- Gunnar Garfors
Gunnar Garfors (born
29 May 1975 inHammerfest ,Norway ) is the Director of Development in the Division of Development and New Media ofNorwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK ) inOslo . He headed the launch of live TV to mobile phones as the first in the world. Garfors has also been one of the pioneers of a number of other innovative mobile services, i.e. the "world's first" personalized ads on mobile TV service and advanced forms of interactivity.He also heads the mobile TV joint venture company Norges mobil-TV AS (Mobile TV of Norway Ltd.). This company is fully owned by three Norwegian broadcasters and will launch broadcasted mobile TV via DMB in the winter of 2008/09.
Garfors holds a Bachelors Degree (Hons) from
Falmouth College of Arts inGreat Britain and a Master of Management degree from Norwegian Business School.
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