Video software, apps and security specialist Alticast said it has appointed Mike Fallon to president of Alticast Americas, where he will head up the company’s business strategy and operational activities in North and South America.

John Carlucci, who had been serving as president and chief technology officer of Alticast U.S. since January 2015, “will devote all of his energies to his CTO role of identifying and productizing new technologies that can drive business results for pay-TV operators,” the company said.

Fallon most recently headed Alticast’s North American customer engagement activities, where, the company said, had helped to drive three consecutive years of increasing revenue growth. Prior to Alticast, Fallon was an exec with Advanced Digital Broadcast and Vidiom, and is also late of Arris. He holds a B.A. from the University of Dallas.

Of recent note, Alticast is supplying middleware and user interface support for Videotron's new Ultra HD-capable box.

“Our success with Videotron, our APAC customers and other operators in North America and worldwide have generated numerous new business and technology opportunities,” said Mansoo Han, CEO of Alticast, in a statement. “The appointment of Mike Fallon will better enable us to leverage his strategic and leadership skills, while freeing John Carlucci to accelerate the technology solutions that the market is demanding.”

John Carlucci has been appointed to the newly created post of president of Alticast North America, and will retain his duties as the company’s chief technology officer, the company confirmed to Multichannel News.

Carlucci, an engineer who is late of Clearleap, Time Warner Cable and a cable-backed downloadable video security J.V. called PolyCipher, joined Alticast, a video software and integration specialist, in 2012.

As CTO, Carlucci, who has more than 20 patents to his name, has been heading the development of  Alticast’s product development.

Of recent note, Alticast used the recent International CES to demonstrate AltiProtect, billing the cloud-based, renewable approach to media security as an alternative to the CableCARD. Such a solutions could play a role in the U.S. market as the CableCARD regime for separable security in set-top boxes prepares to sunset following the recent passage of the satellite reauthorization bill. The FCC is now tasked with pursuing a successor platform. Alticast has also been developing HDMI Media Express, a set-top-on-a-stick that uses the Reference Design Kit, the preintegrated software bundle for IP and hybrid devices that’s being managed by Comcast, Time  Warner Cable and Liberty Global. In a demo last year, Alticast showed the device running both RDK and Android.

Alticast is based in South Korea, but operates its U.S. operations out of Broomfield, Colo.

At TWC, Carlucci was a key contributor to the development of services such as Start Over and the MSO’s switched digital video platform. 

Updated: Alticast announced promotion on Tuesday with this statement from Alticast CEO Won Cheol Kang: “John was the obvious choice when we decided to create the position of President. His experience, track record of success and outstanding technical expertise make him ideal to serve both as President and CTO and to drive Alticast to even greater achievements.” 

Alticast is looking show Cable Show attendees how to “Simplify the Future of TV.”

Alticast, which is calling booth 2537 home from April 29 through May in the Los Angeles Convention Center, will demonstrate several solutions leveraging the Reference Design Kit, the popular pre-integrated software bundle for customer-premises equipment, including next-generation set-top boxes.

The Broomfield, Colo.-headquartered company will showcase its versatile HDMI Media Express ‘set-top box on a stick,’ several IP set-top boxes, featuring RDK and Alticast’s integrated Application Framework technology.

Moreover, booth visitors can espy advanced technology demonstrations, including cloud DVR, CVP-2, multi-screen, 4K, NCAS downloadable security and the new Alticast Cloud-based Application Store.

“Consumers want personalized, increasingly interactive TV experiences that can be enjoyed in the home or on the go and Alticast’s software solutions give operators complete control in deciding how and what they deliver to their subscribers,” said John Carlucci, CTO Alticast US. “The Cable Show attendees will be able to get up close and personal with several demonstrations that not only leverage the RDK integrated software bundle endorsed by many of the world’s top cable operators, but also highlight the technological strides Alticast is making to enable a reliable, state-of-the-art TV experience.”

In addition to booth demonstrations, Carlucci will present "HDMI Stick: The Untethered Future of Cable" at Imagine Park Innovation Showcase on April 30 as part of the content segment from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.