Daniel Vondrácek, Senior Product Manager IPTV, Telefónica O2 Czech Republic

My position in Telefónica O2 Czech Republic is Senior Product Manager IPTV. This comprises product management, programming and content acquisition of products related to IPTV service such as TV channels, Video on Demand, Catch up TV and Pay per view. I joined Telefónica O2 in 2005 and was assigned to acquire content and build the content portfolio of IPTV project.

Since the beginning of 2008, I have been managing P&L of IPTV product. Our IPTV service is fast growing. It was launched in September 2006 (named O2TV) and we have reached 100,000 subscribers within less than 2 years, which represents 9% of the pay-TV market in CZ now. We are carrying 70 TV channels, releasing 500 movies in Video on Demand yearly (including 3 major studios) and yearly producing 300 pay per view matches of the Czech ice hockey league.

Prior to joining Telefónica O2 in 2005, I spent 4 years at T-Mobile where I established the mobile content department in the Czech Republic. I graduated in Electro Engineering at the Technical University School of Brno (CZ) and studied at the Czech Institute of Marketing.