Teletrax Bolsters Sales Force With Senior Hollywood and New York Hires
27 6월 2007 - 10:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
Experienced Sales Directors Will Further Company's Growth Strategy
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. and NEW YORK, June 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
In support of its expanding media and entertainment business growth
initiatives, Teletrax, the global broadcast intelligence company,
today announced the addition of industry veteran sales executives
in the key Hollywood and New York markets. Lorelee Wiseman has been
appointed Director of Sales on the West Coast, and Christopher
Golden has been named Director of Sales and Business Development on
the East Coast. Teletrax is a subsidiary of Medialink Worldwide
Incorporated (NASDAQ:MDLK). "The hiring of these two top-notch
media and entertainment industry sales leaders signifies a major
step forward for Teletrax in our sales and business development
efforts," said Andy Nobbs, president of Teletrax. "Earlier in the
year, we expanded our network and coverage area to include the top
210 television markets in the United States, and we have now
increased our sales force on both the East and West Coasts. We are
very pleased that Lorelee and Chris have joined our team and are
looking forward to their contributions to the further progression
of our business." Based in Hollywood, Wiseman has more than 15
years of sales experience in the television and film industries and
most recently has concentrated on the digital video media
distribution market. She has proven success in evolving technical
solutions through the exploration of untapped markets and extensive
longstanding relationships with networks, studios and producers.
Wiseman was previously the entertainment group director of sales
for Pathfire, a digital distribution and video asset management
solutions company where she was responsible for all television and
studio sales of its video delivery service. She has also held
positions at Vitac, a captioning and subtitling company, and Vyvx
Broadband Media, an advertising distribution company. In her new
position at Teletrax, Wiseman will be responsible for sales and the
further development of Teletrax's presence in the West Coast media
and entertainment market. She will lead the development of
Teletrax's entertainment accounts and initiate new business with
leading film and television studio and distribution organizations.
Based in New York, Golden brings over 15 years of senior media and
entertainment sales experience to Teletrax. Most recently, he
served as vice president and group advertising director at The
Hollywood Reporter, where he was responsible for all aspects of the
advertising function for the East Coast sales office. He previously
held senior sales positions at the New York Post and Chicago
Tribune. Golden brings an intimate knowledge of sales environments,
industry trends and customer requirements, which will be used to
spearhead his sales initiatives. At Teletrax, he will be focused on
pursuing new revenue opportunities and also identifying business
partnerships to help accelerate growth. Teletrax offers the first
and only digital video monitoring and content tracking service that
provides vital broadcast intelligence on a global scale to video
providers such as entertainment studios, news organizations, TV
syndicators, and the advertising industry. Launched as a service
developed by a joint venture between Royal Philips Electronics of
the Netherlands (NYSE: PHG) and Medialink, with an underlying
technology that is patent protected both by Philips and Digimarc
Corp. (NASDAQ:DMRC), Teletrax's technology embeds an imperceptible
and indelible digital watermark into video whenever it is edited,
transmitted, broadcast or duplicated. A global network of detectors
then captures all occurrences of the embedded video being
transmitted and generates tracking reports for the content owners.
Reports of individual broadcast airings are delivered online in
near real-time to each client's custom-designed portal or in data
file transfers. Each client's broadcast activity is updated
dynamically, 24 hours a day, enabling clients to respond
immediately to reported results such as changes in end-user
preferences or detections of unauthorized use. Teletrax currently
maintains a proprietary network of detectors that monitors the
television broadcasts of nearly 1,500 channels from more than 50
nations including the top 210 markets in the United States,
representing all measured U.S. television households. Its
international network covers television stations across Europe,
Asia, the Middle East, Australia, South and Central America, and
Canada. Entertainment, news and media organizations both within and
outside of the United States that also have contracted to use
Teletrax for the tracking of news video, advertising or promotional
content include ABC Television Network, BBC, CBS Television,
Disney-ABC Domestic Television, Fox Broadcasting Company, NBC News
Channel, The NBC Agency, NBC Universal Domestic Television, Reuters
Television, Tribune Entertainment, United Nations, ITN Networks,
Euro RSCG 4D DRTV, and Medialink. A number of other companies are
also in active trials with the Teletrax service. About Teletrax:
Teletrax (http://www.teletrax.tv/) is the world's first global
digital video broadcast intelligence and video asset management
service. Teletrax provides clients with video watermarking services
that enable them to precisely track and monitor where, when and how
their content is being aired via cable, satellite and
terrestrially. Clients can easily evaluate, respond to and manage
broadcast information relating to their video content through
Teletrax's Web-based reporting tools. Teletrax yields critical
media intelligence that is of proven value to motion picture
studios, news organizations, network and syndicated TV programmers,
TV sports producers and distributors, brand marketers, corporate
communicators, and advertising and public relations agencies.
Teletrax is headquartered in London, has offices in New York and
Hollywood, and maintains its operations hub in Norwalk,
Connecticut. About Medialink: Medialink (http://www.medialink.com/)
is a global leader in providing unique news and marketing media
strategies and solutions that enable corporations and organizations
to inform and educate their intended audiences with maximum impact
on television, radio, print, and the Internet. The Company offers
creative services and multimedia distribution programs including
video and audio news and short-form programming. Through its
majority-owned subsidiaries, Medialink also provides Teletrax(TM),
a global television tracking and media asset management service to
help clients evaluate return on investment from their programming
and advertising efforts. Teletrax is 76%- owned by Medialink and
24%-owned by Royal Philips Electronics. Based in New York,
Medialink has offices in major cities throughout the United States
and an international hub in London. With the exception of the
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information, future events or otherwise. For more information:
Peter Winkler Chief Marketing Officer Teletrax Tel: 323-465-9004,
x225 Maria Di Masi PR/Marketing Manager Teletrax Tel: 212-812-7010
Raymond Yeung Senior Vice President Brainerd Communicators Tel:
212-986-6667 DATASOURCE: Medialink CONTACT: Peter Winkler, Chief
Marketing Officer, +1-323-465-9004, x225, , Maria Di Masi,
PR/Marketing Manager, +1-212-812-7010, , both of Teletrax, Raymond
Yeung, Senior Vice President of Brainerd Communicators,
+1-212-986-6667, , for Medialink Web site:
http://www.medialink.com/ http://www.teletrax.tv/
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