The EBU Technical Assembly elects the EBU’s senior technology committee every two years, and this year’s election brought together a new team to drive forward the broadcast technology horizon.
The new EBU Technical Committee.
NPO’s Egon Verharen is the new Chair. Egon is Research and Development Manager at the NPO in the Netherlands and brings with him valuable innovation experience, from within and outside the realm of broadcasting, and in particular, concerning innovations in the dynamic media environment. The new Vice Chairs of the Technical Committee are Klaus Illgner-Fehns, Managing Director of IRT, the technology centre for the German-speaking Members of the EBU, and Andy Bower of BBC Research and Development.
This high-powered leadership is joined by nine other committee members, among which is Dr Galina Federova, Deputy Director of the Distribution Network Department at RTR in Russia and the first lady to join the EBU’s Technical Committee.
The tasks of the Technical Committee will include putting into practice the conclusions of the EBU substantive study of the media environment, Vision 2020, and ensuring that EBU Members are well prepared technologically for the future.
Simon Fell, EBU Director of Technology & Innovation and Secretary of the Technical Committee, explains “We have a great new team, ready to pick up the baton of its predecessors. We have a new workplan which will speed us forward in the next twelve months. We have very exciting new challenges such as the development of Agile Software Collaboration, and of course, continuing our case for maintaining adequate spectrum for broadcasting.”