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The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has announced six appointments to the ABC and SBS boards under the government’s merit-based system.The new ABC non-executive directors are Professor Fiona Stanley AC and Ms Jane Bennett.The new SBS non-executive directors are Ms Jacqueline Hey and Ms Daryl Karp. In addition, Dr [...]

Chyron has announced the appointment of Jonathan Wong as the company’s new vice president of sales for the Asia Pacific region. Based in Singapore, Wong will lead enterprise-level engagements with major broadcast media organizations and be responsible for expanding business through existing distribution channels and system integrators in the region.“Jonathan has shown an exceptional degree [...]

Maori Television has announced two key appointments to its Executive team. Veteran television broadcaster Carol Hirschfeld (Ngāti Porou) will be promoted to the newly created position of General Manager Production and former TVNZ Deputy Chief Executive Stephen Smith to the newly created position of General Manager Digital.The establishment of the two new positions are part [...]

Wohler Technologies has announced that Jhonny Maroun has joined the company as regional sales manager for the Asia-Pacific region. In his new role, Maroun will be responsible for building the Wohler brand in the region by strengthening long-term relationships with customers and channel partners. In his new role, he will work alongside the Wohler Asia [...]

Industry icon and stalwart, Howard Rubie ACS, passed away at 2 p.m. Saturday July 22 at Castlecrag Private Hospital.Howard, originally a cinematographer, went on to become one of Australia’s most respected directors and the winner of many awards. He was also a founding member and avid supporter of the ACS. Awarded accreditation in 1963, he [...]

A new General Manager’s position has been created to oversee the day-to-day running and future direction of Australian Monitor. The organisation has announced that this position has been filled by ‘one of our own’, Marc Sharman. Marc has worked for the parent company, Hills SVL, for almost 15 years, building the branch office in Perth, [...]

Snell has announced the appointment of Vanessa Ching as vice president, channel marketing and communications, for the company’s Asia-Pacific and Middle East territories. Reporting directly to Naresh Subherwal, Snell’s president, Asia-Pacific and Middle East, Ching will be based in Singapore and will manage all strategic marketing programs for the region with a focus on channel [...]

Image Systems, formerly known as Digital Vision, has announced that it has appointed Pete Harrow as its new Asia-Pacific Head of Sales. The announcement follows the news that Peter Charles, who has successfully fulfilled the role for a number of years now, is retiring at the end of the month. Pete Harrow is someone who [...]

Grass Valley has announced the addition of three new industry veterans to support customers throughout the Asia Pacific and Oceania regions.Karlton Burn has joined the company as head of sales for the South Asian territory. In his new role, Burn will be responsible for direct customer interaction, as well as pre-sales activities. He most recently [...]

John Brumby, Alexander Downer and John Lord have been announced as independent Directors to sit on Huawei Australia’s newly-established Board of Directors. In the latest step for Huawei’s localisation strategy, the announcement marks the first time Huawei has created a local Board with three independent Directors anywhere in the world. The Board will be charged [...]