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Quinto Communications has announced the appointment of Chris Webster to the position of Sales Executive in its Sydney office. Prior to joining Quinto, Chris was the New Zealand Wellington and South Island Branch Manager for Amber Technology.“We are extremely pleased to have Chris join us,” says Quinto Managing Director, Alan McIlwaine. “We are presently expanding [...]

The ABU’s General Assembly and associated meetings in Tokyo saw the election of two new Vice-Presidents. The President of KBS-Korea, Kim In-Kyu, and the Director General of PBC-Pakistan, Murtaza Solangi, were elected unopposed to the ABU posts.They replace Manuel Goncalves of TDM-Macau and Hassan Khojasteh of IRIB-Iran. The new Vice-Presidents join the President, Yoshinori Imai, [...]

NEC Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation (HQ: Japan), has announced the appointment of Alan Hyde as Managing Director, the first non-Japanese head of the local business in its 41 year Australian history. Alan joins NEC having previously led SAP’s Australian business and will replace the outgoing Wataru Takeuchi who returns to Japan.According [...]

Christer Whitehorn has been appointed as Omneon’s new Regional Sales Manager for Australia and New Zealand. He has been with Omneon, now a part of Harmonic, since 2006 and initially joined the company as a field service engineer in the UK. In 2008, Christer moved to Sydney and set up a full time technical support [...]

The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy has announced the reappointment of the Chair, and the appointment of a new Deputy Chair, to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).“I am pleased to announce the reappointment of Mr Chris Chapman as the Chair of the ACMA. Mr Chapman has chaired [...]

Ross Video has announced the appointment of Aniket Rangnekar as Regional Sales Manager for India and Pakistan.Mr. Rangnekar will report to Sharon Quigley, Director of Sales for EAIME. He will be responsible for managing Ross Video sales in India and Pakistan, and work from Mumbai and Singapore.“Aniket brings expertise in all aspects of broadcasting to [...]

Quantel has announced it has appointed two additional engineers to its Australia/New Zealand support team. This doubling of support staff resources is a direct result of the success Quantel has enjoyed in the region this year, with major new systems at Sky New Zealand, PMG Fox Sports News, SBS Sydney, SBS Melbourne and SBS Canberra [...]

Miller Camera Support has announced that Sean Glasson has taken up the position of International Sales and Marketing Manager.Based in Sydney, Glasson brings a wealth of international experience to the role moving over from the position of General Manager of Sales for the Panavision Asia Group.  Prior to his role at Panavision which included the [...]

Media technology consultants Mediasmiths have announced the establishment of  a new office in Australia to build upon increasing interest in Mediasmiths’ services in the region. The move is part of Mediasmiths’ long term plan to extend its reach to advanced media markets overseas.Mediasmiths has appointed Australian broadcast industry veteran Greg Doyle as its General Manager [...]

DAMsmart!, a regional leader in automated content digitisation, preservation services and solutions has announced the appointment of Adam Hodgkinson to the position of Business Manager. Adam is a senior marketing professional with over 10 years experience working across a wide portfolio of blue chip clients. Prior to joining DAMsmart!, Adam was General Manager at the [...]