Content protection specialist Friend MTS has appointed Chris White as senior solutions architect.
Joining from Piksel, White has over 15 years experience designing, building and supporting the OTT infrastructure for some of the world’s most successful pay-TV providers including Sky, Channel 4, OSN and AT&T. White has also consulted on digital architecture and development for BBC.
White said, “Having worked in the media industry for over 10 years I’m well aware of the issues that content piracy can cause content owners and broadcasters. Friend MTS has best-in-class solutions and technology that solve this growing problem, and with the global increase in video consumption and the emergence of new standards such as 4K now is an exciting time to be involved in anti-piracy solutions.”
White will report to Rob Brown, who has been promoted to technical operations director after 6 months with the company