In Broadcast - February 2016 - 6


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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 6 - Issue 2 | February 2016

Appointments
MMP Confirms
Managing Partner
GBR: Marquis Media Partners
(MMP), has appointed Andrew
Ioannou as Managing Partner.
Ioannou, formerly Director of
Technology Strategy and Director
of Broadcast and Production
Technology for ITV, commented: "I
joined MMP in 2013 and the past
year has seen the most significant
growth of Marquis Media Partners
yet, with the recruitment of three
new partners plus the completion
of several major strategic
projects for international media
organisations."
He said MMP will focus on fulfilling
customers' needs for the efficient
delivery of strategic projects.
Ioannou was previously
responsible for product
development at Irdeto,
before that, Entriq, and was
CEO for Omnibus.

Broadcast Pix:
Director of Sales
USA: Broadcast Pix has appointed
Mark Bachmore as Director of
Sales.
Based in New York, he will manage
the worldwide sales team and
dealer channel.
"I'm excited to apply my many
years of sales experience to
Broadcast Pix's products and
services, increase sales revenue,
and expand our client base to new
regions and markets," Bachmore
said.
He spent more than 13 years with
Chyron, including six years as VP of
Worldwide Sales and Operations.
During his tenure, Bachmore
improved margins, developed
standardised
forecasting
methodologies, implemented
a standardised sales quote
system and key account sales
structure.
He has replaced Steve Ellis,
who will remain on the
Board of Directors.

Globecast Empowers
Russian Broadcaster
R

ussian broadcaster Channel One
has selected Globecast to help
them reach the European market
(via HotBird) and Asia (via AsiaSat 5),
extending its reach to new audiences.
Globecast
is
providing
dual
illumination on HotBird with an MPEG4 channel in addition to the existing
MPEG-2 service it provides for the
broadcaster.
Biliana Pumpalovic, General Director
at Globecast Moskva in Russia, said:
"We're delighted to be helping Channel
One make this important step in
increasing its reach by delivering its
content to a new audience.
"This partnership is also a good
illustration of how Globecast can
ensure customers meet both their

current and future
business objectives in
a cost effective way,
with no disruption
to their service; the
dual MPEG-2 and
MPEG-4 illumination
means that Channel
One can make the
transition seamlessly,
as needed."
The leading Russian
language
channel
carries a mix of news,
Biliana Pumpalovic, General Director, Globecast Moskva
documentaries,
and delivered to London. From there
feature film productions, as well as it's uplinked to HotBird for onward
entertainment content.
European transmission. For Asian
The live signal from Channel One is audiences, the signal is forwarded to
received at Globecast's Moscow PoP Hong Kong for uplinking to AsiaSat 5.

ABOX42 Partners With PerceptionTV
A

BOX42 and PerceptionTV have
joined forces to provide customers
with a complete IPTV/OTT hardware
and software solution for international
markets.
The Perception platform will be

PerceptionTV & ABox42 integration

integrated into ABOX42's M series
smart set-top-box platform and
showcased at a number of industry
events this year.
Perception's platform delivers a
complete, global, OTT multiscreen TV
service integrating the
four key components of
TV - live TV; catch-up
TV; video-on-demand;
and cloud-based PVR
- into one intuitive
user-interface.
PerceptionTV's
scalable IPTV platform
delivers content to
any connected device
anywhere, anytime. It
allows both established
TV providers and start-

up businesses to launch a branded
service within a few months.
Perception
also
provides
the capability to deliver video
entertainment services on a global
scale utilising its regionalisation and
multi-node functionality. ABOX42's
customers will benefit from a smart,
latest
technology
set-top-box
combined with Perception's capability
to provide a seamless multiscreen
viewing experience.
This will allow customers to begin
watching TV at home on a traditional
TV set and pick up exactly where they
left off on a mobile device on the way
to work.
The integration will be engineered in
house and the partnership will include
a dedicated joint marketing plan.

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