Richard Frankland

With nearly 20 years of experience in the pay TV space, Richard specializes in strategies and technology that shape the evolution of broadband and broadcast entertainment models. Richard started his pay TV career at BSkyB in the mid 1990’s working at the UK’s first interactive television venture, Open Interactive. In 2001, he relocated to Sydney, Australia to work for OpenTV in expanding its Asia Pacific customer base as Senior Director of Business Development. Following five successful years during which the Asia Pacific business increased significantly, Richard relocated to Denver, Colorado in 2006 to take up the role of VP of Americas Sales. In 2009, he joined Irdeto as VP of Sales for the Americas to focus on growing the tier 1 customer base across the region. In 2016 he relocated to Irdeto’s HQ in Amsterdam to run Sales for EMEA. Richard is originally from New Zealand and has a finance and management degree from Auckland’s University of Technology.