HbbTV Webinar Series

The recordings of the following HbbTV webinars are available on our YouTube channel

26th webinar, February 15, 2024: The HbbTV OpApp specification update
Presenters
Arne Redl, Senior Systems Engineer, HD+/SES
Chris Poole, Lead Research Engineer, BBC R&D
James Jackson, Director of Technical Strategy, Everyone TV
Jeff Hunter, Chief Architect, YouView
Alexis Ashley, Principal Engineer, Media Delivery, YouView

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25th webinar, July 27, 2023: HbbTV in DVB-I environments
Presenters
Remo Vogel, Business Development and Distribution Strategy, rbb/ARD Germany
Stefano Braghieri, Innovation/Technical Research Department, RTI-Mediaset Italy
Jim Higgins, Business Development Manager DTT platform Saorview, RTÉ Ireland

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24th webinar, March 6, 2023: The WAVE Test Environment for HbbTV and ATSC
Presenters
Bob Campbell, Director of Engineering, Resillion (formerly Eurofins Digital Testing), Chair, Improving Interoperability Task Force, HbbTV Association
Jon Piesing, Director Standardisation, TP Vision, Vice-Chair, HbbTV Association
Louay Bassbouss, Scientist and Senior Project Manager R&D, Fraunhofer FOKUS
Yan Jiang, Senior Software Engineer, Resillion (formerly Eurofins Digital Testing)

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23rd webinar, December 12, 2022: HbbTV and Gaming
Presenters
George Jijiashvili, Principal Analyst, Games, Omdia
Aniello Saulino, Head of Development, Media Applications, Kineton
Timuçin Bilgör, President, BUBA Ventures/Digitiwise

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22nd webinar, July 19, 2022: HbbTV developments in Italy
Presenters
Eugenio La Teana, Head of Innovation, RTL 102.5
Annamaria Spera, Head of Media TV, Kineton
Marco Trentin, Co-Founder, Broadbandy
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21st webinar, June 13, 2022: Deploying new developments in DASH – hardware-based DRM, multiple Periods and more
Presenters
Daniel Silhavy, Scientist and Project Manager, Fraunhofer FOKUS
Louay Bassbouss, Scientist and Senior Project Manager R&D, Fraunhofer FOKUS
Juha Joki, Director, Broadcast and Testing, Sofia Digital
Mark Riley, Video Streaming Architect, Digital UK
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20th webinar, April 26, 2022: Ultra HD services via HbbTV
Presenters
Klaus Merkel, Senior Engineer, Distribution, rbb/ARD
Stephen Perrott, Senior R&D Engineer, BBC
Rufael Mekuria, Lead Research Engineer, Unified Streaming
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19th webinar, April 5, 2022: Insights into the HbbTV Developer Portal
Presenters
Angelo Pettazzi, Consultant, Strategic Marketing, RTI-Mediaset, Chair of HbbTV MEWG
David Uhlmann, Head of Video Solutions EMEA, Google
Hrvoje Bašić, Principal Consultant, App Stream
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18th webinar, February 22, 2022: HbbTV in programmatic advertising and GDPR compliance
Presenters
Agustin Perez, CEO & Founder, Sibbo Ventures
Margarita Lyadova, Senior Manager, Identity Solutions, Samba TV
Leslie Shanklin, VP & Global Head of Privacy, Discovery, Co-Chair HbbTV Privacy Task Force
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17th webinar, January 25, 2022: HbbTV developments in the UK
Presenters
James Jackson, Technology Director, Freeview/Digital UK
Richard Moreton, Business Development and Industrial Affairs, Samsung Electronics R&D Institute UK
Sylvain Thevenot, Managing Director, Netgem UK, CCO/CMO, Netgem Group
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16th webinar, October 19, 2021: Extending the Reach of HbbTV TA to Set-top Box Markets
Presenters
Frank Heineberg, Senior Manager, Distribution, RTL/CBC
Jon Piesing, Director Standardisation, TP Vision
Joe Winograd, CTO, Verance
Klaus Merkel, Senior Engineer, Distribution, rbb/ARD
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15th webinar, September 21, 2021: Accessibility solutions with HbbTV
Presenters
Olivia May, Head of Product Development, Freeview Play
Klaus Merkel, Senior Engineer, Distribution, rbb/ARD
Nigel Moore, Senior Manager, TV Engineering, Sony Europe
PDF presentation downloads: Olivia, Klaus, Nigel
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14th webinar, July 20, 2021: HbbTV solutions for small and local broadcasters
Presenters
Rainer Biehn, Technical Manager, Deputy Managing Director, bmt
Veit Olischläger, Head of Technology, Media Business & Public Relations, BLM
Pasquale Marinaro, Technical Manager, Kineton
Fabrizio Bocci, CTO, RTV38
Massimo Pavan, Marketing Manager, Head of Special Projects, Sportitalia
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13th webinar, June 16, 2021: NextGen TV: What’s on in the US
Presenter:
Madeleine Noland, President, ATSC

