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Latens Strengthens Strategic Sales and Business Development
Capabilities With New Key Appointments
Other Topics:
IPTV Adoption, IPTV
Wireless STB
Latens
February 18, 2008
Belfast, Northern Ireland -- Latens, the market leader in software
conditional access and service delivery platforms for Pay-TV
operators, announces that Joël Gueugnon and Mike Leigh have joined
their senior Business Development team. The appointments further
strengthen Latens’ commitment to expansion within broadband cable,
IPTV, satellite and digital terrestrial in Europe, the Middle-East
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Mr. Gueugnon will be based
in Paris and brings strategic sales, business development and
marketing management expertise across semi-conductors, Pay-TV and
IPTV sectors. Before joining the Latens team Joël was driving Intel
Corporation Digital Home Networking strategic initiatives with a
variety of content producers, operators, platforms and technologies
suppliers. Previously he led Thomson Multimedia Components Division
sales and marketing worldwide, before contributing to the deployment
of NetGem middleware, hybrid set-top boxes and interactive
technologies.
Mr. Leigh, based in London, joins Latens from Verimatrix, where he
was the Business Development Manager for Northern Europe.
Previously, Mike built up considerable experience of Pay-TV and IPTV
technology through his position as Head of Business Development and
Strategy in the Telecoms Division of LogicaCMG, and as a Vice
President at the set-top box company, Amino Communications.
Latens will use Mr. Leigh and Mr. Gueugnon’s
extensive business experience to strategically enhance their
position in the cable and broadcast markets with Latens CAS and
BCAS. Latens CAS is the first DVB® compliant, software based,
downloadable Conditional Access system to be successfully deployed
with broadband cable operators in Europe. Latens BCAS is a next
generation, DVB® compliant Conditional Access System designed for
operators of broadcast cable,
satellite and digital terrestrial networks. BCAS is the first
software-based solution for networks without an always on return
path. Both Latens CAS and BCAS have the key advantages of low cost
of ownership, dynamic renewability and proven scalability.
"Latens is a fast growing company with innovative technology and has
enjoyed significant success to date with their DVB® compliant cable
and IPTV Conditional Access solutions. I look forward to helping the
company grow and being even more successful in the broadband and
broadcast markets,” says Mike Leigh, Strategic Business Development,
Latens.
"I was attracted to Latens by its reputation for technical
innovation and excellent customer service,” says Joël Gueugnon,
Strategic Business Development, Latens. “I believe that broadband
and broadcast Pay-TV operators will increasingly choose Latens’
cost-effective next generation software CA over hardware based
solutions and I’ve joined Latens to play a part in this success.”
"I’m delighted to welcome Mike and Joël on board,” says Andy
Mathieson, Director, Latens. “Both are great recruits for us,
bringing invaluable experience of the Conditional Access and IPTV
markets specifically and in Pay-TV in general. 2007 was an extremely
successful year for Latens, with continued expansion and a move to
bigger premises. 2008 promises even more success and I am certain
both Joël and Mike will ensure we achieve this throughout the EMEA
region.”
About Latens Systems
Latens designs, creates and deploys
industry-leading software solutions to enable Pay-TV and IPTV
operators to secure content, protect revenues and operate more
efficiently. Latens’ pioneering design of downloadable, software
based Conditional Access Systems is based on the company’s patented
Secure Software Module technology and management systems, which
ensure that all Pay-TV and IPTV operators can now cost-effectively
maximize security. Latens also designs software components that
interoperate with Latens Conditional Access Systems to increase an
operator’s flexibility and efficiency while simplifying the launch
of new revenue generating services, such as VOD, PVR and network
PVR. Founded in 2002, Latens is the world’s fastest growing CA
supplier. The company is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland with
offices in Atlanta, London and Singapore.
For more information, please visit: www.latens.com
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