Universal Electronics Inc. has appointed Menno Koopmans to the role of Senior Vice President and Managing Director for EMEA from January 1, 2017.Koopmans has worked at Universal Electr[caption id="attachment_29249" align="alignleft"...
Phil Myers.Snell Advanced Media (SAM) has appointed Phil Myers to lead its IP product range.With more than 20 years of experience in product management and business development,...
Jamie Adkin has been promoted to Vice President Sales EMEA at Adder Technology.Adder Technology has announced the appointment of Caleb Hooper, to the position of Vice...
Kyle Ford, President and COO of Telestream.Telestream has announced the appointment of Kyle Ford as President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). A new position within Telestreams...
Ulrich Voigt.Ulrich Voigt is new Head of Design at Qvest Media. Voigt joins Qvest Media from IBM. In his new role, he will be promoting the...
From left: Adam Lewis, CEO of Voddler with Marwan Shehab, who will head Voddler's MEA operations from Dubai.Cloud-streaming service provider Voddler Group has opened a new...
From left: Batelco's new chairman Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa and Shaikh Hamad bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, previous chairman.Bahrains telco operator Batelco has announced the...
Tim Claman.Avid has announced that Tim Claman, Vice President, Platform and Solutions, is now responsible for Avids audio solutions, further uniting the development of Avids comprehensive...
UK-based professional audio products manufacturer Focusrite has appointed MediaCast as the regional distributor for its pro audio division in the UAE.Peyman Dadpanah, Business Director of MediaCast, said: We are the...
Bruno Cattan.Eutelsat Communications has announced the appointment of Bruno Cattan as head of its newly-created Terminals and Systems Division in the companys technical department.The division will drive...
Sherif Dahan.Vuclip has appointed Sherif Dahan as Regional Director for the MENA region. This move comes ahead of the anticipated launch of Viu, Vuclips new video-streaming service, in...
Guy Elliott.Telestream has announced the appointment of Guy Elliott as its Head of Region Sales for Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA), following two years when...
Scott Bunce.Tek Signals has now been appointed Avids certified partner for the Middle East. This certification entitles Tek Signals to educate, market, sell, install, integrate and...
Omnicom Media Group MENA has announced a number of promotions and changes to OMDs management structure in the Middle East. Nadim Samara has been promoted from Managing Director to the...
BISHOPSGATE FINANCIALPebble Beach Systems has announced the appointment of Tom Gittins as Chief Executive Officer. Gittins replaces Managing Director and company founder Peter Hajittofi who has...
Hans Vestberg, Former CEO of Ericsson.Hans Vestberg has stepped down as President and CEO and member of the Board of Directors of Ericsson with immediate effect.The company...
Kalle Hvidt Nielsen will lead the company from September 1, 2016.DPA Microphones has announced that Kalle Hvidt Nielsen will become the company's new CEO from September...
Karl Hijazi.After a long career with Sony that spanned more than 20 years, Karl Hijazi has now joined Avid's Middle East as Professional Services Delivery Manager. As...
Christian Leicher.Rohde and Schwarz has announced that as of July 1, 2016, Christian Leicher has been appointed President and CEO of the company. Leicher has been a...
Algerian telecoms and post regulator ARPT now has a new President.Mohamed Ahmed Nacer, who has been a member of the ARPT council since April 2012, has taken over as president...
Mohamad Dalahmah.Pebble Beach Systems has appointed of Mohamad Dalahmah as Regional Support Engineer at the companys Middle East operation.Dalahmah brings many years of varied broadcast experience...
Martin Stewart.OSN has announced the appointment of Martin Stewart, an experienced international pay TV professional, as its new Chief Executive Officer.Stewart takes charge from David Butorac,...
Joop Janssen, CEO of Aperi Corporation.Aperi Corporation has appointed Joop Janssen as CEO, effective immediately.Prior to this, Janssen was Chief Executive of Vitec Videocom and served...
Javier Encinas.VSN Innovation & Media Solutions has appointed Javier Encinas as new Sales Manager for the Middle East. Encinas, a Telecommunications engineer with several years of...
Tarek Mounir.Turner Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) has announced that Tarek Mounir is promoted to Vice President and General Manager Turkey, Middle East, North Africa,...
Dominic Baillie.Discovery Communications has named Dominic Baillie, Chief Technology Officer, Olympics & Sports leading up to the 2018 Olympic Games. The network has won exclusive multimedia rights...
NETIA has announced two new appointments in the Middle East and Africa (MEA). Adel Hamla has been named the companys Sales Manager for the MEA region, a position in which he...
Rob Arnold, VP at Omnitek.Omnitek, a test and measurement and IP and design services company, has appointed Rob Arnold as its Vice President of Worldwide Sales for...
LiveU has announced that it is increasing its presence across the Middle East with the appointment of United Broadcast and Media Solutions (UBMS) as regional sales partner.Dubai-headquartered and works across the...
Abou Mustafa.Datamena has announced the appointment of Abou Mustafa as Vice President. This change comes in response to the rapid expansion of datamena platforms customer base, and aims...
