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The Australian subscription television industry body, ASTRA, has announced the appointment of Simon Curtis to a one year contract position as Manager, Policy & Regulatory Affairs.Simon joins the organisation with an extensive background in public policy and regulatory affairs having worked most recently on digital television policy for The Department of Broadband, Communications and the [...]

Fuel VFX has announced that Christopher Horvath and Johannes Saam have joined its team.CHRIS HORVATH has enjoyed an extremely successful career working mostly in technical design and direction, software and pipeline development and in supervisory roles for leading visual effects companies including ILM and Weta. His film credits include AVATAR, HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF [...]

Asian sports broadcaster, ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has announced a new appointment to its management team with Colin Sherriff taking on the role as Vice President of Operations and Technology.Sherriff is responsible for overseeing ESPN STAR Sports’ region-wide operations and technology matters related to its television and broadband networks across Asia, in addition to the [...]

Anna Hildebrandt has joined Fuel VFX in the position of Marketing Manager. Previously with with Animal Logic, Hildebrandt  says “I’m very excited to be here. They are a great bunch of people and at an interesting time in the growth of their business. I’m looking forward to a busy year working on strategy, marketing and [...]

The Australian Minister for Home Affairs and Justice Brendan O’Connor has announced the appointment of a new Deputy Director, Senior Classifier and five new members of the Classification Board. From early 2011, the Classification Board will undergo a period of renewal. “Refreshing the Board is a healthy thing for classification decision-making in this country,” Mr [...]

Strategy & Technology (S&T) has responded to the demand for Hybrid systems by establishing a dedicated business unit headed up by Matt Whitfield. Whitfield joins S&T from Freeview Australia, where he was most recently the Technical Director responsible for phase 2 (MHEG-5 Platform EPG) of the Freeview platform.S&T has been instrumental in the deployment of [...]

Broadcast Australia has announced the appointment of Peter Lambourne into the role of Chief Operating Officer. In his capacity Peter will oversee the day to day handling of Broadcast Australia’s Service Delivery Unit which includes engineering and commercial operations.Peter joins Broadcast Australia from his roles as Managing Director of Digital Distribution Australia (DDA), Managing Director [...]

Omnilab Media has added the following staff to its Cinema Services team: Andrew Taylor commenced as Operations and Client Services Manager in October. Andrew is one of Australia’s most experienced cinema exhibitors and digital cinema specialists. Most recently the General Manager of the Digital Cinema Network company and Director of Showbiz Enterprises, which runs Twilights [...]