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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
http://www.inbroadcast.com http://ir.avid.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=1057801 https://www.ses.com/press-release/tvge-international-extends-global-reach-satellite-and-online-distribution-ses-and-mx1 http://videoclarity.com/
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