Leadership

As Chief Executive of the Service List Registry, William is responsible for the platform proposition and service management.

William has worked with many media and technology companies, from start-up operations to major corporations. A respected thought leader, he has also published several industry reports and chaired and presented at numerous international conferences, including IBC, NAB, DVB and SMPTE. He is editor of the Multiscreen Index and the weekly informitv Connected Vision newsletter, which has thousands of subscribers worldwide. He has written millions of words on the field and helped to deliver many millions of pounds in value to clients. He is also a regular judge of industry awards.

With over two decades of consultancy engagements in broadcast and broadband convergence, William has a wealth of valuable expertise in the sector, based on practical experience of delivering high-profile services, ground-breaking innovation, and an appreciation of how users engage with media services. He is accomplished in the delivery of complex software systems and projects.

William was previously Head of New Media Operations and Head of Interactive Operations at the BBC. He was operationally responsible for online publishing and interactive television, launching services across multiple channels and platforms.

William has a PhD in Communications from the University of Leeds.

An experienced product strategist and technology leader, Matthew has broad executive experience in product strategy and technology leadership in television platform development.

Matthew was previously Director of Product at the broadcast infrastructure provider Arqiva. Before that he was Chief Technology Officer and Product Director at the satellite television provider Freesat. He formerly held Vice President positions at global television software companies Nagra and OpenTV, having started his career in interactive television platform services at Oracle.

As a leading participant in industry organisations, Matthew has been a member of the steering boards of the DVB, DTG, and HbbTV Association. He is Secretary to the Steering Board of the DVB Project and Manager of the Developer Portal for the HbbTV Association.

Matthew has first class BSc in Computer software technology from the University of Bath.

Tom has executive experience in broadcast and online video content management and distribution, most recently as a Director of Technology at ITV. There he was accountable for the technology strategy, engineering and technology programme delivery for internal technology platforms to support broadcast, commercial and content distribution services, and for the technology developments delivered by managed service providers.

Previously he led the broadcast, media and content technology practice at Atos, having been portfolio manager at Siemens, and managed complex technical projects at the BBC.

Tom has a BSc in Physics and Electronic Engineering from the University of Manchester.