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George Tupy

Market Manager

Service Provider, Video Solutions

George is a seasoned professional in the video space with over 20 years experience in the field. He began his career at Cisco in 2006 in Product Marketing for IPTV and IP Video products covering content creation, protection, and distribution. Before his time at Cisco, George was part of the Media group at Sun Microsystems specializing in business development and was part of the team that brought one of the first video server products to market.

George’s experience also includes time in the media space working for a variety of startup companies on Video Encryption and Encoding. Early on in his career, George even spent time at Apple working on handheld devices - what we now know as the iPad.

George holds an advanced degree from the Institute of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic.

Articles

Cisco @NAB’17: That Cloud Momentum You’re Feeling? It’s For Real

3 min read

Experience Cisco innovations in action at NAB 2017: live production over IP + cloud infrastructure, next gen data center, security and smart streaming. Live demos in Booth SU8502CM.

Cisco@CES 2017: Exceed Broadcast and OTT

3 min read

From extensions to our Infinite Video Platform, which allows you to launch IP-based services on legacy boxes, to Cloud Scale Networking solutions that prepare your network for increased IP traffic... It's a good time to see what we’re up to at CES 2017!

Cisco@CES: Video Quality Everywhere as a Competitive Differentiator

3 min read

What better place than the International Consumer Electronics Show to shine the light on consumer experiences in the device landscape — and not just the sparkly, new, all-IP dandies, mind you — such that all devices are treated as first class citizens? That’s part of what we will be demonstrating (at the Wynn Hotel,) this […]

September 19, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Cisco @ SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2016: Get Your Philly of Gigabit Broadband, Cloud Video, Virtual Video Distribution, And Mor …

2 min read

By Daniel Etman It’s that time of the year where pundits from the cable and broadband industry gather at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2016. This year we will be in the historic and largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. While many of us are looking forward Philly Cheesesteaks, we are also looking forward to […]

September 20, 2016

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We Won!

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Written by Christelle Gental  IBC 2016 treated us with the hottest weather in 20 years – and with the prize for the Best Stand Design in its size category – described as providing an ‘inviting, stunning and fresh approach’! What a wonderful surprise and amazing reward for the team who worked hard for the last […]

September 19, 2016

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Talk the Talk or Walk the Walk?

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Written by Gideon Gilboa, Director of Marketing, Service Provider Video There’s been a lot of noise recently about the impact of cloud on the pay TV business. If you attended IBC in Amsterdam last week, you will no doubt have heard buzz words like cloud, SaaS, DevOps and virtualization from all vendors. But let’s go beyond the […]

September 9, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Weary of New Product Announcements? Want to Read About Real Momentum, Instead?

2 min read

Instead of increasing the volume of new product announcements coming out of IBC 2016, this blog will focus on what’s really happening in the IP video marketplace. With some obligatory background: A few years ago, our broadcast and service provider video partners asked for a way to transition from hardware-based to software-based, from fixed to […]

Cisco @ IBC 2016: That’s A Mighty Tight Video Cloud!

2 min read

It’s nearly IBC time, which means that some 55,000-ish of us are about to pack up for the massive RAI Amsterdam exhibit hall(s!) for five days of media and entertainment convention bliss. This also means it’s that time when people start asking about what we’ll be focused on, demonstrating, and announcing at IBC 2016. Let’s […]

Cisco Service Quality Management for Cable and Media

1 min read

By Jan Bogaert, BDM, Service Provider Cable and Media, Cisco Services Two important consumer trends that have a high impact on the way Content and Service Providers and Cable MSO’s...