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News Release from: ANT
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Team on 29 August 2006
Morris brings DVB experience
Steven Morris has joined ANT in the role of Systems Architect.
Steven Morris has joined ANT in the role of Systems Architect Morris is an experienced developer in the areas of interactive digital television and digital video broadcasting (DVB)
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 10 Aug 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Formerly of Philips Electronics in Taiwan and the UK, he was one of key architects of the development of the DVB Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) standard and its predecessors, as well as related standards such as JavaTV and OpenCable Application Platform (OCAP) Morris is a co-author of "Interactive TV standards: a guide to MHP, OCAP and JavaTV".
The book provides digital TV application and middleware developers with a real-world guide to the new open standards for digital interactive TV.
He is a holder of several patents in the areas of web browsing, Internet content adaptation, memory management in low-memory environments and digital TV.
Simon Woodward, President and CEO of ANT, said: "Steve is a recognised leader in the area of interactive digital television technologies and standards".
"We are delighted to bring his extensive DVB experience and knowledge of the digital terrestrial, cable and satellite industries to ANT".
"Steve will be involved in the definition of architectures for new products and advising customers and partners on using the ANT Galio Client and Browser in TV networks".
Most recently, Morris was a senior engineer at Taiwan's Arcadyan Technology, a leading supplier of wireless multimedia equipment and a joint venture between Philips Electronics and Accton Technology Corp.
There his work focused on the areas of video and audio steaming over IP, UPnP, IPTV and content protection.
Prior to that, Morris held project management and research positions in Taiwan with Advanced Digital Broadcast and Philips Research East Asia, and in the UK at Philips Research Laboratories, where he was a member of the team providing support for Philips' standardisation efforts in the area of interactive digital television.
Morris holds a 1st class BSc (Hons) in computation from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
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