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Andrew Timlin GM for Gearhouse

philsandberg — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:58:32 +0000

Graham Elliot, CEO of Gearhouse Broadcast Pty Ltd has announced the appointment of Andrew Timlin as General Manager.
Andrew will be responsible for managing the ongoing operations of GHB and work closely with the CEO to develop the company’s future growth and viability.
“The role specifically focuses on opportunity procurement, the strategic implementation of planning to execute the opportunities and management of the teams involved,” said Elliot. “Andrew is moving to Gearhouse from his four year tenure as Business Development Manager of Panavision Asia Pacific Pty Ltd, and previous to this was Chief Executive Officer of Broadcam Australia Pty Ltd. Andrew brings a high level of industry knowledge, technical and commercial experience to the business.”
Visit http://www.gearhousebroadcast.com.au

Staff Moves at Iloura

philsandberg — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:50:20 +0000

Australian VFX company Iloura has appointed a new Business Operations Manager in the form of Jamy Kim. Jamy worked at Film Victoria’s Melbourne Film Office for three and a half years, managing international inbounds and redeveloping their Industry Directory, a comprehensive online crew database.
Working with Jamy is Vicki Mifsud, new Facilities Coordinator. Vicki joins the Iloura team after working for Digital Pictures for three years and brings with her a great understanding of the business, clients and staff.
By her side is Caithlin Ferrier, Iloura’s new Accounts Coordinator. In addition to her skill with numbers, Caithlin has a degree in Film and Television.
Working with Jamy, Vicki and Caithlin is Lewis Taylor, Iloura’s new Central Operator. “Lewie” comes to Iloura after completing studies in animation.
TVC Producer, Mags Bisogni has left on maternity leave and Pip Wright has moved into a producing role. Pip has over three years experience working with the team at Iloura and prior to Iloura worked as a JWT agency producer for seven years.
In other TVC staff appointments Josh Simmonds, senior animator and director of award winning spot Drumstick Summer Parade has accepted the position of Head of TVC Animation. Josh has been with Iloura for six years now and is very excited to recommit to the TVC department and all its imminent adventures.
Steven Kerswell also joins the TVC producing team. Steven has recently moved to Melbourne from the UK where he was the co-founder of animation studio RealtimeUK. He has 13-years experience and has worked with and for brands Disney, Sony, Sega, Jaguar, Honda, Nike and Lexus.
Iloura producer, Kate Guest is changing roles and will soon be working directly with Stephen Van Elst, Head of Design, as his department’s dedicated design producer.
Joining Stephen and Kate in the design team, is Simon Bronson and Rob Wilby. Simon has a background in film and video and moved into post-production over 10 years ago. He recently returned from a three-year stint in London where he worked for Imagination, Venturethree and Superfad. Rob, who hales from Sydney, has a background in web and motion graphics design. He recently worked for Urchin Associates, on accounts including Quiksilver, Movember and Asahi.
And last but not least, Georgia Smith has also taken a new role in the company, moving from Facilities Management to VFX Coordinator, assisting Ineke Majoor, Head of VFX Film.
Visit http://www.iloura.com.au

