern Graduate Business School
at NYU, The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) at Columbia
University, The Graziadio School of Business Management at Pepperdine
University, The Digital Content Lab at the American Film Institute and
other top tier colleges and universities.
A graduate of New York University’s School of the Arts, he is the author
of one of the most popular television business news blogs, a weekly
columnist for the Jack Myers Report, The Huffington
Post and a technology commentator for CNN.com.
Palmer is the author of Television Disrupted: The Transition from
Network to Networked TV 2nd Edition (York House Press, 2008) the
seminal book about the technological, economic, and sociological forces
that are changing everything. For more information, visit shellypalmer.com.
Shelly Palmer Short Biography
Shelly Palmer is a consultant and the host of MediaBytes a daily show
featuring news you can use about technology, media & entertainment and
Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group LLC. He invented
the underlying technology for Enhanced Television (Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire, Monday Night Football), the most popular form of interactive
television in the United States. Mr. Palmer is the President of the
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, NY (the organization
that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards). His professional vitae includes
years of experience in television production and musical composition.
He created and produced HotPop, a teen lifestyle and music show airing
on Starz/Encore’s WAM! A prolific composer, Palmer was the recipient
of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP’s)
12th Annual Film and Television Music Award for ABC’s hit series Spin
City. He was also recognized the following season in the category of
“Most Performed Television Themes.” Palmer’s music credits include the
theme songs for Live with Regis & Kelly, Rivera Live and MSNBC as well
as the digital debut of the “real” cat singing the classic “Meow, Meow,
Meow, Meow.” He is a weekly columnist for the Jack Myers Report, The
Huffington Post and a technology commentator for CNN.com. Palmer is
the author of Television Disrupted: The Transition from Network to Networked
TV 2nd Edition (York House Press, 2008) the seminal book about the technological,
economic, and sociological forces that are changing everything. For
more information, visit shellypalmer.com.
Shelly Palmer Byline
Shelly Palmer is a consultant and the host of MediaBytes a daily news
show featuring news you can use about technology, media & entertainment,
Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group LLC and the author
of Television Disrupted: The Transition from Network to Networked TV
(2008, York House Press). Shelly is also President of the National Academy
of Television Arts & Sciences, NY (the organization that bestows the
coveted Emmy® Awards). Shelly can be reached at shelly@palmer.net
Shelly Palmer Stage Introduction
Our speaker, Shelly Palmer is a true Renaissance man - an awarding-winning
writer, director, producer and composer he is also a technologist, an
inventor and a leading expert on the forces that are shaping the future
of technology, media and entertainment. He is president of the National
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, New York - the organization that
bestows the coveted Emmy Award. Mr. Palmer is also the author of Television
Disrupted: The Transition from Network to Networked TV, the seminal
book about the technological and sociological revolution that is remaking
the television business. He is a technology columnist for CNN.com, Jack
Myers Reports and a featured blogger on the Huffington Post. You’ve
heard his theme music on shows like Live with Regis & Kelly and Spin
City, seen his television productions like, HotPop and Midnight Money
Madness. He is the managing director of Advanced Media Ventures Group
LLC and the host of MediaBytes, please welcome, Shelly Palmer.
