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Shahrzad Rafati
Shahrzad Rafati
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Born	Tehran, Iran
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	University of British Columbia (B.Sc. Computer Science)
Occupation(s)	Founder & CEO of BroadbandTV Corp. Vancouver, British Columbia, Founder- Make Change, Co-Founder & Advisory Board Member, Chopra Yoga Center,[failed verification] Vancouver, British Columbia

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Shahrzad Rafati is a Canadian entrepreneur and the founder of BroadbandTV Corp (BBTV) ^[1] headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. Rafati founded BroadbandTV five years ago and has served as its CEO since inception. During this time she vaulted BBTV into a leadership position in the video curation/monetization space with cutting edge business models that solve major problems for the online video marketplace. She has recently been named as one of the world’s top 100 creative business thinkers by Fast Company.^[3]

Shahrzad’s personal vision and mandate is one of constructive professional achievement and social betterment. She strongly feels that the two concepts are not mutually exclusive.^[4]

Shahzad Rafati's commercial venture BroadbandTV began operations by offering TV entertainment in different language over the Internet. However the algorithms of Shahrzad that attracted enthusiastic response is the tracking of unauthorized online video and other visuals. She has developed computer programs, search algorithms— that scans the web for a specific content^[5] and various unauthorized content. The algorithms scan the web and When they find one, BroadbandTV staff screen it for potential objectionable content and remove it, and then attach advertisements. Such exercise converts a pirated video clip posted on YouTube as a revenue-generating asset.

The most famous venture of Shahrzad Rafati, 'BroadbandTV accredited with prestigious Ready to Rocket^[6]^[7] list, known for identifying companies with outstanding achievements in Revenue, profitability and growth. The annual list of Ready to Rocket^[8] recognizes the prominent companies who have created innovative products, practices and services that are capitalizing on significant IT trends.

Early life

Shahrzad Rafati was born in Tehran, Iran.^{[citation needed]}^[when?] In 2005, she completed her B.Sc. in Computer Science at the University of British Columbia.^[9] She also studied French language at the prestigious Université Paris Sorbonne (Paris IV).^{[citation needed]}

Career

During her tenure with Broadbandtv, Shahrzad has overseen the development of the company’s strategic vision and tactical execution and personally driven deals with Google,^{[citation needed]} TELUS,^[10] NBA,^[11] Warner Bros.,^{[citation needed]}Electronic Arts,^[12] Venevision International,^{[citation needed]} Vuze^[13] and other leading video production and distribution companies.

In a remarkable short time, BroadbandTV and Shahrzad have become recognizable players in the burgeoning online video industry. In addition to closing deals with content and network partners, Shahrzad has been spearheading BroadbandTV’s R&D efforts which promise to better connect/monetize online consumers and the content they are seeking on various platforms.^[14]

The most prominent initiative of Shahrzad Rafati, BroadbandTV has been named to prestigious Ready to Rocket list, known for identifying companies with outstanding achievements in Revenue, profitability and growth. The annual list of Rocket^[15] recognizes the prominent companies who have created innovative products, practices and services that are capitalizing on significant IT trends.

Her venture BroadbandTV, supported World Cancer Day with "WATCH AND GIVE" program. As a result, by watching ad-supported videos related with World Cancer Day, viewers generate donations for Cancer Research. ^[16]

In 2008, Rafati was named among the Top 5 Feature Entrepreneurs in the Media & Entertainment Industry by the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs of British Columbia.^[17]

She is also a co-founder of Chopra Yoga Center in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[2]^{[failed verification]}

References

External links

[broadbandtv-1] BroadbandTV Corp

[choprayoga-2] Untitled Document

[3] Shahrzad Rafati | Most Creative People 2011 | Fast Company

[4] Forum for Women Entrepreneurs recognizes Shahrzad Rafati as one of five outstanding entrepreneurs in the Media & Entertainment industry | BroadbandTV Corp

[5] ttp://broadbandtvcorp.com/content-detection/

[6] ttp://smart-grid.tmcnet.com/news/2011/01/26/5269797.htm

[7] ttp://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/26/idUS210880+26-Jan-2011+PRN20110126/

[8] ttp://readytorocket.com/

[9] ttp://www.cs.ubc.ca/news/2011/06/cs-alumna-turned-pirate-profit

[10] ttp://www.itnewslink.com/article.php?id_article=2175

[11] ttp://news.killscreendaily.com/post/6331335478/those-videogame-gameplay-clips-on-youtube-a-vancouver-co

[12] ttp://news.killscreendaily.com/post/6331335478/those-videogame-gameplay-clips-on-youtube-a-vancouver-co

[13] ttp://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2008/01/29/vuzebroadbandtvteamup

[14] ttp://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/little+creativity+turned+pirate+into+profit/4869842/story.html

[15] ttp://www.readytorocket.com/2011/01/announcing-2011-ready-to-rocket-ict.html/

[16] Broadbandtv Supports World Cancer Day With Watch And Give Program | Reuters

[17] Forum for Women Entrepreneurs recognizes Shahrzad Rafati as one of five outstanding entrepreneurs in the Media & Entertainment industry | BroadbandTV Corp

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+During her tenure with Broadbandtv, Shahrzad has overseen the development of the company’s strategic vision and tactical execution and personally driven deals with [[Google]],{{cn|date=June 2011}} [[TELUS]],<ref>http://www.itnewslink.com/article.php?id_article=2175</ref> [[NBA]],<ref>http://news.killscreendaily.com/post/6331335478/those-videogame-gameplay-clips-on-youtube-a-vancouver-co</ref> [[Warner Bros.]],{{cn|date=June 2011}}[[Electronic Arts]],<ref>http://news.killscreendaily.com/post/6331335478/those-videogame-gameplay-clips-on-youtube-a-vancouver-co</ref> [[Venevision International]],{{cn|date=June 2011}} [[Vuze]]<ref>http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2008/01/29/vuzebroadbandtvteamup</ref> and other leading video production and distribution companies.
 In a remarkable short time, BroadbandTV and Shahrzad have become recognizable players in the burgeoning online video industry.  In addition to closing deals with content and network partners, Shahrzad has been spearheading BroadbandTV’s R&D efforts which promise to better connect/monetize online consumers and the content they are seeking on various platforms.<ref>http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/little+creativity+turned+pirate+into+profit/4869842/story.html</ref>