Peter Empson
Senior Director Platforms & Solutions Uk Streaming @Paramount
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Director Platforms & Solutions Uk Streaming @Paramount
London, GB
Responsible for all streaming technology strategy, architecture design and solutions for the Channel 5 My5 catch-up service. This includes management of internal and multiple local and global external development agency teams responsible for development of back-end services, video player components and internal VOD and Simulcast Workflows. CDN and AWS hosting architecture. Working closely with external development agencies developing the My5 front-end apps. Strategic leadership working with internal and external Paramount teams on key disciplines: • Product innovation teams for native/ CTV apps • Editorial CMS and metadata, image with associated workflows • Technical Operations and QA • Broadcast engineering development teams • Legal leads for US studio compliance & content protection requirements inc. DRM • SOW and budget management • Freewheel ad integration with Sky Media • Red Bee Media for VOD simulcast workflows Core successes: • Technology leadership for re-platforming of My5 to a Paramount central technology stack, providing strategic and innovative solutions and insights to various global engineering teams • Improving technology standards and learnings for the UK market into scalable global solutions • Migration of all My5 apps and video players from ComScore DAx analytics to Adobe Analytics • An 18-month programme which required ground up systems development of back-end and front-end architecture to create a scalable and performant end-to-end service update to improve end user experience via newly developed front-end apps
EDUCATION
University of Brighton
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
SKILLS
ABOUT PETER EMPSON
BSc educated technology director with over 15 years’ experience working in the STB/IPTV/OTT/Broadcast streaming industry, providing innovative and cost-effective technology for the Channel 5 VOD service, My5. Highly experienced in strategic architecture, design and delivery of technology at scale for VOD and OTT services and management of over 30 local and larger international engineering teams. Driving scalable growth with highly performant and robust technical strategy to deliver quality services to meet business initiatives.Experienced in management of various technical migration projects. Working with Product leaders, internal/external platform partners and dev ops teams. I specialise in delivery of VOD architecture/software and video infrastructure solutions and associated services. I am self-motivated, a progressive solutions solver and seek quality solutions to drive business growth. Building ground up solutions for back-end systems, working with third party agency and solutions providers, as the owner of the technology strategy.Current role: Senior Director, Platforms & Solutions, UK Streaming, Paramount International/Channel 5. Responsible for all streaming technology strategy, architecture design and solutions for the Channel 5 My5 catch-up service. This includes management of internal and multiple local and global external development agency teams responsible for development of back-end and video services. Working with external development agencies developing the My5 front-end apps.Technology Experience • System architecture of back-end services for delivery of metadata, video, images & user registration for client apps • AWS cloud inc Elemental for VOD/Simulcast • Streaming: MSS/HLS/DASH/HbbTV DVB-DASH/Marlin MS3 • DRM: PlayReady, Widevine, FairPlay, Marlin • Broadcast playout & VOD scheduling integrations e.g.What’s ON, Bebanjo Movida • TV Platforms: FreeView Play, YouView, Freesat, Google TV, Sky Glass/Stream/Q • Devices: Connected TV/STB, Apple iOS, Android, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Chromecast, Android TV, PlayStation • Front-end app architecture: iOS, Android, web, mobile web, Connected TV/STB, Roku • Video Player: JWPlayer, ground-up player for Connected TV/STB, RokuOS, tvOS • Advertising: IAB VAST/VMAP/TCF/FreeWheel ad solution • Atlassian Jira/Confluence admin • CDN: Akamai, Limelight, Stackpath • Digital TV: MPEG, DVB HbbTV, SCTE • Analytics: Adobe, Kantar/BARB, NPAW Youbora • Marketing & Recommendations integration • Technical Studio relationships with Disney, WB, NBCU, Sony, Paramount
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