Guy Tennant has spent more than 15 years in the pay-media industry, the last of which have been heading up Entriq (acquired by Irdeto in 2008). Prior to Entriq he worked at BSkyB in the United Kingdom, where he led the Sky Interactive technology team. Before that, at Irdeto Access, Guy's engineering team developed the worlds first MPEG2 DVB based Digital TV launches in Australia, South Africa, and Thailand in 1995. He occupied the roles of VP of Engineering & VP Product Management from 1996 to 2000, and was instrumental in producing Irdeto's 2nd generation security systems. His undergraduate and postgraduate Engineering degrees were obtained at The University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg South Africa.