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8 Appointments Sennheiser Names Area Sales Manager UAE / QAT: Audio specialist Sennheiser has named Arif PK as its new Area Sales Manager for the System Solutions Channel in the UAE and Qatar. Arif will report directly to Mig Cardamone, Director of Sales and Marketing at Sennheiser Middle East who said: "We feel that the Middle East - with special focus on Qatar and the UAE, given the upcoming major events- continues to prove that it is a very crucial market with a demand for high quality audio equipment and international expertise." Arif will primarily focus on working with Venuetech in the UAE to continue to grow Sennheiser's footprint. He will also leverage his extensive experience in Qatar to deliver new business across all verticals. GLOOKAST Expands EMEA Pre-Sales Team USA / POR: GLOOKAST has appointed Øystein Riise Næss as Pre-Sales and Business Development Manager EMEA. A seasoned industry veteran, Næss has over 20 years' experience in the video and broadcast industry spanning Product Management, Sales and Pre-Sales roles. "We are very excited to have Øystein join the GLOOKAST family. He is well versed with the needs of broadcast professionals and content producers, and his vast amount of industry experience and technical knowledge will aid us in expanding our EMEA coverage and improving the solutions and services we provide," said Guilherme Silva, Co-Founder and CEO at GLOOKAST. Næss previously spent 12 years at Avid, with his most recent role as Application Specialist. www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 8 - Issue 3 | March 2018 ERR Selects Avid To Modernise News Workflows E stonia's national public broadcaster, ERR, has invested in a story-centric news workflow based on Avid MediaCentral to modernise its news studios. Further, with the adoption of MediaCentral | UX, the Cloud-based Web front-end for MediaCentral, ERR's teams have become more collaborative and efficient, with the ability to deliver compelling programming faster for three Estonian and Russian TV channels. "Avid understands how the market is changing and offered the most comprehensive and tightly integrated solution that allows us to address the challenges and demands of contemporary broadcasting," said Jaanus Lillenberg, ICT Director, ERR. "With MediaCentral we have a reliable, state-of-the-art workflow with modern news, graphics, and studio solutions Avid MediaCentral that enable us to engage viewers with a visually appealing look for our TV channels." Avid worked closely with ERR, Hannu Pro and TVC to create a customised solution that includes Maestro | TD Control for displaying large-scale highresolution graphics on video walls, triggered by Maestro I Designer. Avid MediaCentral | UX provides a single, easy-to-use interface for fast, collaborative media production leveraging Production, Asset, and Newsroom management modules. ERR has also implemented MediaCentral | Ingest to orchestrate file-based workflows, the Avid AirSpeed | 5500 video server, and several Avid Media Composer suites for nonlinear editing. TVGE Extends Global Reach Via SES And MX1 illustrates how SES's global satellite reach combined with MX1 services is the ideal package for delivering television programming to viewers across the world, on any device, anytime, anywhere," said Clint Brown, VP, Sales and Market Development for Africa, SES Video. The nonlinear distribution service will enable viewers across the world to stream the channel live on the TVGE Website or watch programmes on their phones via a dedicated application. TVGE is a free-to-air, Spanishspeaking channel that offers local news, entertainment, and cultural programmes. T VGE International, Equatorial Guinea's governmental channel, is partnering with SES and MX1 to deliver its content worldwide on both linear and nonlinear platforms. "We are very pleased to rely on SES and MX1 to distribute our channel across the world," said His Excellency Eugenio Nse Obiang, Equatorial Guinea Minister of Information Press and Radio. "We are entering the new phase in video delivery, as our content will now be distributed not only on linear TV but also on nonlinear platforms, which for us is key to ensuring we continue to reach our audience and meet evolving viewing habits." TVGE will use satellite capacity to broadcast its 24/7 channel across Africa, Europe, and the Americas. In addition, MX1, an SES-owned subsidiary, will provide VOD services and Web applications for the channel. "This agreement with TVGE International perfectly