Vidmind Appoints Yaal Eshel as Vice President Sales and Marketing
Tel Aviv, Israel (PRWEB) July 31, 2013 -- Vidmind, a next generation provider of an End-to-end OTT TV platform for operators, broadcasters and retailers, announced today the appointment of Yaal Eshel as VP of Sales and Marketing to boost global sales for the company.
“The tipping point for OTT TV, from a second screen application to a fully-fledged competitive offering is about to happen in the next twelve months. We see operators all over the world emerging globally, leveraging their access to a user base and getting seriously committed to greenfield OTT TV deployments, as both Internet infrastructure and technology are ready to support a seamless experience. Given the state of the market, we’re glad to have Yaal lead our sales and marketing, especially as we are set to announce our first strategic deployment,” said Danny Peled, Vidmind’s CEO. “Yaal brings extensive sales and marketing experience, having managed multimillion dollar deals with operators worldwide and created long term strategic partnerships. I am confident that together with the management team Yaal will help Vidmind become the platform of choice for TV operators.”
Eshel brings more than thirteen years of experience in executive sales, marketing and business development positions. At Jungo, he was VP sales and marketing and led its product and marketing strategy, driving the company from a small start-up to a market leader through its acquisition by NDS in 2007 and up until the acquisition of NDS by Cisco in 2012. Prior to joining Jungo, Mr. Eshel served as a Major in the Israeli Air force. Mr. Eshel holds a BSc in industrial engineering from Tel Aviv University.
“I’m very excited to join Vidmind.” Said Eshel, “After seeing the Vidmind video platform and speaking with customers and prospects, I am confident that Vidmind is exactly what new TV operators are looking for: a complete video delivery platform that is very appealing to end users and yet highly scalable and efficient for operators. We have a huge opportunity to completely change the TV market as we know it – from user and operator economics to a more compelling user experience.”
About Vidmind
As TV evolves, Vidmind’s End-to-end video platform powers the TV of the future. Cloud-based and quick to deploy and customize, Vidmind’s platform lets service providers, from Telco’s through broadcasters and retailers, launch a fully featured next generation TV service, available on TVs, tablets, smart phones and more. Vidmind was built from the ground up to power OTT; its backend makes content ingestion and management simple and effective, whether on the cloud or on a service provider datacenter. Its customer-facing side was made to delight your subscribers with social, personalized and rich TV. Vidmind was founded by video streaming and TV app veterans and is privately held. For more information, visit http://www.vidmind.com.
Press Contact
Shanie Weissman, Marketing Manager, Vidmind | +972-73-796-38-66 | Shanie.weissman(at)vidmind(dot)com
Shanie Weissman, Vidmind, http://www.vidmind.com, +972 737963866, [email protected]
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