France Telecom’s Lombard to Deliver Keynote at MIPTV

CANNES, March
11: Didier Lombard, the chairman and CEO of France Telecom, has been tapped
to deliver a keynote address entitled “Inventing a New Media TV Experience,” on Wednesday, April 9, at
the 45th MIPTV featuring MILIA.

In his keynote, Lombard will present his vision of France Telecom in
the audiovisual sector through its “TV Everywhere” service. Lombard joined the
France Telecom Group in 2003 as managing director, in charge of technology
missions, strategic partnerships and new uses of France Telecom. In February
2005, he was named chairman and CEO of the group. He also sits on the boards of
Orange, Thomson and Thales, and is a member of the supervisory boards of
Radiall and ST Microelectronics.

Today, France
Telecom is the third-largest mobile operator and the leading ADSL Internet
service provider in Europe. The France Telecom Group serves more than 170
million customers in five continents, with two-thirds of them under its Orange
brand.

"Didier
Lombard’s presence at MIPTV featuring MILIA 2008 shows how much convergence
between telecoms and traditional television has become a reality,” commented
Paul Johnson, the director of the television division at Reed MIDEM. “With 170
million customers throughout the world and as many potential viewers, France
Telecom is a major player in the international content market.”

—By Irene
Lew