GamesBeat speaker spotlight: Ouya’s Julie Uhrman on flipping publishing models

If anybody does disruption, it’s Ouya. The maker of the Android micro console is catering to indie game developers, so they can publish their titles directly to the living room without the encumbrances of traditional publishing models. Ouya earned its nickname as “the people’s console,” and that’s one reason why we recruited Julie Uhrman, chief executive of Ouya, to speak at GamesBeat 2013.

Ouya, which raised more than $8.5 million on Kickstarter just 13 months ago, launched its console in June while recruiting developers to its “open publishing platform.” Uhrman will bring us up to date on the state of her company’s revolution, which has had a few bumps along the way. Will demand for Ouya materialize? Will it produce some killer hits that also monetize?