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Three New Analysts Join MRG IPTV Group TMCnet Contributing Editor Multimedia Research Group, Inc., (MRG) recently enhanced its coverage of the IPTV
 industry by adding three professional analysts to its team. The move was prompted by growing IPTV (News - Alert) markets around the world, including Europe, Asia, and North America. “This team will add impressive depth, breadth and thought-leadership in this market,” MRG president Gary Schultz said in a statement. “It allows MRG to continue using analysts with deep technical and managerial education, as well as hands-on P&L experience in the video and communications industries.”
The three new analysts are Len Feldman (appointed as Director of IPTV Analysis), Steve Hawley (Senior Analyst) and Jose Alvear (Editor/ IPTV Analyst).
Feldman has more than 25 years of industry experience and is the author of two books on Microsoft (News - Alert) Windows NT. He also founded two digital media companies. Feldman will focus on global IPTV market drivers, market share analysis, revenue and unit growth of seven IPTV sub-sectors, as well as the strategic impact of mega-mergers on large and small vendor companies.
“This market is unique because of the strong underpinning of internationally accepted standards in IP
transmission and MPEG/AVC compression,” Feldman said in a statement. “This converged technology, plus the demand for personalized and integrated services, creates a radical new era for distributing video and broadband services.”As Senior Analyst, Hawley will oversee MRG’s reports focusing on IPTV content and technologies. Currently he also holds the post of Editor for ipTV News Analyst, and has prepared several IPTV global industry reports as well as serving as a panelist and moderator at conferences including IPTV World Forum, NAB and TelcoTV.
Alvear, as Editor of MRG’s monthly IPTV Bulletin, will cover the entire IPTV industry, including information on mergers, new RFPs, service expansions, strategies, trials, deployments and conferences.
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Niladri Sekhar Nath is a contributing writer for TMCnet covering telecommunications, service providers and networking.
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