Egon Verharen (NPO)
 | Egon Verharen is manager R&D at Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (Netherlands Public Broadcasting) overseeing projects on new broadcast- and distribution technologies and the development of new media services. He directs the audio- and video streaming platform for live and on demand services, including Uitzending Gemist, Netherlands' most popular catch-up TV service available on web, digital cable, IPTV and mobile. Egon co-led the introduction of HDTV broadcasting in the Netherlands. He advises the Board and the Director of Distribution, Technology and Broadcast on technical issues. Before joining the NPO Egon was innovation manager at the Dutch higher education and research network, and an assistant professor at Tilburg University. Egon received his MSC (computer science) at University of Twente and his PhD at Tilburg University. He is a member of the EBU Technical Committee since 2010. |
Abstract
| Dutch public TV online service
Since starting Uitzending Gemist, NPO's catch up TV service, 7 years ago, it has grown into a multiplatform service including availability on connected TVs and HbbTV. Besides audio and video on demand NPO has always offered linear services online for both radio and TV. This presentation shows examples and discusses issues such as rights management, scalability in content delivery, multiplatform support, hybrid services for both radio and TV, usage analyses and new services such as visual radio. |