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Appointments
The Switch Appoints
President & CEO
USA: The Switch has appointed
industry veteran Eric Cooney as
President and Chief Executive
Officer.
"I see tremendous opportunity to
build on The Switch's platform and
extend the scale and scope of our
media services," said Cooney. "I'm
honoured and excited to join the
team and lead the organisation,
particularly during a period with
such significant change across the
entire media-tech landscape."
Cooney brings more than 25
years of leadership experience
in the technology, media and
telecommunications sector, most
recently serving as an operating
executive at True Wind Capital and
a board director for The Switch.
Cooney succeeds Keith Buckley
who is joining True Wind
Capital, The Switch's majority
investor, as an operating
executive he will provide
advisory services to The
Switch.

Warrington
Joins Lawo
GER: Patrick Warrington has
joined Lawo as Senior Director for
Technical Business Development.
In this role, Warrington will
support clients in their migration
to
IP-based
systems
and
infrastructure. He will also work
with the Lawo Advisory Board to
steer the company's strategies
and technology during an
unprecedented transitional period
in the broadcast industry.
Commenting on his appointment,
Warrington said: "It's rare to find
an organisation that combines the
engineering talent, passion and
focus that Lawo does, and I am
really looking forward to being
part of the team."
Warrington, who was R&D Manager
and the Technical Director with a
mixing console manufacturer,
holds an honours degree
in Physics and Computing
and a 'Mini-MBA' from
Manchester University.

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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 9 - Issue 5 | May 2019

Chimney Expands With
DaVinci Resolve Studio

C

himney Group, one of Europe's
largest post-production facilities,
has continued to invest in Blackmagic
Designs's DaVinci Resolve Studio as
part of its rapid expansion into regions
including the U.S.A., South East Asia,
and Australia.
The Chimney Group has now
standardised its entire finishing
workflow around the non-linear editor
and colour correction platform.
"We have used a variety of finishing
tools in the past, but nothing comes
close to Resolve's speed and efficiency.
It's a killer solution for us," said
Chimney Group's Founder Henric
Larsson.
"We see ourselves as a creative
factory, and with ever decreasing
timelines required to get a project
to market, using it ensures a more
efficient workflow from onset DIT
through to conform, colour, and

delivery. Not only can we support ACEs
colour management, IMF delivery, and
HDR mastering from one box, but the
NLE toolset opens up some interesting
options in the future," he said.
Founded in 1995, Chimney rapidly
formed a reputation for offering

pioneering post-production services in
Stockholm. Today, the company boasts
a global footprint that spans more
than 400 employees across 14 offices
in nine different countries, including
cities such as Los Angeles, Singapore,
Berlin and Sydney.

Interra Systems Strengthens
Dolby Partnership

I

nterra Systems has announced an
extension to its partnership with
Dolby.
Its BATON file-based quality control
platform has been integrated with
Dolby Vision, a next-generation
standard that delivers HDR and
WCG viewing experiences. BATON
already supports Dolby Atmos, but
with support for Dolby Vision, BATON
can decode and apply the metadata
contained in Dolby Vision streams,
enabling OTT video service providers
to unlock new functionalities such as
the ability to check for conformance

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Chimney Group investment DaVinci Resolve Studio

against
Dolby
Vision,
decoding of Dolby Vision
content, and checking for
the presence of Dolby Vision
metadata.
"Interra Systems has always been
very aggressive in adding support
for Dolby technology in its QC tools,"
said Vijeta Kashyap, Vice President of
Operations at Interra Systems. "This
latest expansion of our partnership
will enable customers to perform QC
and analyse Dolby Vision and Dolby
Atmos streams in production and
delivery workflows, expediting the

BATON has been
integrated with Dolby Vision

time to market of high-quality HDR
content."
BATON enables service providers to
perform comprehensive video, audio,
and closed caption checks. Featuring a
flexible and scalable architecture, it is
ideal for OTT providers looking to grow
their video streaming service, improve
efficiencies, and provide exceptional
audio-video quality on every device.

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