Cable-Tec Expo 2018

John Vartanian
CTO
iN DEMAND


John Vartanian is Chief Technology Officer of iN DEMAND, the cable industry consortium owned by Comcast Cable, Charter Communications and Cox Communications. Mr. Vartanian manages the technology, broadcast operations, Video-On-Demand (VOD) operations and IT infrastructure for the industry’s top transactional content distributor. He oversees the organization’s national broadcast and VOD distribution systems, which manage the SD and HD distribution of Movies–On-Demand (MOD), live PPV events, major league sports packages and subscription VOD content to MVPDs in the U.S. and Canada. Mr. Vartanian’s tenure in cable television includes an earlier stint at iN DEMAND as Senior Vice President, Technology and Operations, as well as 11 years at HBO and five years with Warner Amex Cable. He is active in the industry’s Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE), was on the organization’s Board of Directors from 1994-2000 and served as Chairman of the Board from 1995-1997. Mr. Vartanian holds an MBA from Columbia University and a B.S. Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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