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Appointments
GMG Appoints New
Chief Financial Officer
GBR: The Gravity Media Group
(GMG) has appointed Paul
Greensmith as its new Chief
Financial Officer (CFO).
"Paul has a wealth of experience
in growing organisations across
diverse sectors including media,
healthcare and technology, all with
great commercial success" said
John Newton, CEO of Gravity Media
Group. "His substantial commercial
and strategic experience will
greatly enhance GMG and our plans
for continued growth."
Commenting on his appointment
Greensmith said: "Joining John
and the team in the next phase of
Gravity Media's development is
a challenge I'm looking forward
to undertaking. Having worked in
the television industry and also
within private equity owners
for many years, I'm excited to
bring my experience on board
to develop a strong growth
strategy."

Telestream Creates
New Vice President Role

USA: Telestream has appointed
Chris Drake as VP of Business and
Corporate Development.
Drake, who will report directly
to Telestream CEO Dan Castles,
joins the company from Comcast
Technology Solutions where he was
VP, Business Development.
"Having spent more than 20
years in broadcast and media
technology, I am more excited now
than ever about the opportunities
- and challenges - facing our
industry," said Drake. "I am
thrilled to have found a company
that shares this optimism and
is well positioned for continued
growth and investment."
Welcoming, Drake, CEO Dan
Castles, said: "In Chris Drake, we
have secured an energetic and
thoroughly experienced business
development executive who is an
excellent fit with Telestream's
collaborative culture and will
help drive us to the next level
and far beyond."

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Facilis Goes 4K Post
Crazy In Japan

Crazy TV is
seeing an
increase in 4K
projects

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razy TV, a full-service postproduction facility based in Tokyo,
has recently installed a large Facilisbased shared storage network as
part of a major facility expansion to
support the increase in 4K work from
its customers.
To help with the installation, Crazy
TV turned to systems integrator Itochu
Cable Systems.
"With their new 4K production
studio, Crazy TV are leading the way
in 4K post-production in Japan,"
said Akihiko Matsui at Itochu Cable
Systems. When it came to finding a
robust and affordable shared storage
solution to replace their Avid ISIS, we
chose the Facilis TerraBlock shared
storage network; they are ideally
suited to reliably handle multiple
streams of 4K video simultaneously."
Itochu Cable Systems procured a
Fibre Channel and Ethernet connected
system of 384TB total capacity. Eleven
4K and HD editors will be connected

with 16Gb Fibre Channel, while another
57 clients will have access via Gigabit
Ethernet.
"Crazy TV is relying on Avid editing
systems using the DNxIQ for editing

Sony Joins AMWA Board
S
ony has become a principal
member of the Advanced Media
Workflow Association (AMWA), joining
the board of directors.
"We're delighted that Sony has
chosen to become a principal member
of the AMWA," said Brad Gilmer,
Executive Director at AMWA. "Sony's
recent contributions to our
Networked Media Open
Specifications (NMOS) is

greatly valued and we look forward
to working with them in the longer
term to set the direction of the
organisation."
The AMWA is an open, communitydriven forum driving the development
of solutions for Networked Media
workflows. To help enable softwarebased systems to recognise and exploit
devices, AMWA has developed the
Networked Media Open Specifications
(NMOS), including NMOS IS-04/IS05/IS-06, that are essential pieces
of an IP Live Production system.
Since Sony began developing its

and the DNxHR codec for finishing.
The Facilis TerraBlock system has
proven its ability to deliver multiple 4K
streams to the Avid as well as DaVinci
Resolve workstations," said Matsui.
IP Live Production system the company
has believed that simply using IP for
transport isn't enough to make a live
production system a more efficient and
practical approach than SDI.
By adopting systems that take
advantage of the work conducted
within the AMWA NMOS project,
broadcasters can realise the full
benefits of an IP network for live
production, as well as helping to drive
interoperability.
Along with other industry leaders,
Sony will have an essential role in
contributing to the development,
adoption,
standardisation
and
refinement of NMOS.
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