CANAL+ U.S. TECHNOLOGIES Appoints Dr. Sinan Othman Director of Business Development.CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1999-- CANAL+ U.S. TECHNOLOGIES, the U.S. affiliate of CANAL+ TECHNOLOGIES, the broadband interactive television arm of one of Europe's largest media groups, has named Dr. Sinan Othman director of business development. Othman will spearhead CANAL+ U.S. TECHNOLOGIES' efforts in forming strategic partnerships throughout the burgeoning U.S. interactive television industry, including cable operators and set-top box The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. , head-end and integrated digital television An Integrated Digital Television ("IDTV" or "iDTV") set is a television set with a built in digital tuner, be it for DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-C, ATSC or ISDB. Most of them also allow reception of analogue signals (PAL, SÉCAM or NTSC). set manufacturers, while leveraging CANAL+'s strong global manufacturing network. In this capacity, Othman will report to CANAL+ U.S. TECHNOLOGIES' Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. Bo Kearns. "The very nature of our open-architecture middleware requires that we form alliances throughout the entire interactive television industry -- from operators, to set-top box manufacturers, to software developers, to content providers -- and Sinan will play a critical role in helping CANAL+ U.S. TECHNOLOGIES solidify these relationships," said Jean-Marc Racine, chief executive officer of CANAL+ U.S. TECHNOLOGIES. "His vast knowledge of the technical side of the business combined with his marketing experience make Sinan the ideal person to lead business development activities with our partners." Prior to joining CANAL+ U.S. TECHNOLOGIES, Othman spent two-and-a-half years overseeing the European marketing and sales efforts of TeraLogic, most recently as director of European sales. TeraLogic is a California-based semiconductor company that delivers integrated circuit integrated circuit (IC), electronic circuit built on a semiconductor substrate, usually one of single-crystal silicon. The circuit, often called a chip, is packaged in a hermetically sealed case or a nonhermetic plastic capsule, with leads extending from it for (IC) solutions to manufacturers of advanced set-top boxes, high-definition digital television and digital television-PC systems. Othman played a pivotal role in securing key design wins for the company's inaugural graphics and video processing Video processing techniques are used in video codecs, video players and other devices. For example—commonly only design and video processing is different in TV sets of different manufactures. IC product in the digital terrestrial television Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and sound using aerial broadcasts to a conventional antenna (or aerial) instead of a satellite dish or and consumer Internet appliances markets. He also established the company's successful relationships with CANAL+, ONdigital, and other major European pay TV operators and some of their respective manufacturers. Previously, Othman spent nearly eight years in the multimedia communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. . Othman graduated magna cum laude from the University of Wales Affiliated institutions
BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in electronic engineering. He also holds a master of science degree in electrical engineering from Arizona State University Arizona State University, at Tempe; coeducational; opened 1886 as a normal school, became 1925 Tempe State Teachers College, renamed 1945 Arizona State College at Tempe. Its present name was adopted in 1958. and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia. CANAL+ U.S. TECHNOLOGIES has established a U.S. headquarters in Cupertino to market and distribute its broadband interactive television middleware MEDIAHIGHWAY, which offers more than 30 different interactive applications, and MEDIAGUARD, a conditional access system A conditional access system (CAS) is a system by which electronic transmission of digital media, especially satellite television signals through cable, is limited to subscribed clients. This is called conditional access. . The company's middleware functions between any operating system or hardware platform and offers a comprehensive range of home-based entertainment, information, advertising and financial applications. These applications include high-speed Internet access, electronic program guides, interactive games, enhanced program information, interactive advertising, home banking, pay-per-view, a live multi-channel programming display and much more. Passing the four million mark for installed set-top boxes worldwide, CANAL+ TECHNOLOGIES' middleware is projected to be in five million households by year's end. MediaOne, one of the nation's top multiple system operators, will be the first to roll out MEDIAGUARD and MEDIAHIGHWAY in the United States. There are more than 25 set-top box manufacturers and consumer electronics companies licensed to deploy MEDIAGUARD and MEDIAHIGHWAY. CANAL+ U.S. TECHNOLOGIES is the U.S. affiliate of CANAL+ TECHNOLOGIES, the technology arm of CANAL+, one of Europe's largest media corporations. With an extensive list of partners and customers already deploying its systems, CANAL+ TECHNOLOGIES is the world's largest provider of digital broadcast software solutions. The company offers a wide range of field-proven and flexible solutions to terrestrial, satellite and cable operators around the world, as well as digital systems integration. CANAL+ TECHNOLOGIES can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.canalplus-technologies.com. |
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