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Sennheiser Mourns Founder

philsandberg — Sun, 23 May 2010 11:54:56 +0000

Late during the evening of 17 May 2010, only a few days after his 98th birthday, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Fritz Sennheiser, audio pioneer and founder of today’s Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG, passed away. The audio industry has lost a huge figure, not only in terms of his technical expertise but also in terms of his humanity.
Through his company Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser had a crucial influence on the development of sound transmission technolo-gies and was instrumental in forging many ground-breaking developments in electro-acoustics and transmission technologies. Under his guidance the first shotgun microphones and open headphones were created and he oversaw important developments in wireless radio and infra-red transmission. It was completely natural for Fritz Sennheiser to give his developers the “creative and technical freedom” they required. His humanity also shone through when – considering the significant workload involved in running an expanding company – he took time to share his knowledge with students, inspiring them with an enthusiasm for audio technology. In 1982 he retired from the management of the company, handing over to his son, Prof. Dr. sc. techn. Jörg Sennheiser.
Fritz Sennheiser continued to take a vivid interest in the company he founded in summer 1945. His enthusiasm for audio technology, his creative curiosity, coupled with a modesty that is all too rare these days, his self-discipline, sincerity and generosity in his dealings with people, will remain an example to follow for all those who knew him.
The history of the European audio industry will forever remain inextricably linked with the name of Fritz Sennheiser.
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Mike Watts New Vice Chair of Pact Council

philsandberg — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:54:59 +0000

Mike Watts, managing director of Novel Entertainment, is the new vice chair of the Pact Council, following Hat Trick Productions’ Debbie Manners’ recent move to chair.
Watts has been an active member of the Pact Council for nearly 4 years and brings with him a wealth of industry experience, having held senior positions at Walt Disney Television, World Productions, Central Independent Television, Virgin Vision and Chrysalis Records, before co-founding Novel Entertainment, an independent production company that specialises in children’s and family programming.
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Trevor Spielmann Joins Annova Systems

philsandberg — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:48:38 +0000

Annova Systems has strengthened its sales team with the appointment of Trevor Spielmann as new international Sales Manager at the company’s headquarters in Munich. Spielmann, a graduate engineer of Media Technology (University of Cologne), previously worked as Sales Manager Europe with Klotz Digital AG (Feldkirchen, Munich), a leading manufacturer of On-Air Mixing-Consoles and Audio-Networking solutions for Broadcast, Radio and TV stations. Among his main tasks were the support of existing key customers and partners as well as the strategic extension of sales channels in the EMEA region. His previous experience includes working for DVC (Digital Video Computing GmbH, Herrsching). As Sales Manager, Spielmann was responsible for DVC’s sales activities of High-Definition disk-recording systems, IPTV and streaming video solutions to customers in the broadcast, postproduction,
presentation and R&D business. In addition, his previous experience includes working for Warner Music Manufacturing Europe GmbH, where he was responsible for the acquisition, budgeting and leading of DVD feature film projects for NewLine Cinema and Warner Home Video.
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Entone Euro Expansion with New Execs

philsandberg — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:40:22 +0000

Entone, Inc., has announced major expansion plans with two new executive appointments for the European region. Bart Vanderostyne and Björn von Haartman have joined the Entone executive team and will be responsible for driving the company’s growth in Europe.
Bart Vanderostyne joins Entone as Director of Sales and Operations for EMEA. In his new position, Bart will be responsible for leading Entone’s rapidly expanding market presence in the EMEA region. Prior to joining Entone, Bart spent more than nine years with Cisco Systems where he was focused on broadband and broadcast video solutions for emerging markets. Bart is based near Ghent, Belgium.
Björn von Haartman joins Entone as Director of Sales and Business Development for the Nordic and Baltic regions of Europe. Prior to joining Entone, Mr. von Haartman spent more than 20 years in IT and Telecom, including over five years with Tilgin and Amino Communications where he was most recently responsible for business development in the Nordic region. Björn is based near Stockholm, Sweden.
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Clive Mumby Euro Sales for ENPS

philsandberg — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:31:25 +0000

The Associated Press is pleased to announce the appointment of Clive Mumby as European Sales Manager for its Electronic News Production System (ENPS). Mumby joins Associated Press from Quantel and brings a broad knowledge of news workflows gained from many of the world’s largest broadcasters. With over 25 years experience in broadcast and visual media, Mumby has covered most disciplines, from camera work and location ENG editing through to directing and high end effects editing. In recent years Mumby has been closely involved in the transformation from tape to file based workflow of major news providers, including the BBC and Sky News in the UK, ARD in Germany and NRK Norway. Mumby is tasked with growing the ENPS customer base in the European region.

