The Digital TV Group (DTG) has appointed Xavier Leclercq as the new Chair of its national Distribution Working Group. Leclercq is Vice President of Business Development at Broadpeak. Richard Lindsay-Davies, CEO of the DTG, welcomed the appointment: “The Distribution Working Group is vital to our mission of driving innovation and ensuring UK television remains resilient and remarkable. Xavier brings extensive industry insight and leadership, and we are delighted to welcome him as Chair.”
As audiences increasingly access content anytime, anywhere, the DTG is taking a holistic view of the ecosystem to ensure delivery remains interoperable, high quality, and universally accessible in a world of evolving standards and software solutions. Leclercq will work closely with the group members and the DTG’s own facilitators – CTO Alex Buchan and Strategic Technologist Yvonne Thomas to drive the distribution agenda.
Commenting on his appointment, Leclercq said: “It’s a privilege to Chair the DTG’s Distribution Working Group at a time of significant industry transformation. I look forward to collaborating with stakeholders across the sector to identify opportunities, address challenges, and support the DTG’s mission to ensure sustainable, scalable, and future-ready content delivery for the UK.”
Amongst the priorities for the Group in 2025 are a re-evaluation of CDN strategies, analysing why some content delivery networks have struggled; demystifying ultra-low latency streaming and examining how energy efficiency and carbon reduction can be achieved across the end-to-end transmission chain.