WRN Broadcast, the international broadcast services company, has today announced the appointment of Dave Travis as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).  Travis, who was formally Head of Operations & Technology Services, has been appointed as technology chief following the company’s continual growth in broadcast operations – which this year included the opening of it’s broadcast data centre.

Over the past three years since joining WRN Broadcast, Travis has been responsible for overseeing the company’s broadcast solutions and technology partnerships.  His contribution has seen WRN Broadcast increase it’s offering to become one of the most comprehensive broadcast managed services company in the industry.  This has meant working with some of the best known television broadcasters and content owners in the world; ranging from Viacom Media Networks to East Africa’s Zuku platform alongside the company’s longstanding clients, which include NHK World and VOA, as well as Jazz FM and Absolute Radio here in the UK.

Dave Travis, CTO, WRN Broadcast, comments: “WRN Broadcast has an immensely strong offering across TV, Radio, IP and Broadcast Support and it’s been great playing a part in developing those areas.  We have a first-class team of people here providing broadcast solutions that are innovative and cost effective enabling us to realise our client’s business objectives.  My appointment as CTO will be a challenging and rewarding role which will allow me to help drive the company forward with the rest of the executive management team.”

Travis was Director of Engineering at TSI Broadcast before WRN Broadcast acquired it in 2009.  Prior to that he had worked at Viacom, including MTV Networks and was part of the team responsible for building Showtime, Arabia’s multi-channel playout facility in Dubai Media City.

David Treadway, CEO, WRN Broadcast, says: “Dave’s expertise in broadcast technology has helped us realise one of our core ambitions – to make WRN Broadcast the most complete broadcast managed services company – enabling us to better serve our broadcast clients, regardless of the area of the media they work in.  I wish to welcome Dave to the Executive Board as CTO at this exciting time in our history, as we continue to drive forward making sure we can take advantage of the opportunities in the ever-evolving media and broadcast sectors.”

About WRN Broadcast (www.wrnbroadcast.com)

WRN Broadcast is an international broadcast services company enabling broadcasters and media owners to deliver content to audiences worldwide.

Founded in 1992, WRN Broadcast has become one of the leading broadcast services companies, working across digital content platforms to provide broadcast clients with worldwide coverage.  The company specialises in end-to-end solutions for ingest, content management, playout, encoding, multiplexing and worldwide fibre and satellite distribution.  It has a state-of-the-art Media Centre offering clients the latest in broadcast technologies.

The company manages playout and distribution services for over 250 clients worldwide including some of the most recognised broadcast brands such as Top Up TV, Jazz FM and Wananchi (Zuku platform).

WRN Broadcast is committed to providing a complete, professional service to all of its clients, accompanied by its investment in the latest technologies available.