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Wednesday 1st July


Telairity names Ben Silva as Sales VP for CME
Amino and Prime Time Communications partner for HD IPTV upgrade


Telairity names Ben Silva as Sales VP for CME

Telairity has announced the appointment of Ben Silva, an IP video industry veteran and award-winning entertainment and media industries executive, to the position of vice president of sales for communications, media and entertainment. The appointment was announced by Howard Sachs, Telairity president and CEO, and is effective immediately. [Editors: Photo available from Skip Ferderber Associates]

"By adding Ben to the Telairity senior management team, our company is taking an important step forward," said Sachs. "Ben's expertise allows us to expand further into the IPTV and Asia-Pacific markets, complementing our success in the American and European backhaul and traditional broadcast markets over the last two years. We're pleased to have him as part of the Telairity family."

Silva will focus on opening up new markets for Telairity's line of H.264/AVC MPEG-4 encoders, specifically for North American companies streaming video over the Internet (IPTV), and sales activities in the Asia-Pacific region including China, India, Japan and Korea. Greg Pine, Telairity vice president of sales for broadcast, continues to be responsible for broadcast sales activities in The Americas and Europe, and managing the company's network of manufacturers' representatives.

Over a 25-year career, Mr. Silva has been active in virtually all aspects of the entertainment and media technology industries, including creative, management and technology ownership and management positions. He is a seven-time time Emmy award winner for technological and creative achievements, a recipient of multiple Clio awards for regional and national commercials and is a recognized expert in content and media based delivery systems.

Prior to joining Telairity, Silva was a co-founder of Zillion TV, an IP-based television network for the delivery of films, TV shows and other media. At Zillion TV, he filled multiple roles as acting chief technical officer and executive vice president in charge of business development and strategic partnerships.

From 2004 through 2007, he was senior vice president of business development, sales, and general manager of the ShenZhen Television Design Center, a Chinese/American company specializing in the design, manufacture and sale of LCD TVs. Client companies include Sony, Samsung, LG, Matsushita, Mitsubishi, Sharp and Sanyo.

Silva previously held executive and/or managerial positions with DG2L Technologies Ltd., iVast, Inc., Streaming21, Streamlogic/Hammer Digital Solutions, and Andataco.

Silva also enjoyed creative positions in motion pictures and television production, with production experiences at Paramount Pictures, Leo Burnett Advertising and N. Lee Lacy Associates.

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Amino and Prime Time Communications partner for HD IPTV upgrade

Alpharetta US, Salt Lake City, US June 30, 2009: Prime Time Communications, a leading provider of integrated IP-based services, and Amino Communications, the world leading IPTV entertainment solutions provider, have completed a major upgrade program to deliver new expanded HD services to its customers in Utah.

Prime Time, which offers IP-based services to over 10,000 subscribers including 4,000 customers across Salt Lake City’s fiber-to-the-home UTOPIA network, faced a challenging schedule to upgrade service to customers of Mstar, the Utah-based internet service provider, which it acquired in April 2009.

With the current MPEG2 stream set to end, Prime Time programmed a rapid two week changeover programme, to convert 3,800 customers to MPEG4 video signalling using Amino’s award-winning AmiNET130 and AmiNET530 HD set-top boxes (STBs).

An intensive communications programme before - and during - the changeover, helped ensure a smooth transition and enabled Prime Time to bring an exciting and expanded new range of services to their newly-acquired customers.

“Our triple play offering has been very well received and we’re seeing residents who took just phone and broadband now moving to IPTV services as well.” says Bryon Wentzlaff, Director of Sales at Prime Time.

“Amino’s set-top boxes are proven performers and the transition to HD boxes has been very smooth and well received by our customers. Having the Amino partnership has also helped us increase our HD offering to over 60 channels – and reduce the overall cost of our package to a very competitive rate,” he added.

Amino’s Sales Director Western Region Dan Carufel commented: “With many operators considering changing to HD services, this was an object lesson in how to make a smooth effective transition – and add value to the customer offering. Our high performance MPEG4 STBs are the ideal choice for these programmes and we’re delighted to receive such positive feedback from both Prime Time and their customers.”

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