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Ryan Fernandez, PhD

Media Systems Researcher & Technology Specialist

Last updated 17 October 2026

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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 IG IPTV, 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.

Articles by Ryan

160 guides, listed alphabetically.

How Ryan’s Work Is Checked

IG IPTV operates the IPTV service these guides describe, so they are not independent journalism and we do not present them as such. What we do promise is that every page Ryan contributes goes through the same process as the rest of the site: prices are drawn from one configuration file rather than typed into each article, an automated audit checks claims and links before each deploy, and every article carries the date it was last changed.

Who runs the service, where we are based and how to reach us is set out on the About IG IPTV page.

Corrections & Questions

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