NEW YORK — Telstra Broadcast Services (TBS) announced today it has hired long-time ESPN director of technology Emory Strilkauskas (above) as head of business development for the Americas, responsible for expanding TBS’s professional broadcast and media portfolio across the United States, Canada and Latin America.
“Strilkauskas will focus on strengthening relationships and developing new partnerships with international broadcasters, rights owners, channel partners and service providers,” reads a press release announcing his appointment.
“As part of Telstra’s ambitious growth plans for the broadcast market, he will also work closely with product, network and engineering teams to bring the best of Telstra’s innovative network connectivity and infrastructure solutions to customers across the Americas region,” the release says.
Most recently, Strilkauskas was managing partner of network operations at Brklyn-Media, “a virtualized media company he co-founded to focus on camera-to-consumer cloud workflows and software applications,” explains the release.
Previously, Strilkauskas worked for more than 30 years at ESPN/Disney, where he held a range of positions covering product management, programming, engineering, operations, transmission, contribution, affiliate distribution and direct-to-consumer offerings.
His career includes a Technical Emmy Award win and “a successful track record of executing engineering integration strategies, developing solutions-driven technical workflows and managing complex system deployments,” says the release.
“We are excited to have Emory join us, with his extensive experience in delivering major events to audiences all over the world during his career with ESPN and Brklyn-Media,” said Telstra Broadcast Services’ vice-president of International, Anna Lockwood, in the release. “We look forward to continuing to deliver value for our customers and partners, and to accelerating our growth plans for the Americas region under Emory’s leadership.”
“Media and broadcast customers are actively seeking new content delivery and distribution options to meet the growing worldwide demand for content,” Strilkauskas said.
“Telstra has created an impressive and diverse array of network connectivity solutions to support any level of customer requirements. I’m excited to join the team and help widen the audience for our broadcast services.”
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