Ken Austin (inventor)

Ken Austin is an inventor, technologist and chairman of Inview Technology Ltd.[1] His company, based in Northwich, Cheshire, UK is privately owned. Between 1986 and 1996 he was Technical Director and Vice Chairman of Pilkington Micro-elec Ltd.[2] [3]

Self-taught in electronics, and was the first to secure patents for digital television programme guides during the early 1990s.[4][5]

He also featured in the book Organising Genius by Paul Thorne (ISBN 978-0631169598). [6]

In 2011 video on demand (VOD) company OnDemand teamed up with Inview Technology to launch video-on-demand (TVOD, SVOD) services on connected TVs.[7]

References
  1. "Kenneth Austin, Chairman at Inview Technology Ltd". Linked In. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  2. "Kenneth Austin: Semi-conductor integrated circuits/systems". Patent Fish. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  3. Nakamoto, Michyio (23 October 1992). "Pilkinton arm wins chips deal". The Financial Times. p. 14.
  4. "InView ready to switch on global market". Manchester Evening News. 4 October 2011.
  5. "TV Patents taken by Ken Austin". Patent Lens. 16 March 2012.
  6. Fishlock, David (7 December 1989). "Glass Breaks into Chip Market". The Financial Times. p. 13.
  7. "On Demand, Inview launch VOD on connected TVs". Rapid TV News. 21 February 2011.

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