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Paul Tapp

Paul Tapp is Intel's Consumer Electronics (Smart TV) Segment Manager in EMEA.

Paul joined Intel in 2003 and has held various technical and marketing management roles during that time.

Over the past 5 years Paul and team have been responsible for the development and evangelism of Intel’s consumer products in EMEA. Intel’s Consumer Electronics offerings have been evolving and maturing significantly in the past three years and Intel has worked closely with OEM’s, Service Providers, ISV’s and other ecosystem partners to make the smart TV vision a game-changer for consumers.

Paul is based in the United Kingdom.
RECENT BLOG POSTS

The Stuff of Genius

October 20, 2011
Here in the UK the leaves are already turning brown and the nights are drawing in – a telltale sign that awards season is almost upon us. Over the next few months an ultraflock (that’s the collective noun) of gadget magazines will release their awards nominees and winners, celebrating everything from cameras and cars, to... Read more >

Smart TV disrupts TV buying habits

September 23, 2011
For the first time ever, the age-old TV buying cycle is being disrupted, thanks primarily to new TV innovations and additional TV functions.  This is very exciting news indeed. German households are now buying a new TV set almost every six years, according to recent research from GfK.  Traditionally they purchased a new TV set... Read more >

IBC 2011: Smart TV Q&A with iomega’s Olivier D'Eternod

September 15, 2011
I’ve spent much of the last week in Amsterdam, at IBC 2011, where we were showcasing the latest Intel®-based smart TV solutions.  One of these was the only-just-launched Iomega® TV with Boxee and I managed to catch-up with the company’s Head of Product Marketing for EMEA, Olivier D’Eternod. Paul: What is it about iomega TV... Read more >

Getting Smart TV

July 14, 2011
Chances are, even if you’re familiar with the concept of smart TV, you’re still unsure how to get it.  There are a number of devices on the market – TVs, Blu-ray players, set-top boxes and other companion devices, all promising to deliver Internet content and rich applications, such as social-networking and gaming.  So how do... Read more >

Europe leads the way with smart TV

June 30, 2011
When it comes to the adoption of the latest technology, most people’s money would be on the US to be leading the way. In the case of smart TV, that would be losing bet. At least from Intel’s experience, it’s Europeans who have been quicker to embrace the smart TV revolution. In France, 154,000 new... Read more >

Boxee Box launches in the UK

June 9, 2011
Thanks to everyone at Boxee for organising a great party on Tuesday night at the Bar Music Hall in Shoreditch. Despite being massively jetlagged, team Boxee put on a very brave show to demonstrate the latest, souped-up version of the Boxee Box to a packed room of app developers, content providers, journalists and Boxee users. Since... Read more >

Smart TV versus 3D TV – There’s just no comparison

May 20, 2011
smart tv clip At the beginning of last year and a whole raft of 3D TV launches at CES, the media couldn’t get enough of 3D TV. But by the end of the year, 3D TV was increasingly viewed as one of the year’s biggest flops. Despite manufacturers’ best marketing efforts, they reported, 3D TV had failed to... Read more >

IFA Interview: Smart TV

March 23, 2011
smart tv The onset of smart TV has been enabled by the arrival of more powerful processors such as the Intel® Atom™ CE processor. Just how would YOU define smart TV personally? Smart TV is to traditional TV what smartphones were to traditional mobile phones … and more. It opens up a whole new world of content;... Read more >

Growing Pains of Smart TV

January 26, 2011
Smart TV technology is redefining television as we know it.  But as with any fundamental technology shift, the industry players have to work through the implications to their existing business models.  It has caused some confusion as consumers try to understand what content they can access over the Internet and what content is accessed via... Read more >

Is Smart TV the Most Significant Change in TV History?

December 23, 2010
Smart TV could be the most significant change in television history. I don’t mean intrinsically, but rather, because of the new possibilities it enables. Even intrinsically though, smart TV finally delivers the utopian blend of online entertainment (in all its many forms) with the beautiful big screens we have in our living rooms – and... Read more >