Christophe Hochart

Christophe Hochart: Serial Entrepreneur, Government Adviser & Digital Strategist

Christophe Hochart, was born on 11 February, 1973, in Wimereux, France. He attended the Saint Martin School in Marquise, France, from 1977 to 1981, and then the Collège Pilattre de Rozier, Wimille, France, from 1983 to 1987 [1]. He later gained an EMBA (Executive Master's of Business Administration) from Western University in Kong Kong (IVEY EMBA class of 2016) [2].

At the age of 24, he moved to Asia after being intrigued about the huge opportunities there. Hochart, an enthusiastic sportsman, was a golf professional at the time, and decided that his best strategy was to establish a golf school in Bangkok, Thailand. With the success of his very first venture, Hochart expanded with various programs, an online golf service portal, a tour and a camp. He also became well known as the local TV station's golf specialist [2].

After turning 27, recognising that golf is the subject of many different industries, Hochart spent more than 10 years implementing various projects: property development, casinos, night clubs, credit card service platforms, golf events, golfer services, golf properties, and TV shows; as well as acting as a project consultant. This decade of experience managing, structuring and developing businesses, led Hochart to step outside the sphere of golf, and look further afield to new horizons [2].

Until 2018, Hochart has been spending his time in Asia between Thailand, Singapore, China and Hong Kong, and been a CEO or partner in: a golf products manufacturing company, a jewellery brand, a sports glove brand, a medical spa, a yoga centre, a platform dedicated to online finance, and a mobile tech company [2]. Hochart is the founder and Group CEO of tech start-ups Chillmob.com ScanAd.com, and BOOSST.com [2].

Broadcast Asia states that Hochart: "has successful built a solid partnership network across industries, amongst multiple countries in the world. Hochart is the latest Telkom Indonesia Technology partner providing OTT Mobile platform OONA and owns... ScanMe the Mobile Engagement Technology deployed into the Indonesia market..." [3]. Hochart's most recent venture is the highly successful next generation OTT AVOD Start-Up, OONA - the World 1st futuristic live and VOD mobile platform which offers consumers Free Entertainment for Life with its trilogy of: TV, Gaming & Music. It is also unique in that it rewards users with a virtual currency just for watching and enjoying the content they love. Moreover, it gives users hundreds of top international and local channels; and a cool way of choosing, sharing and editing their fab entertainment using the latest fun tools and stickers.

When consumers download the OONA app, they are immediately introduced to their PA, OONAbot - the friendly AI genie in the app who organises their favourite entertainment, and only shows them the ads that interest them, and can save them time and money. The virtual currency rewards (tcoins) are given to users for interacting with OONAbot and family and friends; watching channels and ads; and sharing cool content on Instagram, Facebook, and other social media sites. The tcoins can be redeemed for a broad range of branded goods and services, discounts, meals, fun days out, holistic health treatments, free mobile phone minutes and telcom products, and entry to Bid'n Win competitions.

                               Christophe Hochart speaking at the Asia Media Summit

Hochart has designed OONA so that it offers free to air, pay TV, and OTT options; and is set to provide data and subscription-free movies, series, motoring shows, documentaries, action, celebrity news, cookery specials, learning broadcasts, live sports and local and world breaking news, to billions of people in Asia, the US, South America, Africa, the Middle East and Europe. Hochart's exciting new futuristic concept gives users and content holders 100% control, and allows viewers to get what they want to watch at the moment they want to watch it - anytime, anywhere - on the go, or at home via OONA app casting. Hochart has initiated its service by providing this state-of-the-art platform free to 185 million plus Indonesians, as a result of its partnership with Telkom Indonesia – one the the world's foremost telcom giants. The platform provides tailored services to advertisers and agencies. This incorporates customized surveys and campaigns, in addition to consulting for sales teams [4].

  Joddy Hernady, SVP Media & Digital Business, Telcom Indonesia, 

   & Christophe Hochart, Founder & CEO of OONA                            

                                  

According to a 2017 Reuters report in the Daily Mail, OONA has created waves in the Mobile Television Industry by going into partnership with the biggest TELCOM Company in the world, Telkom Indonesia. This has given 185 Million-plus Indonesians free access to entertainment and television channels from any mobile device including tablets and smartphones [5].

                               Christophe Hochart Speaking at the Asia Video Summit 2018

Hochart now resides in Hong Kong, and spends much of his time in various OONA offices throughout the world. With over 24 years business experience which includes consulting, operational and entrepreneurial roles, he is a well known adviser to investors and shareholders, business executives and governments [2]. He is renowned for speaking engagements with organisations such as CASBAA [6], the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia, which reaches more than 500 million connections from Australasia to China, and Pakistan to Japan [7], and is a regular lecturer at the Ivey Business School in Hong Kong, where he inspires and informs MBA and PhD students about the application of technology to business models [2].

                    OTT Summit 2019, Singapore: Christophe Hochart, far right & on screen


References:

[1] Copains Davant (n.d.). http://copainsdavant.linternaute.com/p/christophe-hochart-1884738   Retrieved 17 Dec. 2017.

[2] Christophe Hochart Website (2017). "About Hochart."  http://christophehochart.com  Retrieved 17 Dec. 2017.

[3] Broadcast Asia (2017). "Christophe Hochart." http://www.broadcast-asia.com/bca2017/index.php/conference/speakers/christophe-hochart/   Retrieved 18 Dec. 2017.

[4]. OONA Free Mobile TV (2018). https://oonafreemobiletv.blogspot.com/  Retrieved 1 May, 2018.

[5] Daily Mail (2017). "OONA Seals Partnership With Telkom Indonesia." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-4940084/OONA-SEALS-PARTNERSHIP-WITH-TELKOM-INDONESIA.html  Retrieved 17 Dec. 2017.

[6] CASBAA (2017). "Disruptive Distribution." YouTube.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rjiDkXyiV8&feature=youtu.be  Retrieved 17 Dec. 2017.

[7] CASBAA (n.d.). WIKIPEDIA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CASBAA  Retrieved 17 Dec. 2017.