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NanoTech Appoints Blake Brown Lead Technical Developer for its Global Media Business
Award-winning, Multiple Video-related Patent Holder to Focus on Porting UltraFlix 4K OTT Video Service to Major 4K TV Brands and Upcoming 4K Smartphones in Addition to Providing Nuvola 4K OTT Streaming Media Player Support for Cable TV Companies
SAN JOSE, Calif., Apr 22, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- NANOTECH ENTERTAINMENT (OTCPINK: NTEK), a pioneer in bringing the 4K Ultra HD experience to consumers, announced today the appointment of Blake Brown as NanoTech's Lead Technical Developer for its global media business. Brown brings more than 25 years of multimedia engineering experience in developing video, encoder and decoder products for many of the industry's leading multimedia companies in Silicon Valley.
Brown holds numerous patents with Sony, Avistar, Futuretel, Emuzed and Hitachi for software development related to compression, storage, streaming, networking and 3D. While manager and senior software engineer at Pinnacle Systems, he was a primary contributor on a compression-related Technical Emmy and a significant contributor on a small team for a second Technical Emmy. Brown's previous experience also includes software development for Amazon, DirectTV and Sonic Solutions. Brown has a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. in Management/Finance from Santa Clara University.
In his new role, Brown will focus on porting NanoTech's UltraFlix 4K streaming video distribution service to several major 4K TV brands as well as the emerging 4K-capable smartphones. He will also provide support for several strategic Nuvola Multiple System Operator (MSO)/cable TV company customers.
Adding Brown to the NanoTech team is timely considering the growth in the adoption of 4K Ultra HD TVs and the projected growth for 4K-capable smartphones. In its February 2014 NPD Display Search Quarterly Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report - Advanced, 4Kx2K TV shipments are expected to total 1.9 million units in 2013, rising to 12.7 million units in 2014; and global shipments of ultra-high-definition (UHD) smartphones are forecast to reach 23 million in 2015.
"Blake is a key addition to our team and we're honored to have him join us," said Jeff Foley, CEO of NanoTech Entertainment. "With the market for our 4K streaming products continuing to expand, Blake's broad experience and technical expertise will be invaluable in meeting the specific needs of our customers."
"I'm really looking forward to leveraging my experience with video compression, streaming technology and multimedia platform app development to help 4K Ultra HD TV manufacturers and Cable TV providers seamlessly integrate UltraFlix into their offerings to enhance their customers' entertainment experience," said Blake Brown. "NanoTech is recognized worldwide for bringing the 4K Ultra HD experience to consumers. Now, our market is expanding. I see this as a tremendous opportunity to be a part of the resolution revolution--one of the most exciting evolutions in television."
