IPVIDEO CONSULT
Experienced consulting for IPTV, VOD, Internet TV, Broadband TV
Example Vendor Experience
Orca Interactive (LSE: ORCA) is a leading provider of IPTV middleware and applications for broadband operators and service providers.
Kasenna helps broadband service operators complete their triple play with a field-proven solution, PortalTV. PortalTV includes content delivery, services infrastructure, network management, middleware and content services. With its acquisition of ViewNow, Kasenna offers the industry's only turnkey source of IPTV infrastructure, applications, and VOD programming for video services.
Minerva Networks, Inc., is a provider of open-platform, carrier-class solutions for the delivery of television services over broadband IP networks. The company's television services management software and video processing systems are integrated into complete IP Television delivery platforms. Broadband network operators worldwide use Minerva's products and services to deliver next-generation entertainment and communications applications.
OpenTV developed and integrated and enhanced digital interactive application for EchoStar Communications Corporation's DISH Network?. Available to all of DISH Network's subscribers at channel 100, the new DISH Home channel will allow viewers to simultaneously watch six video windows of popular networks including CNN, The Weather Channel and E! displayed on an attractive full-motion video background.
SeaChange is a provider of on-demand systems and software for broadband operators. More than 100 deployments with customers ranging from NTT, to Comcast, to NTL and others use SeaChange's comprehensive solutions to fulfill more than 100 million subscriber requests each month.
In April of 2005, Myrio became a division of Siemens Communications. Siemens acquired Myrio Corporation to further bolster and enhance a winning IPTV deployment formula, including successful solutions, industry leading implementation processes, and a thorough knowledge of the broadband service provider?s network infrastructure. This unique blend of expertise and technology profoundly benefits the broadband service provider, making IPTV a reality today.
Microsoft TV develops software platforms for service providers to deliver connected TV services and new entertainment experiences to consumer audiences worldwide. Our latest product release, Microsoft® Mediaroom™, is the evolution of the award-winning Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) software platform.
About Us
Executives with an extensive telecom and video history
Kelly Edward Smith - Principle
Kelly is a recognized veteran in the area of digital video whose most recent position was as Vice President Product Marketing at Siemen's Fixed Network Division whose annual revenues exceed £2.65 billion . Kelly joined Siemens after the acquisition of Seattle-based Myrio Corporation, whose middleware still represents the largest community of actual IPTV deployments. In 1995, Kelly joined RealNetworks - the pioneers of the Internet "digital media" industry and developers of the popular RealPlayer and Rhapsody music service. He managed business development for Europe, Middle East and Africa from Real's London offices and cultivated first contracts with leading multi-national corporations such as Duetsche Telekom, BBC, MTV Europe, British Telecom, Sonera, Nokia and others. With SPRY Inc. Kelly participated in the early evolution of the Web - the America Online Internet Division was formed with the acquisition of Seattle-based SPRY - an Internet software company responsible for Internet In A Box which became the world's first Internet software suite that allowed users to instantly connect to the Internet. Internet in a Box even preceeded Netscape and quickly became the best-selling consumer/internet software application on the market. CompuServe/AOL acquired SPRY in 1995 for $100 million.
Kelly founded RocketVox which emerged as a leading content provider for businesses and consumers in emerging media channels. It aggregated and distributed world-class video properties for use across the Internet and broadband services. RocketVox was eventually acquired by thePlatform and is now the leading developer of content management and publishing systems for rich content (e.g. streaming audio & video) (http://www.theplatform.com). The web-based application helps large organizations accelerate and streamline the deployment, management and use of media assets by eliminating technical complexity from each phase of the media publishing process.
Press links:
French Giant Thomson Electronics develops new IP Video Products
Kelly Smith, veteran digital video executive launches new company
Application Service Provider, RocketVox Gets $2 million
Streaming firm RocketVox bought by local rival
RocketVox, Inc is Acquired by thePlatform
Veteran digital media pioneers team up on new consulting company
Northwest Venture voice - Siemens buys Myrio
Myrio, Bitband Unveil VOD Development
Steve Kennedy – Consultant
Steve Kennedy is currently a consultant (NetTek Ltd) specialising in Internet and telecoms strategy.
He was in full-time employment with THUS until March 2005 (from March 1995) as Head of Product Futures. Mr Kennedy had overall responsibility for evaluating and providing technical insight into future technologies (both in the Internet and voice/data areas) and how they could be utilised in the development of new products and services. He also owned THUS’s product roadmap.
Prior to joining THUS, Mr Kennedy held the position of Internet Consultant at Telecom Securicor Cellular Radio Ltd (BT Cellnet/O 2) where he was responsible for planning and designing BT Cellnet's wide area extended Local Area Network.
Mr Kennedy's previous experience includes over ten years in a variety of internal and external consultancy roles in electronic, software and network engineering.
Mr Kennedy holds a BSc in Microelectronics and Information Processing. He is a member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers ( IEE), the British Computer Society ( BCS), the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers ( IEEE, US) and a Fellow of the Royal Institution.
Rahul Sonnad - Advisor
Before founding thePlatform Rahul Sonnad worked in the R&D side of Microsoft's Digital Media Division and managed the Digital Broadcast Manager product, a turnkey media delivery solution. He later worked for WindowsMedia.com where he developed digital media service strategies. Before that, he was a project manager in the Office group and managed the release of all Asian versions of Office 2000, a $1 billion revenue set of products involving more than 200 people in six countries. Prior to Microsoft, Rahul was an engineering manager at Adobe Systems. He has a master's in computer science and technical Japanese from the University of Washington and attended Harvard Business School's MBA program.
Microsoft IPTV and Cisco Specialists
