Ian Nock

Streaming Forum 2019: Is OTT better than broadcast?

I will be presenting at the Streaming Forum on the 26th February 2019, covering UHD and HDR today and tomorrow, see the conference programme for more information.

They asked me my thoughts about whether OTT was better than broadcast… although really it was a question about whether new IP based services are better than traditional services.

OTT needs to remove the shackles of its birth and understand that it is a TV service and not just a delivery medium but to do that companies need to think full service replacement for their customers (Live, Linear, On Demand, Catchup, (n)PVR, Broadcast, Search, Recommendations and Aggregation) on top of its natural advantages of multi-device TV Anywhere and without being tied to specific network.

They do need to move the needle on providing that full service to really take off, to truly replace our legacy delivery path services that many still have today.

You can read more views on this question on their blog.

Ian Nock is the Founder of Fairmile West, which is a Consulting company focused on working in the Consumer Device and Video arena. We work with clients on technology strategy and product delivery through key practices in Consumer Devices and Video Services. If you are interested in learning more about what we do, please do get in touch via our website – Contact us. You can also keep track with what interests us in the industry by following our Link blog at TV Tech News, and you can specifically follow news on Ultra HD via the following link – Ultra HD News.

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Ian Nock is the Managing Director of Fairmile West Consulting, and has over 25 years experience in high technology research, development, and operations. Since entering the TV industry in the late 1990s, he has worked in the delivery of many Satellite, Cable, IPTV and OTT video platforms across Europe in diverse roles that encompass technology and operations from production to consumption. Ian moved into consulting in 2004 working with some of the most innovative vendor and operator companies in the industry. He founded Fairmile West Consulting (www.fairmilewest.com) in 2012 as a multi-national, high expertise Digital TV and Media consulting and professional services company, working with large/small operators and technology vendors on product/technology strategy, architecture, and delivery. Taking an early interest in the development of Ultra HD, Fairmile West has been a member of the Ultra HD Forum since 2015 and Ian is the Chair of the Ultra HD Forum Interop Working Group. Ian is also the Chair of the IET Multimedia Communications Technical Professional Network. Ian graduated with a First Class Bachelors Degree in Engineering Technology in 1992 from Leicester Polytechnic (now De Montfort University), undertaking research into medical automation, flexible packaging dynamics and post graduate research into artificial intelligence based control systems with a number of published papers in those areas. He quickly jumped out of academia into the nascent Internet and Networking industry before moving into TV. He is a member of the IET, IEEE, RTS and Fellow of the SCTE: The Society for Broadband Professionals. He blogs at http://fairmilewest.com, on LinkedIn and can be found on Twitter at @iannock.