Maria Ingold, Head of Technical Operations, FilmFlex Movies, UK
Maria Ingold is Head of Technology for FilmFlex Movies, jointly owned by Sony and Disney. With fewer than 20 staff, FilmFlex is the largest VOD movies service in Europe.
With Virgin Media cable, FilmFlex's on-demand films reach 3.7 million homes with over 60 million rentals to date. In 2010 FilmFlex launched its white label broadband VOD film service which powers Virgin Media Online Movies and Film4oD.
Maria sets FilmFlex's technical strategy and architects its technical solutions. At a fraction of the cost and resource of other major VOD services, Maria architected and delivered FilmFlex's infrastructure - to ingest, manage and distribute content from over 30 suppliers to multiple platforms. She has also helped launch 3D onto cable and the white label broadband VOD service.
Through her expertise and experience Maria has become an advocate for security, simplicity and financial viability - the premise that if premium content is to be delivered to more platforms, those platforms have to be secure enough for the studios, simple to deliver to and must be financially viable for all parties.
Mixing a background in Computer Science and Fine Art, Maria has twenty years of experience across interactive multimedia, new media, games, TV and film.
