Ryan Fernandez, PhD
Media Systems Researcher & Technology Specialist
- IPTV
- Video streaming
- Streaming technology
- Computer science
- Artificial intelligence
About Ryan
Ryan Fernandez holds a PhD in Computer Science from New York University. Ryan is a media systems researcher and technology specialist focusing on streaming protocols, TV architectures and applied artificial intelligence.
At Flickhaven, Ryan brings that technical background to the questions readers actually ask: how an IPTV stream gets from a server to a television, why a connection buffers, what an M3U playlist or an EPG really is, and where AI is starting to change how streaming services are built and delivered.
Qualifications
- PhD in Computer Science, New York University
Areas of Expertise
IPTV
How internet-delivered television works end to end: playlists, portals, electronic programme guides and the apps that play them.
Video streaming
Why streams buffer, how much bandwidth live TV really needs, and how to test a service before paying for it.
Streaming technology
The devices and player apps that sit between a stream and the screen, and how to set them up properly.
Computer science
The networking and software fundamentals behind streaming: protocols, encoding, privacy and how traffic moves across a home connection.
Artificial intelligence
Where AI is changing television: recommendations, picture upscaling, automatic captioning and how streaming platforms are built.
How Ryan's Work Is Checked
Flickhaven operates the IPTV service it writes about, so these guides are not independent journalism and we do not present them as such. Every page Ryan contributes to goes through the same process as the rest of the site: an automated claims check runs before each deploy, prices come from a single configuration file, and each article carries the date it was last verified.
The full process is set out on the editorial team page, and more about the service itself is on About Flickhaven.
Corrections & Questions
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