Month: September 2022

Pioneering streaming and podcast solutions provider StreamGuys has announced a trio of leadership promotions and appointments.Eduardo Martinez and Jesse Orr have been promoted to VP of Technology and VP of Engineering, respectively, while Tara Strickwerda has taken on the role of Director of Customer Success.Eduardo has been a key contributor and leader at StreamGuys for over 15 years, most recently leveraging his deep podcasting and streaming experience as the company’s Director of Technology. Always on the pulse of the rapidly evolving digital media landscape, he successfully guides StreamGuys in defining and developing their end-to-end SaaS delivery, analytics, management, and monetization products and services. As VP of Technology, he will continue to oversee the planning, architecture, and design of StreamGuys’ growing range of solutions.As VP of Engineering, Jesse meticulously oversees the company’s extensive infrastructure. He is deeply intertwined with every aspect of StreamGuys’ platform, including deploying new technology stacks that support greater levels of automation; tuning and optimizing existing workflows to ensure “epic uptimes” for clients’ services; and writing scripts to support next-generation services. He continually pushes his boundaries, always learning new methods to solve many complex problems inherent in streaming media and sharing his findings with his skilled teammates.As the Director of Customer Success at StreamGuys, Tara is passionate about identifying and meeting the individual needs of the company’s diverse clients. She joined StreamGuys last year with over 25 years of experience delivering simple to complex solutions across multiple industries. A problem solver by nature and education, she applies her skills to addressing real-world problems faced by clients and organizations. Before joining StreamGuys in 2021, she helped turn a struggling aerospace company into a top-performing supplier for aviation component manufacturing.“Our employees are the lifeblood of StreamGuys’ success, and it’s important to us that we provide career paths that enable them to continue developing and meeting their goals,” said Kiriki Delany, president, StreamGuys. “These appointments not only help position StreamGuys for the next stage of the company’s growth, but are also intended to enable these exceptional individuals to continue their own personal advancement. We’re excited to see what they can achieve for our customers, our company, and themselves in their new roles.” […]

Syeda Iffat Jabbar has been appointed he first ever woman station director in the history of Radio Pakistan Peshawar.Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation Headquarters Islamabad issued the notification of her promotion and she took charge of her office in Broadcasting House Peshawar on Friday, September 24.in 1935, before partition, All India Radio Peshawar Station started its transmission and its first station director was Aslam Khattak, who also served as Governor (erstwhile NWFP) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.Hailing from Peshawar, Iffat Jabbar joined Radio Pakistan as a programme producer. Her father, late Syed Abdul Jabbar, was a well-known broadcaster as well.She has represented Pakistan at various national and international forums including BBC London, Voice of America, British Council, Deutsche Welle Germany, Radio Singapore, Radio Japan, Radio Bangladesh, Australia, Malaysia, and received the successful women awards.During the recent floods in the country, she introduced mobile units to help the flood victims and created public awareness to help those affected by the flood.She expressed her determination to continue working towards the improvement of Broadcasting House Peshawar during her service tenure. […]

The DRM Digital Radio Consortium, its many members and partners in India and the world, together with one of its key members, NXP Semiconductors, will hold their third annual India Automotive Infotainment Forum on September 28.This unique forum for major car OEMs, Tier 1’s, automotive ecosystem partners and Indian broadcasters and regulator, was created three years ago and has continued to grow significantly as all the participants share the desire to address Infotainment solutions that will meet Indian consumer aspirations.The hosts have announced that this virtual event (by invitation only) will be an opportunity to explore the most recent DRM developments globally like the successful DRM FM trial in India, the recently concluded DRM AM and FM trials and demonstrations in Australia, the ongoing developments in South Africa, the continuing DRM FM trial in Denmark, etc.Participants will also learn about the extra applications and benefits of DRM digital radio particularly relevant for the automotive environment, such as DRM Emergency Warning Functionality (EWF). Seasoned technical experts and ecosystem partners will offer sessions of live and interactive presentations and demos with a focus on the automotive industry: DRM for VHF/FM, SW/MW EMV noise mitigation DRM Journaline services and DRM EWF.An important component of the event will be the latest technology and deployment updates from some of the forum members and the live demonstrations of various DRM related innovations and solutions benefitting the automotive industry.Ruxandra Obreja, the DRM Chairman, said: “With over 5 million new cars line-fitted with DRM receivers on Indian roads, the Indian automotive industry has clearly embraced DRM digital radio. It is now ready to welcome a governmental decision in favour of extending DRM radio services to the FM band. This will allow the Indian broadcast industry including the private radio broadcasters to benefit from the full set of DRM features of DRM, firmly establishing DRM as the digital audio broadcast option for this large and important country. The demos of DRM in the FM band will show how DRM can enhance the performance of the many cars that an increasing number of Indians desire and will own.” […]