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Digital TV Europe Euro 50 > Leaders in broadband and pay-TV
November/December 2008
Wim De Ketelaere Chief technology officer, Excentis
Education Masters, electronic engineering, continue. Internet, telephony and television are
Ghent University, Belgium. part of every person’s daily life. I don’t believe
revenues from operators will decline due to
Years in industry Nine. the economic downturn. On the other hand,
people might use a VOD service instead of
Job description Managing the Excentis tech- going to the restaurant on a Friday evening.
nical staff and projects. I also make sure
Excentis is prepared for the technologies that Positive thoughts for 2009 I believe the
come in the next years. industry has a great future, especially with the
rollout of EuroDOCSIS 3.0. 2009 will be a year
Last year’s highlights The major highlight of of growth of services. For the company, we
last year is the establishment of the have a lot of interesting projects going on and
EuroDOCSIS 3.0 certification process. The new challenging ones that are under way. I
process was established according to the tim- believe the global economy will soon be in a
ing required by the market. better shape than the one it is in now.
Reflections on the downturn Hard to esti- Personal aims for the year ahead One is to
mate the exact impact on the company. We brush up on my languages, I would love to
Wim De Ketelaere has led the certification have a loyal and broad customer base. In times have time to brush up my German and French.
testing of EuroDOCSIS and EuroPacketCable of economic downturn, many companies might
products on behalf of Cable Europe Labs. decide to outsource their non-core activities to Life outside work Sailing, it’s perfect for
us. I believe the industry is in good shape. The making your mind free of day-to-day business
Age 33 rollout of new technologies and services will and just relax.
• Superior video / audio broadcast services – in all transmission formats
Route and re-route
• Specialized on-demand video-centric solutions – real-time servicing
your high-def content
and troubleshooting
• Global, proprietary and fully meshed end-to-end video network – fiber and
anywhere around the
satellite based (SABER)
world, on-demand • Multipoint connections to worldwide switching hubs and media points of interest –
in all major markets
and on the fly.
• Easy, customer-controlled, remote or dering / scheduling
• Expert video-centric NOC – monitoring, reporting and calibrating 24-7-365
www.gen-networks.com
Corporate US: +1 212 962 1776 | 24/7 NOC: +1 212 962 1722 | UK: +44 (0) 208 899 6464
EMEA: +33 (0) 4 67 69 74 76 | Latin America: +1 305 728 7150 | Asia Pacific: +1 646 216 5740
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