[MPEGIF News] Dieter Engel of Deutsche Telekom discusses the MPEGIF Master Class and IBC 2009

Digital TV: All together now

 

Dieter Engel, SVP Product Development Media Services at Deutsche Telekom AG,
discusses his participation in the MPEGIF Master Class and the importance of
attending IBC 2009.

 

August 19, 2009 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Dieter Engel, SVP Product
Development Media Services at Deutsche Telekom AG, first attended IBC in
2004. Over the last five years he has found the event an invaluable
networking tool for speaking with the people in the industry that are on the
cusp of future developments in his industry.

"Five years ago, IBC was mainly a place where broadcasters convened, but it
is now an important meeting place for telcos, as well as for everyone
involved in broadcasting," says Engel. "As everything in the industry comes
closer together, you can now meet telcos as well as software producers and
equipment vendors and manufacturers from, for example, Microsoft and Cisco.

 

"And there are more and more specialists and pioneers in their fields who
attend. We want to use increasingly lower bandwidth for HD programmes, for
example. At IBC, I can seek out the people and manufacturers using the
latest in compression technologies to find solutions that address this. All
the main industry leaders in that space are at IBC. The networking
opportunities are truly unparalleled."

Engle will be speaking in the closing conference session, 'The Future of
Digital Television' (Monday, 14 September, from 13:30), which forms part of
the MPEG Industry Forum's Master Class. Chaired by Sebastian Moeritz,
President and CEO of MPEGIF, the afternoon session brings together a broad
spectrum of experts in digital television, including Virgin Media's Kevin
Baughan, Open TV's Matthew Huntington and Echostar's Jeff McSchooler. The
session will include a look to the next generation of digital broadcasting
as the world heads towards analogue switch-off.

Part of Engel's presentation will focus on IPTV and how he has witnessed the
coming together of internet and television.  Having been in the online
business of Deutsche Telekom for the last 17 years, Engel is currently in
charge of IPTV Applications and PC-based Video On-Demand applications. When
Deutsche Telekom started their IPTV service in 2006, its biggest challenge
was to define the right user experience - to have a TV experience over IP
networks.

 

To read the rest of the interview with Dieter Engel go to:
http://www.ibc.org/page.cfm/action=Archive/ArchiveID=3/EntryID=36 

 

To view the MPEGIF Master Class Agenda or register for the session go to:
http://www.mpegif.org/exhibitions/IBC2009/agenda.php 

 

 

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