Gene Suddu Joins OCTOPUS Newsroom as National Sales Director for Nor America

See OCTOPUS Newsroom on stand 7.G11 at IBC2016, Amsterdam, September 9-13

Tyler, Texas, USA, August 5, 2016: OCTOPUS Newsroom, a globally active producer of television broadcast newsroom automation systems, announces a major addition to its management team with the appointment of Gene Sudduth as National Sales Director for North America. He joins from Chyron, latterly ChyronHego, after 29 years in account management roles. Based in Tyler, he reports to OCTOPUS Newsroom Sales Director Gabriel Janko.

Gene is a highly experienced sales manager with a distinguished broadcast industry background plus an excellent knowledge of the US and Canadian broadcast markets, comments OCTOPUS Newsroom founder and CEO Petr Stoku . His combination of sales skills and in-depth technical knowledge make him a very welcome addition to the company as well expanding our global reach.

OCTOPUS Newsroom has already achieved an impressive level of visibility in North America with some excellent sales successes, Gene Sudduth adds. The company is a model of excellence in the development and delivery of newsroom computer systems which extend the boundaries in terms of features and operating efficiency. The high visibility of OCTOPUS Newsroom as an NAB Show exhibitor over the past 15 years has already contributed to the company's success in the Americas. My role will be to build on its existing sales achievements by promoting the capabilities of highly innovative products such as Octopus 8.

Gene began his broadcast industry career in 1975 as a switching systems technician, and subsequently joined Ampex Corporation where he advanced to Associate Product Manager. He later joined Digital Services Corporation as Regional Sales Manager before joining Chyron in 1987, advancing to Senior Account Manager.

Established in 1999, OCTOPUS Newsroom (www.octopus-news.com) is a leading producer of newsroom computer systems in the TV broadcast industry. Founded on the principle that journalists should enjoy making news, OCTOPUS Newsroom produces the software that broadcasters use to deliver fast, complete and captivating news in the world. From New York to Hong Kong, from Sao Paulo to Moscow, the company helps thousands of users daily to bring the latest news on air.

OCTOPUS Newsroom has successfully installed newsroom systems into more than 200 channels around the world. These include DirecTV Root Sports in four cities across the USA, NTD TV in New York City, Vice Media in Brooklyn, NY, Euronews in France, Bloomberg throughout South East Asia and Mediacorp in Singapore. Based on Unicode, OCTOPUS Newsroom products support all major character sets.

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