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Espial hires new Smart TV VP

OTTAWA – Digital TV and IPTV software provider Espial has named Philip Poulidis as its new vice-president of Smart TV. Before joining Espial, Poulidis was the president and CEO of Morega Systems, a TV Everywhere solutions company which he co-founded in 2007, plus held senior level executive positions at Intellom (now Qualcomm), Conexant, Novell, and Aliant. In his new role, Poulidis will lead Espial's Smart TV initiatives, enabling consumer electronics vendors to add TV Web browsing, interactive TV content and applications, as well as over-the-top web video to devices such as connected TVs, Blu-ray players, gaming consoles, and digital media...