Operator interview 2/6 - Hugo Suidman, Marketing Manager for KPN TV

"You have to be creative on every part"

In the second instalment in a series of video interviews conducted with high-profile operators at the recent IPTV World Forum in London, we spoke to Hugo Suidman, Marketing Manager for the television offering of Dutch telco KPN.  Mr. Suidman discusses the challenges of competing in the local cable market and names some of the features that can help evolve an IPTV service into a "sophisticated and personalised" offering.

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Video roundtable - Next generation cable

ipTV News Studio (part of ipTV News) and IPTV World Forum hosted a video debate discussion entitled "Next generation cable" during the IPTV World Forum 2008, held in London last March.  The discussion was chaired by TV technology journalist John Moulding and engages with threats the cable industry is facing from IPTV and satellite, and over-the-top video to some extent, and the opportunities presented by increased triple-play penetration and improved economics for non-HFC expansion.

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Video roundtable - Video quality or bust!

ipTV News Studio (part of ipTV News) and IPTV World Forum hosted a video debate discussion entitled "Video quality or bust!" during the IPTV World Forum 2008, held in London last March.  The discussion was chaired by Steve Hawley, Editor of ipTV News magazine, and begins with the premise that if content is king, does that make quality queen? As service providers move from basic TV services toward the future converged services world, in which content is multi-purposed and delivered to multiple consumer devices over multiple service platforms, how will operators guarantee a top-notch video experience? This session provides valuable insights as to what it takes to achieve high video quality, and more importantly, what it takes to maintain it.

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"We're moving away from an environment where TV is only for the television"

Video interview with David Keeley, CTO of Motorola's Home & Networks Mobility division for EMEA.

In this video interview, conducted at the recent IPTV World Forum in London, Mr. Keeley discusses how telcos can differentiate themselves in the TV business, and how the flexibility to move and control personal media between devices will be key in the future, as well as considering the technical challenges for the network that this brings.

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Operator interview 1/6 - Anders Brandt, International Business Development Manager for Lyse

As the first instalment in a series of video interviews conducted with high-profile operators at the recent IPTV World Forum in London, we speak to Anders Brandt, International Business Development Manager for Norwegian fibre to the home operator Lyse.

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Video roundtable - Television without borders

ipTV News Studio (part of ipTV News) and IPTV World Forum hosted a video debate discussion entitled "Television without borders" during the IPTV World Forum 2008, held in London last March.  The discussion centred upon the very real convergence-focused opportunities for television companies, including the services that can be launched, the business models that could support them and the technologies that will make them possible.

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