July 3, 2024

Vincent Grivet re-elected Chair of HbbTV Association

Geneva, 3 July 2024 – Vincent Grivet (representing Eutelsat) will remain Chairman of the HbbTV Association. The members of the industry association’s newly elected Steering Group (SG) re-elected Grivet for another two-year term at their meeting on 21 June 2024. Jon Piesing (TP Vision) was re-elected the HbbTV Association’s Vice-Chairman. Xavi Redon (Cellnex Telecom) will continue to serve as Treasurer.

The new SG was elected by the members of the HbbTV Association at the General Assembly on 4 June 2024. As a result of the voting procedure, the 16 members of the exiting SG have all been re-elected. The HbbTV Steering Group comprises the following members (in alphabetical order):

• BBC (Chris Poole)
• Cellnex Telecom (Xavi Redon)
• EBU (Bram Tullemans)
• Eutelsat (Vincent Grivet)
• Everyone TV (James Jackson)
• Kineton (Angelo Pettazzi)
• LG (Stuart Savage)
• Panasonic (Martin Fähnrich)
• RAI (Luca Barboni)
• RTI Mediaset (Fabio Guarnaccia)
• RTL (Frank Heineberg)
• Samsung (John Adam)
• Sony Europe (Nigel Moore)
• Tivù (Daniele Novaga)
• TP Vision (Jon Piesing)
• Xperi (Frode Hernes)

“I would like to thank all HbbTV members for their participation and support of the Association, and I feel honoured to have the opportunity to serve another term of Chair in these exciting times,” said Vincent Grivet, Chair of the HbbTV Association. “TV viewing remains a predominant choice of people when it comes to entertainment, culture and information, and the open HbbTV specifications create options for rich and diverse services in a fast changing world.”

Over the upcoming two-year term, HbbTV will continue updating its core standard to meet market requirements and remain focused on interoperability to ensure compliance of reception devices with the specifications.