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Latens
Strengthens Senior Management with Appointment of Alex Borland as
Head of Technical Services
Other Topics: IPTV Structural
Transition, IPTV Bandwidth
Efficiency, Networked
Entertainment Applications
Latens Systems
August 15, 2006
Belfast, Northern Ireland -- Latens Systems, Europe’s leading
provider of IPTV Conditional Access, announces that Alex Borland has
joined the company as Head of Technical Services, a newly created
position. Mr. Borland joins Latens from the Conditional Access
vendor Nagravision, where he was the General Manager for UK and
Ireland. Prior to joining Nagravision, Mr. Borland built up
considerable experience of the Pay-TV technology business through
senior business development roles at TANDBERG Television and working
for multiple cable and satellite operators, most recently at UPC. |
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Mr. Borland joins
Latens as a member of the senior management team and has
responsibility for all of Latens Global systems engineering, product
management, technical and professional services that support the
sales and delivery to customers worldwide. Mr. Borland will also use
his extensive business and technical experience to support Latens
Business development activities. Mr. Borland will report to Andy
Mathieson, Director, Latens.
“I’m delighted to welcome Alex Borland aboard, he’s a great recruit
for us, bringing invaluable experience of both the Conditional
Access market and Pay-TV in general,” says, Andy Mathieson,
Director, Latens. “Alex has a vision of where the CA market’s going
that‘s in line with ours and I look forward to working with him to
win contracts with established Pay-TV operators as they increasingly
understand the huge advantages in cost and functionality that they
can realise through our next generation approach to protecting their
revenues.”
Prior to joining Nagravision, Alex Borland was at TANDBERG
Television working in Business Development where he was responsible
for developing the professional services arm of the business,
helping to secure large cable and satellite clients in Europe and
Asia. Previous experience includes working for multiple cable and
satellite operators, most recently UPC, where he was part of the
team responsible for the European roll-out of Digital TV.
“Latens has quickly become the clear European leader in content &
revenue security for IPTV and is fast becoming a leader in the USA
as well. I look forward to helping the company to be equally
successful in other parts of the globe and particularly in Pay-TV
markets, where the business benefits provided by Latens’ technical
advantages give it such excellent growth opportunities,” says Alex
Borland, Head of Technical Services, Latens.
“Cable, satellite and terrestrial operators are presently
re-examining their content and revenue protection strategy due to
the pioneering work of companies like Latens. They have to ensure
that every single part of their technology infrastructure is
optimised for the impending fight with their new Telco and IPTV
rivals. I believe that these operators will increasingly choose
Latens’ cost-effective next generation software CA over hardware
based security solutions and I’ve joined Latens to be able to play a
part in this success,” concluded Borland.
About Latens Systems
Latens is a privately held company based in Belfast, Northern
Ireland, founded by broadcast technology experts. Latens' sole
mission is to provide the industry’s leading software-based Content
& Revenue Protection Systems for pay-TV and IPTV operators, as
software security replaces legacy Conditional Access (CA)
technology. Latens uses Secure Software Modules to maximize security
and minimize the risk of attack. Latens technology has the added
benefit that it is easily extended to provide security for the PVR
(Personal Video Recorder) and multiple set-top box homes. Latens
business benefits include lower implementation and running costs,
increased business flexibility and major cashflow advantages.
www.latens.com |
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