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THE PLAYROOM SYDNEY LAUNCHES MTV ON SKY NZ PLATFORM
The Playroom Sydney, facilitator of production and broadcast services in the Australian Pay TV market and key business unit of the Omnilab Media Group announced today the expansion of its media broadcast facility with the successful soft launch of MTV on the Sky Television New Zealand platform. The channel will be programmed locally in New Zealand and feature New Zealand productions and presenters with full 24 hour programming commencing at 6pm on the 18th August, 2006.
THE PLAYROOM'S DIGITAL MEDIA HUB GOES LIVE
SYDNEY, 11 August 2009 — The Playroom, a leading facilitator of production infrastructure, content aggregation, broadcast & distribution services and key business unit of Omnilab Media today announced that its new broadcast operations centre and digital media hub is now live managing and playing out MTV NZ and all 3 Movie Network Channels.
The IPTV We Already Have
While traditional IPTV continues to stall in Australia due to the limitations of our broadband infrastructure, the casual use of content distribution services continues to explode. Loosely referred to as internet TV.
OMNILAB MEDIA WINS MOVIE NETWORK CHANNELS OUTSOURCING
SYDNEY 19 May 2008 – In a groundbreaking deal Omnilab Media, Australia/NZ’s largest, privately owned, vertically integrated content development and media service business, today announced details of the long-term outsourcing deal it has secured with Movie Network Channels for the playout, facilities and post production services of its channels.
Playroom Team On Sky First Business
Andrew Hogg, General Manager of The Playroom and Tom Kennedy, Head of Digital, appeared live on Sky First Business Tech Report.
THE PLAYROOM FLIPS SWITCH ON NEW HD CHANNELS, AUSTRALIA’S DIGITAL BROADCASTING FUTURE
The Playroom commenced broadcasting three new HD channels for The Movie Network from their advanced digital media hub.
The Playroom 2009 in Review
The Playroom 2009 in Review and continuing to build its foundation for the future with organisational restructure.
The Playroom Features in Content + Technology Magazine
The Playroom has featured in the December 2009 Content + Technology magazine in a multi-page story about its new broadcast facility. The story ran in the Flagship Enterprise section.
THE PLAYROOM RESTRUCTURES FOR GROWTH
Australia’s leading digital broadcasters, The Playroom, today announced a new management structure and appointment of Craig Armsworth to the position of Head of Technology in a move to support its expansion into digital platforms, including IPTV.
Tom Kennedy Appointed As GM
Omnilab Media’s Managing Director, Christopher Mapp today announced that Mr. Tom Kennedy has been appointed to the position of Acting General Manager of The Playroom. The Playroom is Omnilab Media's specialist broadcast services and digital media, aggregation, play-out and distribution company.
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