In Broadcast - June 2015 - 6


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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 5 - Issue 6 | June 2015

InNews
Peirson-Hagger MD
Of ATG Danmon
GBR: Russell Peirson-Hagger is
stepping up from his current role
as Commercial Director to take
the position of Managing Director
at ATG Danmon. He succeeds
Christoffer Kay who becomes
Executive Chairman of ATG
Danmon and will now concentrate
on his primary role as Director
and Chief Operating Officer of ATG
Danmon's parent company, Dan
Technologies A/S.
Former ATG Danmon NonExecutive
Chairman
Graham
Pitman remains a member of the
ATG Danmon board.

Higuera Senior Director
Of Sales At Volicon
GBR: Volicon is strengthening
its global presence by naming
Paul Higuera as the company's
Senior Director of Sales. Higuera
will head up the new Volicon
office in Gloucestershire, UK,
where he will be responsible for
growing the company's business
and
strengthening
customer
relationships throughout Europe.
Russell Wise, Volicon's Vice
President of Global Sales, said:
"Paul has a strong track record in
developing and building new and
existing business and channels."

AOL And Guardian
Global Partnership
GBR: AOL UK has announced a
new global content partnership
with Guardian News & Media,
who is joining the premium video
syndication platform AOL On as a
content and publishing partner.
The agreement will see AOL On
distributing the Guardian's original
video content, including awardwinning documentaries. Combining
the Guardian's video content with
syndication across AOL On's large
global publisher network will open
the content to new audiences
internationally.

Tiffen Intros First
Steadicam M-1 Rig
T

iffen International in the UK
is celebrating the delivery of
the first Steadicam M-1 rig which
has been ordered by German
Steadicam operator Max Zaher.
Steadicam inventor and Academy
Award recipient Garrett Brown,
ASC, was in the UK to celebrate
the 35th anniversary of 'The
Shining' and took the opportunity
to inspect the first M-1 prior to
delivery.
Max Zaher is a rising figure in
the German film and television
industries
as
a
Steadicam
operator/cameraman.
He
commented: "The M-1 does
have everything you look for
in a modern Steadicam rig. It
is well balanced and very quick
to configure. It is well thought

through in every detail which helps
a lot in today's film making. It is fun
to work with and I love it already."
Garrett Brown added: "I'm
intensely proud of the M-1 and all
our people who have contributed
to it. I have to say, having operated
Steadicam myself for thirty
something years - I stopped in
2004 - I look a little wistfully at
this new rig and wish I could be out
there using it."
The M-1 is the result of seven
generations
of
experience,
innovation, engineering skills,
technological
advances
and
invaluable feedback and input from
users.
Steadicam inventor Garrett Brown
celebrates delivery of the first
Steadicam M-1 rig

VUBIQUITY Signs TVOD Content
Services Deal With Warner Bros
V

UBIQUITY, a leading global
provider of premium content
services, has announced a new TVOD
content deal with premier Hollywood
studio Warner Bros. for Video-OnDemand service Altech Node. The
partnership will substantially extend
the new release content available
to users of the ground-breaking
South African satellite-based TVOD
entertainment service.
Altech Node was launched in
September 2014 by South African
telecoms and technology group
Altron TMT, the largest privately

owned
converged
solutions
provider on the African continent.
Altech Node is a unique service
combining an entertainment hub,
streaming server, Wi-Fi hotspot and
e-commerce platform, alongside an
integrated home automation and
energy management system, a home
security system, and a telephone and
videophone, all in one.
The
company
also
recently
announced it is to be Africa's first

certified partner of YouTube's
Leanback technology.
VUBIQUITY
provides
a
fully
outsourced TVOD and SVOD service
for Altech Node including content
acquisition, scheduling, processing as
well as marketing support. VUBIQUITY,
with a global footprint reaching 37
countries, has relationships with
all the Hollywood studios, large
independents, and a wealth of
boutique content providers which
enable operators to provide customers
with a wide range of premium movies,
TV series and documentaries.

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