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Appointments

D'Oliveiro Joins
Deltatre APAC
OTT Division
Michael D'Oliveiro has joined
Deltatre as Commercial Director,
APAC OTT Division.
Reporting to Adam Nightingale,
SVP OTT, D'Oliveiro will be based
in Singapore and handle account
management for Deltatre's key
strategic accounts, while also
taking responsibility for sales and
business development across the
region.
Ron Downey, OTT Division |
President & Board Director, said:
"Michael is a seasoned media
and technology executive and we
are delighted to welcome him to
the Deltatre team. He will bring
local market expertise as well as
a great deal of amassed industry
knowledge. His hire is another
important milestone on our
journey in Asia, where the business
has had a remarkable year of
growth."
He joins Deltatre from Dexecure,
where he was Head of Growth,
managing global sales and
marketing for the company.
D'Oliveiro spent over 20 years in
the telco, media and technology
verticals,
working
primarily
across Asia and Australia. He
has a rich history of managing
global
technology
portfolios
and is capable of leveraging his
multicultural experiences to build
successful business partnerships.
His
client-side
experience
encompasses free-to-air services,
pay-TV and the pure-play OTT
industry. Previous achievements
include managing Telstra's B2B
OTT portfolio, where he held global
commercial responsibilities.
In addition, he was also Singapore
Country Head at HOOQ, the
regional OTT player, where he
managed the Singtel partnership.
Deltatre has had a year of
significant growth in Asia,
underlined by several high-profile
client wins, plus the introduction
of a customer service team in
Mumbai.

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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 10 - Issue 1 | January 2020

SMPTE Program For
ConnecTechAsia2020

S

MPTE is to produce and host a
program at ConnecTechAsia2020,
organised by Informa Markets.
"Thanks to our new partnership
with Informa Markets, we have the
exciting opportunity to bring a SMPTEproduced program to international
audiences at ConnecTechAsia," said
Barbara Lange, Executive Director of
SMPTE. "We'll be working with local
SMPTE members, as well as members
from around the world, to cultivate a
rich array of speakers and panellists
who can address critical technology
topics across the professional media
technology industry."
ConnecTechAsia will feature top
speakers and brands from around

the world, the latest content and
technology showcases, and lively
activities and networking events, all
aimed at delivering ever-increasing
educational value to attendees.
Ivan
Ferrari,
Event
Director
of
ConnecTechAsia,
Informa
Markets, said: "We are thrilled to
welcome SMPTE onboard as one of
ConnecTechAsia's key partners, to
bring attendees a robust program
of insightful content from industry
leaders around the globe. As
the world's leading professional
organisation for media technology,
SMPTE and its members bring with
them unparalleled depth and highly
relevant knowledge and education

AFP And KBS Forge New
Strategic Partnership

A

FP has become a main provider of
international video news for KBS,
the public service broadcaster in Korea.
"We are pleased to start a new
relationship with AFP, an influential,
prestigious and trusted news agency",
said Kim Jong Myong, Executive
Managing Director for News and
Sports for KBS. "We believe this
contract was made possible through
AFP's credibility, and we hope this
cooperation will greatly contribute to
our credibility," Mr Kim said.
"We are delighted and honoured
that KBS, a much trusted public

broadcaster in Korea and across
Asia, has chosen to forge a new
strategic partnership with AFP and
we are looking forward to a long and
mutually fruitful relationship", Philippe
Massonnet, Asia-Pacific Director for
AFP said.
"KBS's expression of confidence
in AFP is evidence of the strength of
our global network and our live video
coverage, which have established AFP
as a truly global video news provider
and we look forward to fulfilling KBS's

Barbara Lange,
Executive Director, SMPTE

that will help the industry in the
region tackle issues of next-generation
broadcasting standards."
The 2020 edition of ConnecTechAsia,
the region's leading information,
communications,
media,
and
technology event, will be held in
Singapore in June at the Marina Bay
Sands.

foreign video needs into the future."
A major achievement for the AFP
video service, the new partnership
with KBS is testament to the quality
of the agency's news production
from its unparalleled network across
151 countries and, especially, to the
success of the service's deployment in
the Asia-Pacific region.

Philippe Massonnet,
Asia-Pacific Director, AFP

WorldCast Group Opens Malaysia Office
W
orldCast Group has opened a new
office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The group, which is composed of
two companies - WorldCast Systems
and CONNECT - chose Kuala Lumpur
for its strategic and central location.
It is ideal for providing customers and
partners in the Asian market with the
best local service.
"For several years now, we've
had a sales representative in India
and, with an increasing number of
opportunities presented to us in Asia,
especially China, Japan, Korea, and

Southeast Asia, we are enthusiastic
about establishing this new office in
the region," said Christophe Poulain,
Co-President of WorldCast Group.
The office will open its doors this
month with the arrival of Victor Bidot,
Regional Sales Manager, and Bastien
Bahuet as Presales Engineer. This
expansion consolidates the group's
worldwide presence, which now
generates 85% of its turnover from
exports. WorldCast Group is a global
player in professional media and
Industrial Internet of Things, with indepth expertise in radio and television.
The group is made up of two
companies,
WorldCast
Systems

Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia

and WorldCast Connect (CONNECT),
complementary in their expertise and
their added value.
Headquartered in Bordeaux, France,
the group employs around 100 people
worldwide. The group operates a
research and development centre in
Northern Ireland and sales offices in
the UK, the US, and Malaysia.

Christophe Poulain,
Co-President, WorldCast
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