EBU Technical Director Lieven Vermaele and Programme Managers Dr Hans Hoffmann and Peter MacAvock this week welcomed Ms Neelie Kroes at the EBU in Geneva. Ms Kroes currently is Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda.
The programme for the visit of Ms Kroes, Carl-Christian Buhr (Member of Cabinet), and Konstantinos Glinos (head of the Unit DG Information Society) included a number of technical demonstrations. The delegation was first of all welcomed by EBU Director General Ingrid Deltenre.
Demonstrations
The demonstrations included Ultra High Definition Television, stereoscopic 3D-TV and Hybrid Broadcast Broadband radio & television. Besides the three EBU technical representatives, Mr Alberto Morello (RAI) and BBC R&D's Head of Operations Andy Bower also were available to provide information related to technical matters.
From left to right: Carl-Christian Buhr, Alberto Morello, Andy Bower, Ingrid Deltenre,
Neelie Kroes, Konstantinos Glinos, Nicola Frank, David Lewis and Lieven Vermaele