PRONEWS
Iraqi Media Network partners with Arabsat
Baghdad-based Iraqi Media Network (IMN) has built a satellite TV broadcast platform to broadcast on Arabsat satellites at its Hot Spot 26° East. This bouquet includes radio and TV programmers for all TV channels currently operating from Iraq, which crown the mutual co-operation efforts between Arab Satellite Communications Organisation and IMN to develop the AV media infrastructure in Iraq. Mohammed Abdul Jabbar Al Shabout, Director General of IMN stated that launching this bouquet will enable Iraqi and Arab viewers to watch all their favourite channels on a single frequency across the Middle East and North Africa and large parts of Asia and Europe. PEOPLE ON THE MOVE ...
The new service centre at Bur Dubai.
Kaveh Farnam, CEO of Advanced Media.
Advanced Media launches new service centre
Dubai-based distributor Advanced Media Trading has opened a new service centre at its HQ in Bur Dubai to cater to increasing regional demand for the repair of professional products including cameras, lenses, lighting and other production-related solutions. The distributor has had an authorised service centre over the last eight years primarily to service Sony cameras, explains Kaveh Farnam, CEO of Advanced Media Trading. “We have had a service facility for the last eight years. Sony has given us the rights to service their equipment here but we also handle other brands, and this new service centre is better equipped to handle such repairs. We have more spare parts and more technicians,” he commented. One of the big advantages of the new service centre is that it also creates a report about used equipment should the owner decide to sell their product. “Some customers come to us with used equipment that don’t necessarily carry details about their features, their condition and so on. In this service centre, we provide maintenance and refurbishment of used equipment and provide certification and ID cards as well to allow for easy and more transparent trade-offs.”
Charlie Vogt joins Harris as CEO
Harris Broadcast has appointed Charlie Vogt as CEO following the exit of Harris Morris early last month. Vogt headed GENBAND for nine years as President and CEO, where he led a company transformation that encompassed six acquisitions, including Tekelec SSG, NextPoint Networks and Nortel’s VoIP Business. Through organic innovation, attention to operational integration and relentless focus on customers, GENBAND became no. 1 in VoIP and delivered a compound annual growth rate of ~100 percent during his tenure. Vogt succeeds Harris Morris, who was appointed President of Harris Broadcast when it was a subsidiary of Harris Corporation in 2010. He led the company through its divestiture process and guided the transition period to The Gores Group ownership, including the completion of fiscal year 2013. “Charlie’s proven track record of taking companies with powerful and promising technology to the next level uniquely positions him to lead this business,” said Carl Vogel, Harris Broadcast Chairman and board member of Dish Network. “His decision to join Harris Broadcast as President and CEO likewise reflects the promise and potential behind the company’s market-leading technology, marquee customers and exceptional employees. Charlie will bring to Harris Broadcast vision, leadership, creativity and operational discipline as well as an entrepreneurial and customer-first culture.”
Dubai studio opts for AV Plus’ McRecall system
Dubai-based studio Funoun AlEmarat is the first studio to invest in a McRecall Analogue Recall Rack System – the first product to be launched by UAE distributor AV Plus under the McMilad brand. McRecall is a combination of software and hardware that enables the end user to save and recall the positions of any analogue knobs. The system works on any brand and any knob function. It does not interfere with any of the electronics behind the knobs it is saving or recalling, and requires no additional power chords or wiring. It saves snapshots on one’s Macintosh computer. A single McRecall rack system can handle up to 40Us of rack mounted gear by moving the camera up & down the rack in steps in order to cover all outboards installed. McRecall supports multiple cameras is easily expandable. McRecall can also be used with any analogue mixers by installing multiple cameras that cover any mixing surface. With McRecall, users now have the opportunity to save and recall the positions of any analogue knobs accurately, consistently and hassle-free. AV Plus has started shipping and installing the McRecall System in studios around the world.
Lebanon’s first Dolby Atmos theatre
Dolby Laboratories Inc. and VOX Cinemas launched Lebanon’s first Dolby Atmos equipped theatre in VOX Cinemas in Beirut City Centre for the nationwide release of Warner Bros. Pictures’ Pacific Rim. The Dolby Atmos audio platform changes the experience of sound in entertainment by delivering a more natural and realistic sound, which immerses the audience in the story with a lifelike, sensory experience.
6 | www.broadcastprome.com | August 2013