Marcus Leser - Telcast Media Group

Chief Operating Officer

Marcus Leser - Telcast Media Group

Marcus Leser Chief Operating Officer for Telcast Media Group. His responsibilities include Research and Development, Programme Production and Business Development. Marcus Leser joined Telcast in 2001 and was a member of the launch team for earth television network that year. Earthtv is now described by one client as ‘the biggest TV production studio in the world’. earthTV is the most successful daily LIVE programme out of Europe, reaching over 2 billion Television viewers in 200 countries - available in any language and station design, delivered LIVE every hour, 24 times per day. earthTV’s spectacular 90 seconds LIVE programming airs on more than 40 TV networks around the world. In January 2007 earthTV launched its new online platform www.earthTV.com.

Telcast is at the forefront of technological innovation developing and patenting hi-end tech solutions, cameras and studios which and allow it and its clients to create unique branded entertainment and reality formats. Telcast is the world’s major LIVE television company, its unique Double Cam 2 is the world’s first wearable television studio whilst Telcast’s BIG NATION offers clients advanced decentralized easy access television studios.

Before joining Telcast  Marcus built a reputation as a programme and project manager specialist. He worked on the SMART car market launch [a division of Mercedes Benz Cars] and was Category Manager in New Economy B2C company letsbuyit.com. He lives in Munich.

DNA 2008 - Speakers overview

Confirmed speakers include


  • Helen Boaden - BBC News
  • Catherine Captain - msnbc.com
  • Hans Laroes - NOS
  • Stephen Marshall - GNN
  • Geir Børdalen - NRK News
  • Marcel Houtman - Skoeps International
  • Simon Bucks - Sky News
  • Christian Van Thillo - De Persgroep
  • Jorg Sadrozinski - Taggesschau.de
  • Yme Bosma - Hyves.net
  • Edward Roussel - Telegraph Media Group
  • Maurits van Rijckevorsel - De Telegraaf
  • Bas Broekhuizen - Volkskrant TV
  • Shu Chen Tan - VPRO
  • Jan Ouvry - VRT
  • Atte Jääskeläinen - YLE News
  • Rowan Barnett - The AvaStar
  • Olivier Chapel - Zattoo
  • Simon Cox - Turner Media Innovation
  • Lara Ankersmit - Telegraaf Digital
  • Joris Van Heukelom - DAG
  • Russell Buckley - AdMob
  • Jan Maarten Groen - Mobi Concepts
  • Richard Foan - ABCe
  • Andrew Creighton - Vice Europe
  • Mike Sechrist - WKRN Nashville
  • Michael Rosenblum - Rosenblum Associates
  • Eric Brown - ImpactGames
  • Reiner Mittelbach - IFRA
  • Christian Trippe - Deutsche Welle
  • Sara Quinn - Poynter Visual Journalism Center
  • Adriaan Bouten - McGraw-Hill
  • Alexander Houben - Volksfreund
  • Jean-Francois Dumas - Influence Communications
  • Niels de Kind - WUZ.nl
  • Rob Prass - Media Academie
  • Bertrand Pecquerie - World Editors Forum
  • Paul Egglestone - University of Central Lancashire
  • Chuck Fadley - Miami Herald
  • Oliver Luft - News Editor
  • Margot Wallström - European Commission
  • Norm Johnston - MindShare Interaction EMEA
  • Duco Sickinghe - Telenet
  • Monique Villa - Reuters Media
  • Prof. Adrian Monck - City University (UK)
  • Pat Younge - The Travel Channel
  • Mark Jones - Reuters
  • Paul Keller - Creative Commons
  • Tyler Brûlé - Monocle
  • James Montgomery - FT.com
  • Russell Merryman - Al Jazeera International
  • Mikkel Lucas Overby - Serious Games Interactive
  • Marcus Leser - Telcast Media Group
  • Tom Turcan - Guardian