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This meeting will feature Wim Sweldens, Chief Architect & Co-Founder @ Kiswe Mobile.

Title:
TV production goes to the cloud:
How to create live content in a time with no live events?

Abstract:
The current virus lockdown situation has created historic challenges for the live entertainment and sports industries. With no live sports or music events, content owners and broadcasters still have the challenge of entertaining a large group of people, most of whom are stuck at home watching TV or, most likely, Netflix. In this presentation we explain how Kiswe’s cloud commentator technology has helped content owners create new live content without a TV studio and with all their technical personnel and on air talent working from home. In April, Kiswe powered the “Virtual Tour of Flanders”, the first ever virtual professional cycling race where all riders and producers raced and worked out of their own homes. We will also include some insights on what it is like to work in a startup during lockdown and what future opportunities the current situation has created for innovation in the TV and streaming industry.

Speaker:
Wim is the Co-Founder and Chief Architect of Kiswe Mobile, a pioneer in interactive-social, mobile video experiences. Previously Wim was the President of the Alcatel-Lucent Mobile Division and the founder and leader of the Alcatel-Lucent Ventures Group. During his time as a Bell Labs researcher, Wim worked on new wavelet algorithms which are currently used in the JPEG2000 and MPEG4 standards. Wim has a Ph.D in Applied Mathematics from KU Leuven (Belgium), and is both a fellow of the IEEE and a member of the Belgian Royal Academy of Sciences.

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