Spescom Media IT, the broadcasting operation of technology innovator Spescom, has been appointed the Avid agent for all of its broadcast products in SA.
This market is estimated to be worth in excess of R40 million.
This announcement follows Avid Technology's acquisition of Pinnacle Systems. Spescom Media IT will take over full responsibility for sales and support on Pinnacle broadcast products.
According to John Aslett, general manager responsible for Avid's EMEA business, Spescom Media IT has been appointed the distributor for the complete range of Avid video products in SA, including the recently acquired Pinnacle products.
This was decided following the results of an extensive review of the South African video business. Avid's position in this market and the effect of the addition of the Pinnacle products were taken into account in the decision-making process. "We feel this will provide the best level of service for all of our existing customers, and enable us to combine our mutual resources aimed at building this business in the region."
Spescom Media IT general manager, Sean du Toit, says this has created an excellent opportunity for Spescom and opens up the market.
"Pinnacle has achieved significant success in the South African arena with its broadcast video servers and on-air graphics products. These are complementary to the Avid range of professional editing solutions.
"We are confident that the combination will allow us to provide better broadcast solutions to our clients throughout the region," concludes Du Toit.
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Spescom, a Proudly South African company, is a multinational technology innovator with direct operations in the US, UK and SA.
The group is publicly listed on the JSE Securities Exchange SA (Spescom Ltd), and on the NASDAQ OTCBB: SPCO (Spescom Software Inc).
Spescom is an information and communications technology company focused on the various aspects of enterprise content management.
The group provides products and solutions to connect to the network economy, as well as enterprise software to manage information and knowledge.
Specifically, Spescom supplies solutions in the areas of access network; enterprise information management; multimedia transaction recording; broadcast; and customer contact centres.
Spescom markets its products worldwide through appointed partners and distributors under the eB brand for its enterprise software, and the DataVoice brand for its multimedia transaction recording solutions.
eB is sold internationally by US-based Spescom Software Inc.
Spescom's global customer base consists of multinational organisations including leading enterprises in the utilities, telecommunications, transportation, financial, banking and insurance sectors.
Worldwide, customers include Siemens, British Telecoms, Network Rail (formerly Railtrack), Lloyds of London, Barclays Bank, Abbey National Bank, WH Smith, Caterpillar, Bechtel, AmerenUE, Entergy, Bombardier, Ocean Energy, Sempra Energy, Telkom, SABC, Old Mutual, Eskom, Transnet and First National Bank.
For more information on Spescom, please visit www.spescomsoftware.com and www.spescom.com.
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