Round Table:
Sam Matheny, CTO, NAB
Mike Kralec, Vice President Technical Operations and Deputy CTO, Sinclair Television Group
Francesco Moretti, Group Deputy CEO and CEO International, Fincons Group
Oliver Botti, Strategic Marketing and Innovation Executive Director, Fincons Group
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12th webinar, May 11, 2021: HbbTV and SALTO: Insights from the French market
Presenters:
Thomas Follin, Managing Director, SALTO
Franck Vêtu, Technical Leader, SALTO
Vincent Grivet, Chair, HbbTV Association
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11th webinar, April 28, 2021: HbbTV and DVB Webinar Mini-Series: Using Targeted Advertising on Broadcast Television
Part 2: Implementing standards-based Targeted Advertising
Presenters:
Dror Mangel, Senior Product Manager, Viaccess-Orca
Nicolas Guyot, AdsReach Product Manager, ENENSYS Technologies
Angelo Pettazzi, Senior Strategic Marketing Manager, Mediaset
Joe Winograd, Chief Technology Officer, Verance
Rufael Mekuria, Head of Research & Standardization, Unified Streaming
Pascal Jezequel, Global Solutions Architect, Harmonic
PDF presentation downloads: Nicolas & Dror, Angelo, Joe, Pascal and Rufael
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10th webinar, April 13, 2021: HbbTV and DVB Webinar Mini-Series: Using Targeted Advertising on Broadcast Television
Part 1: The Targeted Advertising opportunity for free-to-air broadcasters
Presenters:
Sebastian Busse, Director Addressable TV International, smartclip
Arturo Larrainzar, Head of Strategy, Atresmedia
Silvia Broggi, International Marketing & MarTech Director, Publitalia ‘80
PDF presentation downloads: Sebastian, Arturo and Silvia
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9th webinar, March 23, 2021: OpApp as a virtual STB – Less work and more power than you think
Presenters:
Rachel Mischke, Product Consultant / PO Smart TV, Zattoo
Pavel Verkhovskyi, Engineering Director, Zattoo
Teun van der Veen, Senior Consultant, TNO
Martin Fähnrich, Manager, Standardisation, Panasonic Business Support Europe
PDF presentation downloads: Teun, Rachel and Pavel, Martin
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8th webinar, February 24, 2021: DVB and HbbTV Technologies in TV Systems
Presenters:
Peter MacAvock, Head of Delivery, Platforms and Services, EBU Technology and Development, DVB Chairman
Peter Lanigan, Senior Manager, Standardisation, TP Vision
PDF presentation downloads: Peter Lanigan and Peter MacAvock
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7th webinar, January 19, 2021: HbbTV – Lessons learnt and challenges ahead in LOVEStv
Presenter: Xavi Redon, Senior Product Manager, Product Strategy and Innovation Direction, Cellnex Telecom; Steering Group member and Treasurer, HbbTV Association
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6th webinar, December 3, 2020: HbbTV – Interactive TV services and innovative use cases
Presenters:
Oliver Botti, Strategic Marketing and Innovation Executive Director, Fincons Group
Massimiliano Pessina, Responsible for the Technology Area of the Business Digital Department, RTI (Mediaset Group) 
Greg Jarvis, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Fincons.US
PDF presentation downloads: Oliver, Massimiliano and Greg
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5th webinar, November 23, 2020: What’s new in the HbbTV Specification: “HbbTV 2.0.3 Explained”
Presenter: Jon Piesing Director, Standardisation, TP Vision, Vice-Chair, HbbTV Association
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4th webinar, October 21, 2020: Application Discovery over Broadband (ADB) Phase 2
Presenters: Joe Winograd, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Verance Corporation, and Klaus Merkel, Senior Engineer, IRT
Additional speakers:
Jason Patton, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Verance Corporation
Frank Visser, Programme Manager, Innovation, Media Perspectives
Erik Vold, Engineer, NRK/NorDig
Matt Poole, PMO of the HbbTV Steering Group and Chair of the DVB Targeted Advertising Working Group
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3rd webinar, September 10, 2020: HbbTV – Testing and Certification
Presenters: Dr Bob Campbell, Director of Engineering, Eurofins Digital Testing, and Nguyen Thi Thanh Van, Head of TV Interactive Middleware Development, Samsung R&D Institute
PDF presentation download Bob and Van
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2nd webinar, July 14, 2020: HbbTV OpApp – Best practice report by HD+
Presenters: Alexander Sacher, CTO, HD PLUS, and Arne Redl, Senior Systems Engineer, SES
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1st webinar, June 17, 2020: HbbTV – Overview and application examples
Presenter: Klaus Merkel, Senior Engineer, Institut für Rundfunktechnik (IRT)
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