Lab Colourist Taylor Moves to Digital Pictures

philsandberg — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:45:18 +0000

The Lab Sydney and Digital Pictures have announced that respected senior colourist, Vincent Taylor, will relocate to Melbourne. Taylor will now be available to clients across both facilities delivering continuity in colour grading services at The Lab Sydney and Digital Pictures in Melbourne.
Vincent is no stranger to the Melbourne film, television and commercial industry where he started his career over fifteen years ago as a cinematographer, winning twelve awards from the Australian Cinematographers’ Society and is a AFI nominated cinematographer.
With a solid foundation in traditional film grading, Vincent has experience across all mediums ranging from traditional telecine chains to the non-linear digital grading systems.
“Vincent is a well-respected, high-end colourist and will bring great experience working on film, television and commercial projects with the Digital Pictures team. We are fortunate that Vincent is staying in the Omnilab Media family. Vincent has a unique offering, because of his DOP background and having written and directed nine short films throughout his career,” says John Fleming, General Manager, Digital Pictures.
After five years based at The Lab, Vincent is excited about rekindling relationships in Melbourne whilst continuing to work with Sydney clients. Taylor says “I have the best of both worlds because I will be reconnecting with Melbourne clients with opportunities to develop new relationships whilst continuing to work with Sydney clients and the many talented and creative individuals at both facilities.”
The Lab Sydney’s Executive Producer, Alastair Stephen believes The Lab is very lucky to be able to continue to offer Vincent’s creative talent to its Sydney clients. Adding that “Vincent has delivered versatile and dynamic styles on a huge array of commercial projects for The Lab over the years.”
These projects most recently include the Tourism Australia spot There’s Nothing Like Australia with Director Michael Gracey; Skins Cheat Legal spot with Director Noah Marshall; Telstra BigPond Tbox and BigPond Kombi campaign with Director John Polson; and he is currently working on Hyundai’s i20 launch with director Dael Oates. Vincent has worked with prolific production companies such as Prodigy Films, Brilliant Films, The Sweet Shop, Renegade Films, Film Construction, The Feds, Good Oil Films and Cherub Pictures.
Vincent has collaborated on the colour grade on feature film South Solitary with The Lab’s Head of DI, Al Hansen, completed the grade on SBS’ television series First Australians and graded the most recent ARIA award-winning music video by the band Empire of the Sun.
Visit http://www.digitalpictures.com.au and http://www.thelabsydney.com.au

Senior Appointments at ABCTV

philsandberg — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 06:31:24 +0000

Following ABC TV’s current reorganisation, the network has announced the appointment of three senior positions.
Justin Holdforth has been appointed Head of Sport & Events. Justin had been acting in this role since mid 2009. Justin has over 23 years experience with the ABC and has worked across many programs in a variety of roles. Prior to acting as Head Sport & Events, Justin was Executive Producer Sport & Events where he was responsible for managing the national sports slate including the Beijing Paralympics, W-League Football, The Hopman Cup and Women’s Open Golf. Justin will report to the Head of Factual and begins in the role immediately.
Debbie Lee has been appointed Head of Comedy. Since July 2009, Debbie has been Acting Head of Comedy responsible for programs such as Lowdown, The Librarians, Angry Boys, Review with Myles Barlow and John Safran’s Race Relations. Prior to this she was an Executive Producer in the Arts & Entertainment Department. Debbie joined the ABC in early 2008, having previously worked for SBS where she was a Commissioning Editor for Drama and Comedy. Debbie takes up her role on August 2nd and will report to the Head of Fiction.
Natalie Edgar has been appointed Deputy Controller ABC TV and will work across ABC1, ABC2 and, in terms of inventory management, ABC News24. Natalie has been with ABC TV since 2007 in the role of Programmer ABC2. She has grown the audience and reach of ABC2 during her tenure, and has overseen the establishment of ABC2 as a key channel in the suite of ABC TV network channels. Natalie has now been given an expanded role in the Television Division and will be working closely with the Controllers of ABC1 and ABC2. Natalie will begin in this role on August 9th and will report to the Controller of ABC1.
Visit www.abc.net.au

ABCTV Appoints Mutliplatform Controller

philsandberg — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 06:28:11 +0000

Arul Baskaran has been appointed the new Controller of ABC TV’s Multiplatform Production department. Arul has been acting in the role for the last 14 months and will officially take up his role on August 9.
Prior to joining the ABC in 2004, Arul worked in New York and Europe for digital agencies with a focus on broadband services and interactive production. He holds an MA in Communications from the University of Pennsylvania.
Kim Dalton, Director of ABC TV said “Over the past 14 months Arul has contributed to strategically positioning the ABC as the leading Australian broadcaster in the area of the multiplatform delivery of its content - on the web, on wireless devices, and increasingly in the mobile space.
“Arul also has a strong and award-winning background in the development, design and creation of web content and online applications. In this new role of Controller of Multiplatform, he will ensure that the ABC continues to lead in this area and that more of our content is made even more available to our audiences.”
As Controller of Multiplatform, Arul is responsible for ABC TV’s strategy and execution around four areas: internet broadcasting; convergent production; development of innovative new services, tools and applications; and creating websites and social communities around ABC TV content on the Internet, hand held devises and on emerging platforms.
He oversees Australia’s leading video podcasting service, as well as ABC TV’s acclaimed iView on-demand internet television service.
The Multiplatform team’s projects have won a number of interactive awards both in Australia and overseas, including the 2008 Australian Interactive Industry (AIMIA) Award for Best Cross-Platform Content.
Visit www.abc.net.au

