11th FOKUS Media Web
Symposium

June 11–12, 2024 – Fraunhofer FOKUS

Leander Carell

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Nowtilus

As Co-founder and Managing Director of Nowtilus, Leander Carell oversees Product & Marketing of the company’s Server-Side Ad-Insertion Platform SERVERSIDE.AI. With offices in Berlin and Halle/Saale and an international Partner-Network Leander drives the business development and solution integration with Service Operators, Streaming Platforms and Broadcasters.

Leander has been an entrepreneur and established player in the media industry for 18 years. With his former movie production company, he was an OSCAR Nominee for the Best Foreign Feature “IN DARKNESS” in 2012. He sold Nowtilus to Rovi Corp. in 2011 and managed a buy-out in 2014, driving the company to the next level of streaming monetization and personalization. Leander holds a degree as media merchant and postgraduate of EAVE for International Film Production and Marketing.

  • 14:00-15:00

    Technical Challenges for Connected TV Environments I

    HbbTV: from teletext towards interctive TV apps – a short standards update

    Klaus Merkel

    IRT (Institut für Rundfunktechnik GmbH), Germany

    Interoperable Content Protection for Hybrid Environments

    Rob Koenen

    Intertrust Technologies, USA

    OTT TV – Will Internet hit the living room finally?

    Volker Blume

    Philips, Germany

    15:00-16:00

    Technical Challenges for Connected TV Environments II

    WebTV – is Internet streaming that easy?

    Sven Slazenger

    Managing Partner, Interlake Media GmbH, Germany

    Managing all delivery channels: one source – various targets

    Dirk Hetzer

    Media Broadcast

    Benchmarking MySQL vs. VOD in the FOKUS Open IPTV Ecosystem

    Dirk Bartels

    Versant, USA

    16:00-16:30 Coffee Break, Exhibition & Demos

    16:30-17:30

    Business Models & Market Expectations

    Consumer Electronics Market Survey & Trends

    Michael Schidlack

    BITKOM e. V, Germany

    White Label Portals

    Jan Wendt

    MMH NetRange, Germany

    Smart Content Recommendation for various devices

    Malte Cherdron

    Moviepilot., Germany

    17:30-18:00

    Panel Discussion: Interactive Content Services on various devices

    Jun Chao Hu

    Ericcson / OIPF

    Jan Wendt

    MMH NetRange, Germany

    Henning Eid

    Intel, Germany

    Dirk Bartels

    Versant, USA

    Tahar Cherif

    Sharp, France

    Oliver Friedrich

    T-Systems, Germany

  • Antje Kunze

    Senior Client Partner

    Unity

    Rachel Mischke

    Product Consultant at Zattoo TV platform

    Zattoo

    Pablo Schumacher

    Policy Officer for Digital Content & Law

    Bitkom