[London, UK, April 26, 2016] At the TV Connect conference held in London today, Huawei and partners of video ecosystem jointly create the Video Industry Advisory Board, aiming to build a big video ecosystem with industry partners.

The Video Industry Advisory Board will be developed and operated on the online community Telco Transformation ( http://www.telcotransformation.com/) of Light Reading, and open for every parts of the video industry to join in. Original members include senior experts and opinion leaders from Huawei, Light Reading, analysts organization OVUM, global leading carriers, OTT vendors, content providers, and equipment vendors in the industry.

Nowadays more and more carriers come aware that the video service is more than a broadband-based value-added service. It will, as a fundamental service and future strategic point of carriers, drive carriers' business transformation and revenue growth. However, when the video service becomes a basic service, carriers are facing challenges of how to provide best user experience with partners.

Video service was under transformation driven by customer requirements, terminal devices and ultra-broadband. Every parts of the video industry chain were facing the challenges brought by the new services, such as 4K, VR/AR, 360 video, video cloud, etc. VIAB aims to build an open platform for every parts of the video industry to communicate and exchange minds, and promote a better cooperation mode. The VIAB members will discuss hot topics of industry to lead video transformation and reshape the video industry landscape to become winners in the video era.