i, CTO

Since last Friday, I officially work for the Paris-based video & TV production company 2T Productions, as Chief Technical Officer (and shareholder).

Created by Armelle De Thé, an executive woman since 20+ years with the French Medias industry, 2T Productions is aimed at delivering television programs via Internet. Unlike many startups such as Joost or vPod who provide new ways of watching TV and videos on the internet, 2T Productions is providing content specially tailored for the internet.
First TV channel to go live by the end of May - more info within the next two weeks (by then, nobody will be able to launch a competitor, due to the short notice  ;-)

Since 2T is developping its own tools for creating and broadcasting TV shows and videos, e.g. the video player, the video editing app, etc., my role is both technical and marketing (i.e. how to create a new business out of 2T' s tools). Funny enough, when I consider my career until today : I started 20+ years ago deploying fibers, then I've been testing fibers for some time, now I'm going to be among the new kind of optical bandwidth consumers !

What we want to achieve at 2T Productions is simply change the way people watch TV : from passive couch potatoes folks, we want  our customers to become proactive creators, producers, or directors of their own TV channels. Think of 2T' s channels as a Discovery Channel or a E! Entertainment or a MTV providing all the necessary resources to enable its viewers to be also directors : that is  the idea. Of course, 2T Productions' s TVs will offer high-quality, full-screen picture, plus all the  features that make the Web 2.0 so funny (and attractive) : chat, instant messaging, blogs, etc. We've got some secret features too, that I ain't talk about yet (hint : iPhone). Stay tuned.