Verimatrix has announced the appointment of Petr Peterka as its new chief technology officer. Peterka joins Verimatrix as his latest role in a career in the San Diego technology and global digital TV scenes.

Prior to joining Verimatrix, Peterka was a member of the technical staff in the CTO's office at Motorola's Home and Networks Mobility Team. His background includes extensive experience with conditional access and digital rights management systems, including work on platforms combining IPTV, DVB-H, iPhone and Android. He has been active with standards organisations including DECE, DLNA CPS, ATIS, SMPTE, Coral, DVB, ITU-T and others, and has worked with Hollywood studios, CableLabs, and the MPAA on content security issues. Earlier in his career, Peterka was with NextLevel Systems and General Instrument.

"Petr brings depth and strength to the management team at Verimatrix and especially a new perspective related to large operator customers and the evolution of their security requirements as they move towards multi-network, multi-device delivery," said Tom Munro, CEO, Verimatrix. "Petr will also raise the profile of Verimatrix in our standards body activities, an increasingly important aspect of our organization as we contribute our leadership perspective to an evolving market."

Peterka will succeed Bob Kulakowski, an original founder of Verimatrix, who remains a shareholder and an adviser to the company.

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