ITU-T Workshop
“Opportunities and Challenges in
Home Networking”
CV
Geneva, 13 – 14 October 2005
Simon Parnall
Chairman, TV-Anytime Forum
Session:
3: Home Networking Services and Business Models
Home Networking - from a PVR viewpoint
Title of
Presentation:
Simon Parnall is the founding chairman of the TV Anytime Forum. He joined the BBC after
graduating from Imperial College in London. Working in the BBC's Research and
Development department, Simon was responsible for the BBC's system for the
presentation of widescreen films and RDS, the Radio Data System. Simon has led a
number of mutlidisciplinary international projects, and for a number of years was the
chairman of DAVIC's Applications Technical Committee, which pioneered the concepts of
TV Anytime. In 1999, Simon left the BBC and is now Director of Advanced Technologies
of NDS.