Wednesday 1st July
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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