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The Future of TV and Streaming Experiences | Jonathan Courtois (Senior Principal Engineer, Sky)
Manage episode 376887445 series 3468148
Jonathan Courtois is a Senior Principal Engineer at Sky (UK), leading the development in C++/Qt of the immersive UI experience of Entertainment OS, the operating system powering Sky Glass and Sky Stream.
In today's episode:
• What makes a great Product and Engineering relationship through the lens of a Senior Principal Engineer
• How Sky how approaches product feature development
• The future of TV and streaming experiences
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Jonathan's contact info:
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-courtois-8a9ab98/
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Where to find the host, Adam Wakeling:
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamjwakeling
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-wakeling-26494b35/
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In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:33) What the Senior Principal Engineer does at Sky and Jonathan's professional journey
(05:55) Having a strong alignment with business direction
(06:54) The Engineering and Product relationship
(09:38) How Squads and Crew function at Sky
(11:07) Some tactics on product-engineering alignment
(13:04) Advice to Product Managers
(14:36) Typical product feature development approach at Sky
(20:11) Trimming MVPs
(24:00) Accessibility within product development
(24:52) The future of TV and streaming experiences
(32:32) The power of generative AI
(34:30) Social Media
(36:22) The end of traditional TV?
(37:46) Where the ad money goes and impact of individual content creators
(41:39) What emerging tech Jonathan is most excited by
(43:51) Outro
Follow the podcast on Twitter: @proddevpodcast
Get in touch with the host, Adam Wakeling, on Twitter: @adamjwakeling
19 episodes
Manage episode 376887445 series 3468148
Jonathan Courtois is a Senior Principal Engineer at Sky (UK), leading the development in C++/Qt of the immersive UI experience of Entertainment OS, the operating system powering Sky Glass and Sky Stream.
In today's episode:
• What makes a great Product and Engineering relationship through the lens of a Senior Principal Engineer
• How Sky how approaches product feature development
• The future of TV and streaming experiences
—
Jonathan's contact info:
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-courtois-8a9ab98/
—
Where to find the host, Adam Wakeling:
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamjwakeling
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-wakeling-26494b35/
—
In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:33) What the Senior Principal Engineer does at Sky and Jonathan's professional journey
(05:55) Having a strong alignment with business direction
(06:54) The Engineering and Product relationship
(09:38) How Squads and Crew function at Sky
(11:07) Some tactics on product-engineering alignment
(13:04) Advice to Product Managers
(14:36) Typical product feature development approach at Sky
(20:11) Trimming MVPs
(24:00) Accessibility within product development
(24:52) The future of TV and streaming experiences
(32:32) The power of generative AI
(34:30) Social Media
(36:22) The end of traditional TV?
(37:46) Where the ad money goes and impact of individual content creators
(41:39) What emerging tech Jonathan is most excited by
(43:51) Outro
Follow the podcast on Twitter: @proddevpodcast
Get in touch with the host, Adam Wakeling, on Twitter: @adamjwakeling
19 episodes
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