Naresh Subherwal.SAM has appointed Naresh Subherwal as Managing Director, Middle East, effective immediately. Based in SAMs new Dubai office, Subherwal will assume responsibility for sales and...
Media Links EMEA has announced the expansion of its UK based team with the addition of Alex Cozens as Technical Support Manager. Cozens, who has previously worked for Media Links Australia,...
IABM has announced the appointment of Hassan Ghoul as Director, MENA. This newly created position will strengthen IABMs presence and activity in this rapidly developing region, and is just the...
ZOO Digital has appointed Syed Ahmed to focus on international business development. He will oversee the Middle East, South Asia and Asia Pacific. ZOO Digital offers cloud-based services in subtitling,...
Rani Raad will continue to oversee Turner's Kids and General Entertainment businesses across Turkey and the Middle East in addition to his other core responsibilities.Rani Raad,...
Harris Morris is now Chairman of Wazee Digital.Wazee Digital has appointed Harris Morris to be the Chairman of the board.Morris has served as Wazee Digitals CEO...
Bhavesh Vaghela.Paywizard, which is a major player in subscriber management for pay-TV in the UK, has appointed Bhavesh Vaghela as Chief Marketing Officer. The OTT service provider...
Bexel Global Broadcast Solutions has appointed Simon Atkinson as Head of Projects for its EMEA division. Atkinson brings nearly 25 years of experience to his new role and will work...
Ahmed Shanti.Avid has appointed Ahmed Shanti to the role of Territory Account Manager for Middle East. Shantis responsibilities are to increase Avids market share in the region...
Graham Lay, General Manager, Argosy Middle East.Argosy has appointed Graham Lay as General Manager of its Middle Eastern operation. Lay has worked for IEWC, Argosys parent...
Hasan R. Sayed Hasan (l) with Hassan Ghoul.Hassan Ghoul, a well-known figure in the MENA broadcast industry, has joined Master Media, a media consultancy and professional...
Andrew Childs, Business Development Manager, Trilogy.Trilogy has announced the appointment of Andrew Childs as Business Development Manager for the Middle East.Childs arrives at Trilogy from Quantum,...
Kevin Prince.Kevin Prince will join Broadcast Pix as President and CEO, as well as a member of the Board of Directors, effective Oct. 1. He will...
Dima Khatib, MD of AJ+.Al Jazeera Media Network has appointed Dima Khatib as Managing Director of its digital-only news platform, AJ+.AJ+ was launched in 2014, with...
IABM has appointed Stan Moote to the position of CTO at the association.Stan Moote began his television career in 1977, while interning as a plant engineer for CFTO-TV in Toronto,...
Khaled Al-Jamal has joined Irdeto as Sales Director.Khaled Al-Jamal has joined Irdeto as Sales Director and will head the companys MENA operations, BroadcastPro ME can reveal....
The Scottish Loan Fund (SLF) has committed $ 5.46m of funding in support of Paywizard. The funding boost from the SLF will support Paywizard as it seeks to capitalise on...
John Smith.Media Links has appointed John Smith as Head of EMEA region.Media Links EMEA develops broadcast network infrastructure technologies to transport content over IP contribution and...
Ramnik Kamo, CMO, Imagine Communications.Imagine Communications has appointed Ramnik Kamo to the position of Chief Marketing Officer. In addition to overseeing Imagine Communications overall marketing strategy,...
Ghallab Mohamed has been appointed COO at MediaGuru MEA.Ghallab Mohamed, a well-known name in the Middle East broadcast and media industry, has been appointed as Chief...
Roberto Pascual Fonte, Sales Director at VSN for Europe and Africa.Spanish broadcasting solutions provider VSN has appointed Roberto Pascual Fonte as new Sales Director for Europe...
Jacques Delacoux (l) and Karine Fouque.After years of business development for Canon in the broadcast and cinema industry, Karine Fouque is joining Ithaki-Group and Jacques Delacouxs...
Dr Riyadh Najm.Dr Riyadh Najm, Head of Saudi Arabias state media authority, has been relieved of his duties.He was heading the media authority that ensures broadcasters...
Darren Whitehead, Director or Business Development at IABM.IABM has appointed Darren Whitehead to the position of Director of Business Development at the Association.Whitehead has a background...
Rupert Murdoch.Rupert Murdoch is preparing to step down as CEO of 21st Century Fox, according to a CNBC report. His son James Murdoch will take over...
Benjamin Ampen.Twitter has appointed Benjamin Ampen as Head of Sales for the MENA region. The social media platform is preparing to open an office in Dubai...
BroadStream Solutions has recruited new members to expand its engineering, sales & marketing and technical support teams, as well as strengthening its senior management team with a new SVP of Human Resources.The...
Edoardo Abis.Never.no has appointed Edoardo Abis to head up EMEA business development. Abis will operate out of the company's MediaCityUK base. In his new role Abis will...
Russel Peirson-Hagger.ATG Danmon has promoted Russell Peirson-Hagger from his current role as Commercial Director to take the position of Managing Director. He succeeds Christoffer Kay who...
Paul Molinier.Paul Molinier will be appointed as CEO of Viaccess-Orca with effect from June 15. Molinier will take over responsibilities from François Moreau de Saint Martin,...
