Anevia Appoints Patrick Rabu as IPTV International Sales Director

Anevia hires digital TV veteran to lead Anevia’s international development

Paris – April 26, 2007 -

Anevia, the French specialist of IPTV gateways, VOD and nPVR servers, today announced that Patrick Rabu was appointed International Sales Director.

Based in Paris, he will be responsible for structuring and developing the company's sales across the world. Back in 1991, he was the co-founder of Xcom Multimedia Communication (Xsat), a pioneer and leading edge French company involved in the Set-Top Box business. Then, the company was taken over by Pace Microtechnologies Plc, the leading European STB supplier. For 5 years, Patrick held various management positions at Pace, the latest one being EMEA New Business Development Director. Patrick brings along a wealth of experience from over 13 years in the Digital TV industry.

With this new position, Patrick accepts the challenge of positioning Anevia at the forefront of IPTV and VOD markets through new customer deals and strategic partnerships across the world.

About Anevia

Anevia is a telecom equipment supplier, specialising in the video element of Triple Play - Video on Demand, IPTV and digital recording.
Unlike traditional electronic solutions, the originality of Anevia’s approach is in its innovative software solution which combines broadband and broadcast television. As a result, Anevia has developed the TOUCAN VOD/nPVR servers and the FLAMINGO DVB-to-IP gateways which are compact, cost effective and fast to deploy.
Set up in 2003 by former members of the VideoLAN team that developed the VLC media player, Anevia is a French company, whose main investor is CDC Enterprises Innovation. Anevia’s products have been selected by a large number of telecom, xDSL and FTTH operators, broadcasters and system integrators worldwide.

For further details visit www.anevia.com

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