Ian Nock

Fairmile West and IBC2018

A busy week and a half ahead for Fairmile West, with the IBC Conference starting on Thursday and the Exhibition beginning at 10:30 on Friday and running through to the end of Tuesday. Fairmile West consultants will be at the show and are available to meet throughout the conference and exhibition. Fairmile West is a boutique consultancy that has deep experience working with tier 1 vendors and service operators, and for defining and delivering the best technical platforms whether it is for traditional TV or mobile platforms. Why would you meet with us?

  • You are looking at enhancing your traditional video platform with a new next generation STB including 4K and HDR and what to determine the best technical strategy for it, define your requirements, select the right partner and deliver it to time and cost
  • You are looking to deploy an OTT video streaming service and want to know the best technical strategy, ensure you have the right requirements defined, are able to select the right partners and deliver it to time and cost
  • You have an existing video platform that is long in the tooth and you are looking at strategic options to replace it to meet the requirements of future service development and want to know where to start.
    We have consultants with a breadth and depth of experience to take your Business requirements forward and make them concrete with the best technical strategy and delivery approach for your situation.

To make an appointment, contact us via our website, directly on Linkedin or by email at ian.nock@fairmilewest.com.

Alternatively drop by the Ultra HD Forum stand at 8.F22 in the Future Zone, where we will be supporting the demonstrations of UHD, HDR, HFR and CAE there over the whole show.

Fairmile West is a Consulting company focused on working in the Consumer Device and Video arena. We work with clients on technology strategy and product delivery through key practices in Consumer Devices and Video Services. If you are interested in learning more about what we do, please do get in touch via our website – Contact us. You can also keep track with what interests us in the industry by following our Link blog at TV Tech News, and you can specifically follow news on Ultra HD via the following link – Ultra HD News.

Published by Ian Nock

Ian Nock is the Managing Director of Fairmile West Consulting, and has over 25 years experience in high technology research, development, and operations. Since entering the TV industry in the late 1990s, he has worked in the delivery of many Satellite, Cable, IPTV and OTT video platforms across Europe in diverse roles that encompass technology and operations from production to consumption. Ian moved into consulting in 2004 working with some of the most innovative vendor and operator companies in the industry. He founded Fairmile West Consulting (www.fairmilewest.com) in 2012 as a multi-national, high expertise Digital TV and Media consulting and professional services company, working with large/small operators and technology vendors on product/technology strategy, architecture, and delivery. Taking an early interest in the development of Ultra HD, Fairmile West has been a member of the Ultra HD Forum since 2015 and Ian is the Chair of the Ultra HD Forum Interop Working Group. Ian is also the Chair of the IET Multimedia Communications Technical Professional Network. Ian graduated with a First Class Bachelors Degree in Engineering Technology in 1992 from Leicester Polytechnic (now De Montfort University), undertaking research into medical automation, flexible packaging dynamics and post graduate research into artificial intelligence based control systems with a number of published papers in those areas. He quickly jumped out of academia into the nascent Internet and Networking industry before moving into TV. He is a member of the IET, IEEE, RTS and Fellow of the SCTE: The Society for Broadband Professionals. He blogs at http://fairmilewest.com, on LinkedIn and can be found on Twitter at @iannock.