Josette Bonte

JOSETTE BONTE currently serves as Managing Director of Broadband and
Video Services at RHK Inc., overseeing the consulting and research
practices of the firm in both areas. She has 12 years of experience as
an executive working in the film and television production and
distribution industries followed by 13 years in new media and
telecommunications. In the 1980s, Dr. Bonte served as Executive Director
of Unifrance Film, where she represented the French motion picture and
television industry in Hollywood. She subsequently founded EuroScreen
Partners, a film production company capitalized by European cable
operators and banks. Dr. Bonte most recently served as Senior Vice
President, Business Development, for online games company Media Station,
Inc., where she headed the technology licensing and broadband affiliate
relations department. She previously worked as IP content strategist for
PanAmSat Net/36 CDN, on a consulting basis, where she concentrated on
broadband content strategy and customer acquisition. In 1994, she joined
US West as Head of Strategic Marketing, Entertainment and Interactive
Services, where she participated in the company’s early interactive
media and VoD trials and soon became the company’s liason with the
Hollywood entertainment industry for content licensing. Dr. Bonte
received an MFA from the UCLA School of Film and Television in 1981 and
a PhD in Telecommunications and New Media from the Sorbonne in 1996.