Peter Wharton Moves to T-VIPS

philsandberg — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:26:08 +0000

Peter Wharton has been appointed as Director of Strategic Accounts for T-VIPS. He moves from Miranda where he worked for the past decade
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Five Boosts Programming Team

philsandberg — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:19:11 +0000

Five’s Channel Controller, Richard Woolfe, has expanded the broadcaster’s programming department with two key appointments.
Greg Barnett joins as Commissioning Executive for Daytime and Soaps. Matt Bennett will become Commissioning Editor, Factual, reporting to Head of Factual, Andrew O’Connell. Both will join the channel later this month.
Barnett will be developing Five’s daytime offering across all platforms and further exploiting the channel’s hit Australian soaps, Neighbours and Home & Away. Bennett will be overseeing Five’s long running factual strands including the award-winning Extraordinary People.
Greg Barnett joins from TwoFour Broadcast where he Executive Produced shows such as Noel’s Christmas Presents and Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? for Sky 1. Prior to that he worked as an executive at a variety of production companies. Matt Bennett joins from Tiger Aspect where he’s been Series Producing and Directing programmes since 2006.
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Bullard joins ATAC team

philsandberg — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:05:30 +0000

The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has announced the appointment of the Singapore-based international media consulting company P1 to lead the Association’s advertising initiative, the Asia TV Advertising Coalition (ATAC), effective immediately.
P1 was founded by Peter Bullard to provide advisory services to media owners, content companies and those in related fields and industries. The company specialises in helping to identify and develop growth opportunities and in assisting clients with the many challenges presented by the digital revolution.
Bullard will be responsible for driving the development of the ATAC project, including the planning and implementation of strategies to promote the unique and powerful benefits available to advertisers through subscription TV platforms. He has over 20 years experience at the forefront of the broadcasting, content and digital entertainment businesses. Most recently, he was President of MTV Networks Japan and Korea, leading local and corporate teams within the business units to operate across all market platforms. Earlier he was EVP & MD at MTV Networks Asia overseeing its Southeast Asian businesses. Prior to joining MTV Networks, Bullard worked for NBC Europe and CNBC Europe.
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Philippe-Olivier Rousseau New AEPOC President

philsandberg — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:58:09 +0000

Philippe-Olivier Rousseau (53), Managing Director and Senior Banker at BNP Paribas has been elected as new president of the European Anti-Piracy Association, AEPOC. Mr. Rousseau is the successor to Jean Grenier (75), the former General Director of Eutelsat, who retires after pioneering and developing the first pan-European industry initiative against audio-visual piracy during 13 years.The AEPOC General Assembly appointed Philippe-Olivier Rousseau relying on his neutrality and long-standing, proven track record in the media and telecommunications sectors within manifold assignments and directorships over the past 30 years. Among many other commitments the telecommunications engineer and musician Rousseau held positions at the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA), Eutelsat, Intelsat and Music Choice Europe.
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Brainstorm Restructures Sales, Recruits David Alexander

philsandberg — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:51:39 +0000

3D graphics solutions and services company Brainstorm has restructured its Sales Division and recruited senior sales executive David Alexander to the new role of Sales Director.Brainstorm is looking to expand its footprint in its traditional European, American and Asian markets while opening market share in new markets such as Latin America as well as entering into new segments within traditional markets. Alexander opened up similar markets for Quantel, developing the business and building the company’s Spanish subsidiary, eventually becoming responsible for the whole of southern Europe and South America which represented a significant percentage of Quantel’s turnover.More recently, Alexander has developed a thriving sales and marketing consultancy business, helping companies to develop and expand their markets within his areas of expertise which also encompass the UK and other European markets.
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