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Emmy Directorate Award For ABU President Kim In-Kyu
Wave and in developing the broadcasting culture of the AsiaPacific region. A video message of congratulations by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon was screened at the presentation, with the Secretary General remarking on Dr Kim’s career in the media: “When I was working for the Korean Embassy in America 20 years ago, Mr Kim was a KBS correspondent. I would now like to congratulate him on receiving the award in recognition of his leadership as president of KBS and president of ABU.” The ABU, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2014, has more than 220 member broadcasters large and small spread across a region’s 58 countries. The ABU promotes the collective interests of television and radio broadcasters and encourages regional and international cooperation between broadcasters.

iHeartRadio Hits Australasia & NZ
USA: The Australian Radio Network (ARN), a joint venture between APN News & Media and Clear Channel International, has announced they will launch iHeartRadio in Australia and New Zealand. The launch of Clear Channel’s popular all-in-one digital radio service will pave the way for ARN in Australia and New Zealand by providing a unique digital service to advertisers and listeners. Since its launch in 2011 at the inaugural iHeartRadio Music Festival, iHeartRadio continues to be a leading digital radio service in the US.

Foxtel Relies On Thomson Video
FRA: Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel has relied on Thomson Video Networks’ technology to send HD London Games coverage from London to Sydney. In London, Foxtel used Thomson ViBE EM3000 HD encoders and NetProcessor 9030 multiplexers to prepare eight HD channels of live content for transmission to Australia via an IP link Foxtel in Sydney operates one of the largest Thomson Video Networks platforms in the Asia-Paciﬁc region, incorporating several generations of encoders, multiplexers, and video servers.

ABU President Dr Kim In-Kyu

BU President Dr Kim In-Kyu has been honoured for 40 years in the Korean and Asia-Pacific broadcasting industry. Dr Kim, who is President and CEO of Korean Broadcasting System, received the International Emmy Directorate Award for 2012

at a ceremony in New York, the ﬁrst time a Korean has been given this recognition. In his acceptance speech, Dr Kim said that it was a great honour to receive the award as President of KBS and President of the ABU, for his work in promoting the Korean

Cinegy Expands In Korea With Grape Media
C
inegy has announced their expansion in Korea with new partner Grape Media. Since their establishment in April 2012, Grape Media were searching for an innovative software solution that would provide their customers with a modular and scalable automation and complete media asset management solution. “Many of our customers in Korea prefer open platform architecture and as Cinegy consist of modular, open APIs and open platforms we believe that the solutions offered by Cinegy is exactly what our customers require,” said JK Yang, owner and Weigner, Managing Director of Cinegy. Grape Media provides system integration, consulting, and products and solution sales to the broadcast and media industry across South Korea. Cinegy focuses on the research and development of media and television software and technologies. Cinegy Workﬂow is the software platform which combines digital asset management, video ingest and software based encoding, broadcast automation and playout, production tools, archive storage & retrieval – all integrated into one database driven production workflow.

Thailand To Dance With The Stars
GBR: BBC Worldwide has partnered with hotel brand Amari to bring ‘Dancing With The Stars’ to Thailand. The Thai series will be independently produced by MCL (Metine Company Ltd) and Kantana Group PLC, funded through advertising. Amari will feature in ad breaks throughout the series and will have logo signage during the show.

CEO of Grape Media “Working closely with Grape Media in South Korea will provide Cinegy with another well-known and respected partner who can further launch Cinegy into one of Asia’s largest broadcast and media markets. We are very excited to have formed our partnership with Grape Media and look forward to a successful, long term relationship,” added Daniella

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