Omnilab Media Appoints Playroom GM

philsandberg — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:59:02 +0000

Omnilab Media’s Managing Director, Christopher Mapp has announced that Tom Kennedy has been appointed to the position of Acting General Manager of The Playroom. The Playroom is Omnilab Media’s specialist Broadcast services and Digital media, aggregation, play-out and Distribution Company.
Christopher Mapp said, ‘Tom has been a key part of The Playroom’s leadership team in his role as Head of Digital and will continue to work with clients on emerging digital broadcast services, IPTV platforms and strategies. He will make a great contribution in leading The Playroom as he brings together strong leadership skills and an extensive background in media and digital distribution.’
Mr Kennedy said ‘I am looking forward to leading the talented Playroom team whom I have worked so closely with over the last two years to define the next phase of The Playroom.’. Mr. Kennedy formally commenced duties on Monday 21st June 2010.
Tom has over 20 years experience in media and technology markets. He has a wide range of business experience from start-ups to public companies. He was the founder and CEO of several of Australia’s leading digital companies over the past 15 years including, Media Zoo, Hyro Limited, Beyond Online Limited and Brainwaave Interactive.
Before joining Omnilab Media he was head of Digital Strategy at Photon Group and Legion Interactive.

Roohi Saeed Moves With Autodesk

philsandberg — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:46:32 +0000

After many years at the helm of Autodesk Media & Entertainment’s PR Team, Roohi Saeed is relocating to pursue a new opportunity with the company.
Roohi is leaving the freezing cold of Montreal to move to sultry Singapore where she will take up her new role as Senior MarCom Manager for Autodesk Asia Pacific from July 5th.

Network Guru Joins Techtel

philsandberg — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:38:29 +0000

Techtel is proud to announce the recent appointment of Reza Rahimi to the position of Sales Specialist, focusing on media networks and transmission.
Reza brings with him 12 years experience within the media broadcasting and telecommunications industries, most recently as a specialist for the Olympic Broadcasting Services in Vancouver and for Beijing Olympic Broadcasting.
Reza gained his wealth of knowledge in the area of media networks through his six years spent with Net Insight in Sweden as a Network Architect and Sales Account Manager to the Asia Pacific region.

LifeSize Appoints Tim Fulton To Lead ANZ

philsandberg — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:33:10 +0000

LifeSize Communications, a division of Logitech and a leader in high definition video communications has announced the appointment of Tim Fulton as its Country Manager for Australia and New Zealand. Tim joins LifeSize from NetstarLogicalis and brings over 15 years of IT sales and marketing experience.
Based in Sydney, Tim will be focused on the company’s sales, marketing and partnering efforts in Australia and New Zealand.
Prior to joining LifeSize Communications, in May 2010, Tim was General Manager Northern Region for NetstarLogicalis, which deploys and manages secure, converged infrastructure. Tim has also worked for Touchbase Communications (Australia), as the Client Director and held various roles at Fujitsu in the UK and Europe.
Tim holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Mechanical Engineering, The Nottingham Trent University, UK.
Visit www.lifesize.com

Wardrobe Gets Avid Education

philsandberg — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:19:23 +0000

Avid has announced the appointment of Peter Wardrobe to the position of Education Channel Manager, Australia and New Zealand.
The company has made significant progress with its business transformation, announced in April last year, and is now well-positioned to deliver integrated solutions for education across production media including audio and video.
Based in Melbourne and a qualified secondary music teacher, Wardrobe is ideally suited to the role and will be responsible for education sales in Australia and New Zealand.
“Avid is in a unique position in that it can deliver a comprehensive portfolio of products for the education market,” explains Wardrobe. “Music teachers can benefit by working with Sibelius for music composition, accompanied by our M-Audio range for music creation whilst having access to Pro Tools from one expert organization. Teachers of media can take advantage of video creation products such as Media Composer, which are precisely those developed for and used by film and television industry professionals.”
By working with Avid products creative students are empowered to become the next generation of successful artists, familiar with tools used by industry professionals.
“Peter Wardrobe’s appointment is intended to enhance the professional level of service that is already provided to the education segment by our valued resellers,” commented Charles Tétaz, Country Sales Manager, Australia and New Zealand. “We will continue to direct sales through our resellers but by improving the calibre of our team, we can create more effective, collaborative partnerships that will ultimately benefit our end users.”
Visit http://www.avid.com