In Broadcast - November 2017 - 8

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Appointments
Telestream Names
Puopolo As CEO
USA: Telestream has named Scott
Puopolo as its CEO, announcing
that former CEO Dan Castles,
one of the company's original
founders, is retiring. Castles, who
will continue to be an active board
member, said: "Knowing the right
time to retire is not easy," said
Castles. "However, I am confident
that Scott is the right man to take
this business to the next level."
Telestream
board
member
Puopolo, said he was "both
honoured and humbled to have
been chosen as its new Chief
Executive".
Prior to joining the company,
Puopolo was Executive VP
at iconectiv. Additionally, he
worked at Cisco Systems where
he led the company's
Service
Provider
Transformation Group.
Prior to Cisco, Puopolo
spent 14 years at
Accenture.

Le Sommet Appoints
APAC Client Liaison

GBR: Le Sommet has appointed
Fiona Blake as Client Liaison
Manager for APAC.
Blake, who has over 20
years'
experience
in
PR,
marketing,
digital
content
management, said: "In the run
up to BroadcastAsia2018, I look
forward to using my energy and
commitment to forge strong
relationships with Le Sommet
clients in the APAC region".
Previously, Blake was with leading
PR and digital media agency
Manor Marketing. Prior to that
Blake spent 15 years in the IT
sector, leading marketing teams
for a software development online
portal.
Commenting, Le Sommet Founder
and MD, Phillip Izzard, said:
"Fiona's drive will be a valuable
asset as we embark on the
latest phase of development
for the Company as
the
Official
Publisher
BroadcastAsia Daily 2018."

www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 7 - Issue 11 | November 2017

Short Film Strays Shot
On URSA Mini 4.6K

I

ndependent
filmmaker
Aaron lot of trust and understanding to work stepping up to the URSA Mini 4.6K
Dunleavy has produced his latest in this way."
was a big deal according to Dunleavy.
short film, Strays, using the Blackmagic
Having shot his earlier shorts on "Without even mentioning the obvious
URSA Mini 4.6K digital film camera and smaller DSLRs and mirrorless cameras, benefits of improved image quality
DaVinci Resolve for colour
and formats, the production
correction.
process
improves
Aaron worked with
dramatically."
DoP, Chris Spurdens,
Commissioned
for
with whom he has
Channel 4's Random Acts,
collaborated on both
the film explores a dark and
of his previous short
unsettling world taken over
films. "As all of my work
by children. Strays has been
is heavily improvised,
scheduled for broadcast
it takes an enormous
in series 4 of Channel 4's
amount of flexibility
Random Acts.
and skill from a DoP
The
Random
Acts
to capture a scene so
education, training and
spontaneously," begins
production program is
Dunleavy. "There were
backed by Arts Council
many one-off moments
England in partnership with
caught by Chris; it takes a Independent filmmaker Aaron Dunleavy on a shoot for Strays
UK broadcaster Channel 4.

Gearhouse Broadcast Acquires
Stranger Designs
G

earhouse Broadcast has expanded
its Event Communications Division
with the acquisition of leading industry
RF, radio mic and IFB specialists
Stranger Designs.
Manager - Event Communications
Jason Owen said: "Stranger Designs is
a perfect fit for Gearhouse Broadcast
Event Comms as they seamlessly
complement our comms offering by
adding new RF, radio mic and IFB
solutions for clients in live events,
sports and reality TV. This is what the
industry has been asking for and we
have now delivered it."
Stranger Designs is headed up by
well-known and respected RF comms

engineer Rod Stranger, who said:
"There are great synergies between
the two companies and as a joint force
we can offer a total comms package
like no other company in Australia."
Owen added: "It's fair to say Rod
is one of only a very small handful of
RF comms engineers at this level in
Australia. Along with Rod's extensive
experience our acquisition of Stranger
Designs also brings with it some
cutting edge comms kit which will
help us expand further into both
motorsport and into radio mic and
IFB dry hire platforms with very latest
Kenwood, Lectrosonic, Sennheiser and
Shure Axient Digital platforms.

RF Comms engineer Rod Stranger

"In short Rod's expertise and
Stranger
Designs'
inventory
significantly expands our comms
offering whilst adding even more
depth to our high-performance team."
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