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Is the Set-Top Box Dead? - Ian Mecklenburgh

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  • Tuesday, 03 December 2013
  • 00:3 - 00:3
  • Duration: 6 mins
  • Publication date: 02 Dec 2013
  • Location: IETTV_Room, IETTV_Venue, London, United Kingdom
  • Part of event John Logie Baird Lecture 2013

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The speaker debates whether the set-top box is dead or not, given the increasing use of online services by the audience and the delivery of content to all sorts of devices.


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    Ian Mecklenburgh

    Virgin Media Inc., Digital Entertainment, Director of Consumer Platforms and Product Strategy

    Director, Consumer Platforms, Virgin Media Digital EntertainmentIan has over 20 years' experience in the communications, IT and media sectors where he has specialised in defining, developing and delivering internet, IPTV, interactive TV and broadband services for global blue chip organisations and start-ups. Prior to joining Virgin Media he spent four years as a consultant for organisations including the Digital TV Group, working to develop the industry association’s connected TV strategy. He worked on the launch of Freesat and IP Vision's Fetch TV and also advised Capita plc on the UK’s Digital Switchover Help Scheme. Ian has held senior digital media and technology positions at Home Choice (now TalkTalk), the BBC where he worked on the early development of what became Freeview, and at Cable and Wireless plc. Most recently, he was responsible for the successful launch of Virgin Media's TiVo service.
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