ŕôřéě 27, 2003
Scopus Network Technologies Opens Singapore Office |
Tel-Aviv and Singapore, October 27, 2003 Scopus Network Technologies, a leading supplier of digital compression technology to the broadcasting industry, announced today the opening of an office in Singapore. The Singapore office will be Scopus’ main hub in the Asia Pacific region and service Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand as well as other Asia Pacific countries. With offices in Beijing and Mumbai that serve and support their respective markets, Scopus is broadening its strategic regional scope to ensure a greater presence in this all-important region.
Scopus’ new office will bring it closer to a growing customer and distributor base and lead sales and technical support activities in the region. Among Scopus’ Asia Pacific clients are: Korea Telecom and Samsung (Korea), Singapore Telecom and ST Teleport (Singapore), TARBS and ABC (Australia), Satelindo (Indonesia), Nexion and KDDI (Japan), SKY New Zealand, INC (Philippines) and CAT (Thailand).
Heading the Singapore office is Mr. Derrick Tay, a veteran sales and marketing director with 16 years of experience in the Asia Pacific Region high tech sector. Mr. Tay has been responsible for heading sales teams in Singapore and the region, including for leading companies such as IBM, Tandem, Sequent and Thomas De La Rue.
Mr. Tay said that the opening of Scopus’ office will enable the company to play a greater role in the region and strengthen its leadership position in the international broadcast arena. He added, “Scopus’ proven capabilities to supply complete end-to-end digital broadcasting platforms are a major reason for the Company’s successes in the region, such as the World Cup project held in 2002 in Korea, and I look forward to making sure that these continue.”
In April 2003, Scopus and Pixelmetrix (Singapore) announced they are cooperating to develop next generation Broadcast Management Technology. This project is supported by the Singapore Israel Industrial R&D Foundation (SIIRD). The project leverages recent advances in measurement and monitoring technology, implemented by Pixelmetrix, with the latest in network management technology as developed by Scopus.
“Scopus’ Singapore HUB office underlines our commitment to become the leading digital broadcasting solution provider for the entire region,” commented Tamir Galili, Scopus VP of Sales. “With the Asia Pacific region leading the world in digital interactive multi-media applications, we look forward to providing broadcast platforms like our new Intelligent Video Networks (IVN) to leading broadcast players in the region. Scopus believes that the growth of DTH actitivities and interest in this areas will help to shape the potential for Scopus in Asia Pacific”.
Yoram Oron, CEO Vertex Venture Capital Israel said: "The pay-per-view digital TV market is one of the most successful and profitable at present. It is experiencing rapid development with penetration rates for digital transmission rising consistently. We expect to see digital TV technology rapidly adopted throughout Asia Pacific and the opening of a Scopus office in Singapore will enable the company to serve this growing demand accordingly."
“It is exciting to see the fruition of our efforts to draw venture capital activities here to Singapore such as this. Scopus was an investment made by one of TIF’s portfolio funds, Vertex Israel. Through active cultivation, Scopus’ winning digital broadcasting solution is gaining business traction right here in Singapore,” said Jimmy Hsu, Chief Executive Officer, TIF Ventures Pte Ltd.
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Scopus Network Technologies:
Scopus Network Technologies’ provides intelligent MPEG-2 and DVB video distribution architecture that enables professional broadcasters to make a quick and smooth transition to the digital age. Based on over 20 years of extensive research and expertise in digital compression algorithm development, Scopus’ solutions provide superior flexibility at the highest quality and cost-performance. Its CODICO® product line supports a comprehensive end-to-end digital compression system for video and data distribution networks. Scopus was the official supplier of the digital platform for the worldwide broadcast of the 2002 World Cup Games.
Scopus clients worldwide include satellite broadcasters, Cable-TV and Telco operators. Among Scopus customers: Singapore Telecom (Singapore), Satelindo (Indonesia), CBS Newspath (USA), SES GLOBAL (Luxembourg), EBU, Deutsche Telekom (Germany), Korean Telecom (Korea), BBC (UK), Multichoice (South Africa), France Telecom, Doordarshan (India) and others.
Scopus has offices in Princeton (NJ) and San Diego (CA) - USA, Mexico City-Mexico, Mumbai-India, Beijing-China, Moscow-Russia, Frankfurt-Germany, Oslo-Norway, San Paolo-Brazil, and Tel Aviv-Israel. For more information please visit our website: www.scopus.net.
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