In a recent FanTrust blog entry, we profiled ICE Cubes - a series of podcasts that examines current trends and news stories in interactive entertainment. FanTrust President Catherine Warren's podcast - in which she share her thoughts about digital audiences, business trends and more - can be heard below. ice-cubes-2008-catherine-warren.mp3

ICE Cubes – a series of podcasts that examines current trends and news stories in interactive entertainment – launched this week in conjection with the Interactive Content Exchange (ICE) conference. An ICE 2008 advisory board member and presenter, FanTrust President Catherine Warren recently sat down with ICE Cubes host and producer Alan Sawyer to share her thoughts about the digital ABC’s – audience, business and content – including: How audiences are changing entertainment content and the business of entertainment Aggregating fans to monetize online content Developing a profitable digital strategy (property-specific or corporate) Raising capital for multiplatform IP What the gaming ...

FanTrust’s Catherine Warren will be attending ICE 2008, Canada’s pre-eminent conference on interactive media in Toronto, March 26-28. Catherine will play double-duty at the conference - as ICE advisory board member and panel moderator. As always, here are FanTrust’s “Top 3” picks for ICE 2008: Making It: Building entertainment properties outside the system Why: This master class session (moderated by Catherine Warren, Fan Trust President) will explore the strategies and tactics taken by the creator of a successful, nontraditional 360-degree multiplatform property. Brent Friedman’s ...