Full Name
Tony Howard
Job Title
Director Sales Engineering
Company
MediaKind
Speaker Bio
Tony Howard, B.Sc C.Eng MIET
Director Sales Engineering, MediaKind
Tony has a degree in Electronic Engineering & Physics from Loughborough (“Lufburra”)
University of Technology (UK) and is a Chartered Engineer and member of the Institution
of Engineering and Technology (UK) and a member of SMPTE.
Tony has been working in the broadcasting industry for 39 years with the last 20 years in
Canada, following the path of one company which is now MediaKind. He has worked in:
Television transmitter systems
Telemetry and control
Video and audio processing
Customer Support management
Sales Engineering
Finding his forte in:
Compression based systems - starting in 1990 with ETSI 34 Mbps codecs and now
delivering 4K UHD HDR in HEVC.
Tony has been instrumental in installing many first-of-type leading edge compression
systems over the years.
After emigrating to Canada in 2001 Tony has focused on Sales Engineering for
Compression based products and systems which now includes quoting and delivering
Streaming based solutions for the new data-centre and cloud based media delivery
environments.
“Jack of all trades – master of some. The most important thing throughout has been
serving customers in the TV industry as best I can.”
Director Sales Engineering, MediaKind
Tony has a degree in Electronic Engineering & Physics from Loughborough (“Lufburra”)
University of Technology (UK) and is a Chartered Engineer and member of the Institution
of Engineering and Technology (UK) and a member of SMPTE.
Tony has been working in the broadcasting industry for 39 years with the last 20 years in
Canada, following the path of one company which is now MediaKind. He has worked in:
Television transmitter systems
Telemetry and control
Video and audio processing
Customer Support management
Sales Engineering
Finding his forte in:
Compression based systems - starting in 1990 with ETSI 34 Mbps codecs and now
delivering 4K UHD HDR in HEVC.
Tony has been instrumental in installing many first-of-type leading edge compression
systems over the years.
After emigrating to Canada in 2001 Tony has focused on Sales Engineering for
Compression based products and systems which now includes quoting and delivering
Streaming based solutions for the new data-centre and cloud based media delivery
environments.
“Jack of all trades – master of some. The most important thing throughout has been
serving customers in the TV industry as best I can.”
Speaking At
TTC 2021 Speaker Type
Roundtable
Topic and Description
Roundtable Topic: What do you think it will take to be a broadcaster in the future?
Description: "The industry is rapidly migrating to new media delivery mechanisms and how content is processed and consumed. We will consider some of these factors such as:
- Support of cloud-based delivery – fully deployed cloud based workflow from production, editing, MCR, playout, on-demand and live (does anybody remember Linear TV?)
- End-to-end Streaming capability with low latency delivery and regional program insertion / advertising insertion
- Direct To Consumer Programming
- Event Driven Programming
- Influence of Social Media on Live Events
- Up conversion of older content to new formats"
Description: "The industry is rapidly migrating to new media delivery mechanisms and how content is processed and consumed. We will consider some of these factors such as:
- Support of cloud-based delivery – fully deployed cloud based workflow from production, editing, MCR, playout, on-demand and live (does anybody remember Linear TV?)
- End-to-end Streaming capability with low latency delivery and regional program insertion / advertising insertion
- Direct To Consumer Programming
- Event Driven Programming
- Influence of Social Media on Live Events
- Up conversion of older content to new formats"
