In Broadcast - May 2018 - 8

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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 8 - Issue 5 | May 2018

Appointments
Russel Grute Joins
Arvato Systems
GER / GBR: Arvato Systems
has appointed Russell Grute as
Manager for Sales and Business
Development. With a focus on IT
product solutions for Digital Media
Management, Grute's tasks will
include discovering and building
new markets for the full Arvato
Systems Media portfolio.
Grute stated he joined Arvato
Systems
because
of
"the
company's
current
positive
trajectory both corporately and
with its next generation media
solutions roadmaps".
"There is no other vendor
providing such advanced Media
Asset
Management
(MAM),
Broadcast Management Systems
(BMS) and Monetization Solutions
in single portfolio," he said.
He joins Arvato Systems following
seven years at independent
consultancy Broadcast Innovation.
Grute previously held senior
sales and marketing roles at
Pharos / Evertz, TSL, Leitch /
Harris, Tyrell Corporation, and
Sony Broadcast.

TVU Appoints
Latin America GM
USA: TVU Networks has appointed
industry veteran Rafael Castillo
as its General Manager of Latin
America. Castillo is leading TVU's
efforts to strengthen its presence
across the region.
Commenting Paul Shen, CEO of TVU
Networks, said: "He has a proven
track record of driving growth and
strengthening relationships across
the Latin American region - an area
that TVU is dedicated to expanding
its presence."
Castillo brings decades of
management experience across
Latin America to TVU. Most
recently, he served in the roles of
Vice President of Latin America
and Caribbean for Snell Advanced
Media, as well as Vice President
of Latin America for SeaChange
International.
Previously, Castillo worked
for Grass Valley for 18 years,
including seven years in the
role of SVP, Latin America.

dock10 Standardises
Audio Consoles

P

ost-production
house dock10 has
standardised its television
facilities on Calrec consoles.
Recently,
dock10
purchased
a
Summa
console in a 32-fader,
180-channel configuration
from
Calrec
for
its
HQ6 studio that's used
exclusively
by
BBC
Children's
Presentation,
which works on content
for the popular CBBC and
CBeebies channels.
This installation means that all
seven television studios are now
standardised on Calrec consoles.
John O'Shaughnessy, Head of
Technology Operations at dock10,

operations. We use Calrec's Hydra2
audio networking capabilities and a
mixture of Calrec's Apollo and Artemis
consoles throughout our
facility. This latest purchase
of the Summa means that
our seven main studios are
now standardised on Calrec
audio consoles."
With ten studios in its
facility in Manchester, seven
being
television-based,
dock10 offers advanced and
innovative television studio
services for broadcasters,
production companies and
creative pros in the UK.
Calrec Summa console at dock10
The studios, which vary
said: "When we realised we needed in size, are used by many high-profile
to upgrade this particular studio, it clients to make popular TV shows,
didn't take us long to decide on the including The Voice, Match Of The Day
Summa because Calrec equipment and the iconic children's favourite Blue
is well established across our Peter.

GatesAir Helps Norway
DAB Radio Transition
G

atesAir has shipped over 1,100
transmitters in support of the
transition to DAB Radio by Norway's
commercial and public broadcasters.
The final shipments over the coming
weeks, will bring the total to 1,218
transmitters deployed. The
transition is completed
just months after Norway's
pioneering analogue FM
Radio switch-off.
The final national FM
Radio signals vacated the
airwaves in mid-December,
concluding an 11-month
sunset that broadcasters
worldwide
have
been
closely watching.

station - Lyden av Norge - to 15
unique, high-quality digital radio
channels. A multichannel capability
that will provide additional revenue
opportunities.
The move to all-digital radio in
The transition has also improved
Norway offers a blueprint for other audio quality and coverage across
countries considering FM switch-offs.
approximately
320,000
square
The spectrum efficiencies of kilometres
of
wildly
diverse
DAB Radio have initially expanded geographical terrain.
listener options from a single FM
The move to DAB Radio will
also significantly lower
Spectrum efficient
operational costs by up to
- DAB Radio
eight times the operational
costs of FM Radio.
These savings will be
further amplified after the
network migrates content
distribution to EDI, a highly
efficient IP-based protocol
supported both by GatesAir
and within the DAB Radio
standard.
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