TVU Networks Establishes Presence in Brazil

TVU Networks Establishes Presence in Brazil posted: 25/02/2016

Company Opening New Office in Sao Paulo and Hiring Claudio Frugis

TVU Networks, the global technology leader in live mobile IP newsgathering solutions announces the opening of its office in Sao Paulo, Brazil to better serve Brazilian customers and the growing number of TVU customers throughout Latin America. The company has also hired industry veteran Claudio Frugis as its South American Sales Director. Based out of the new Sao Paulo office, Frugis will work with TVU's regional partners, including Phase Engineering and STI Telecom, to address the needs of customers moving toward IP-based video solutions. Frugis will also assist with customer support throughout the region. The Brazilian office will provide local customer support for leading media companies around the world using TVU equipment at the upcoming summer Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro.

We recognize Brazil in particular as an important market, and are investing for the long term there, said Paul Shen, CEO of TVU Networks. We're excited to have Claudio spearhead our new office and work with our resellers to deliver the full TVU family of solutions throughout the region. He understands the needs of Brazilian broadcasters and will therefore be able to ensure an outstanding customer experience with all of our products. We're pleased to welcome him to our team.

Frugis joins TVU Networks with over 35 years of professional industry experience. He previously held the position of Sales Vice President in the Brazilian Market for Advantech Wireless for nearly a decade. Frugis also worked in Business Development at Nera America Latina Satcom, and also held the position of Intelligent Network & Data Communications Manager at Ericsson. He earned both his MBA and undergraduate degree at universities in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Frugis can be reached via email at cfrugis@tvunetworks.com or phone at +55 11 9 7555 0840.

Already in use by hundreds of leading broadcast organizations around the world, the TVU Networks family of IP transmission solutions gives broadcasters and organizations a powerful and reliable tool to distribute live video content to broadcast, online and mobile platforms. The TVU Networks suite of solutions has been used to deliver professional-quality live HD footage of a number of important events around the world including the World Cup, both Summer and Winter Olympic Games, U.S. presidential elections, natural disasters, the 2013 Papal conclave, the Super Bowl, the 2015 Papal visit to the United States and several international sporting events.

About TVU Networks

Headquartered in Mountain View, CA, TVU Networks is a technology and market leader in IP-based live video solutions. TVUs solutions help transform broadcasters SDI-based video acquisition, transmission, routing, distribution and management operations to an IP-based infrastructure. TVU serves customers of all sizes in more than 80 countries from industries that include news broadcast, web streaming, law enforcement, sports, corporate and government. In broadcast markets around the world including the USA, China and other major economic powers, TVU is the dominant market leader with more than half of all news broadcast stations using its IP video solutions, which includes TVU One, the award-winning portable live cellular uplink solution, TVU Grid, the award-winning IP video switching, routing and distribution solution, the TVU Anywhere app for smart mobile devices and TVU MLink, TVU's fixed mounted transmitter for vehicles. TVU Networks is a pioneer in IP video technology and is leading the way in helping organizations looking to transition to a predominantly IP-based infrastructure. Many of the largest news broadcast station groups in the world have deployed TVU Grid and are leveraging it in their existing workflow infrastructures.

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