The essential journalist news source
Back
9.
May
2017.
Global VOD Enabler Xstream Appoints Jacob Barlebo Sales and Marketing Director

 

[image]

 

News Alert

For Immediate Release

 Global Video on Demand Enabler Xstream Appoints

Jacob Barlebo Sales and Marketing Director

Appointment reflects Xstream's tunnel vision for threefold growth in global markets and to serve emerging VOD broadcasters in hospitals, government and media groups

Copenhagen, 9th May 2017: Strengthening its management team, OTT and TV Everywhere enabler Xstream A/S today announces the appointment of Jacob Barlebo as global sales and marketing director. In his new role, Barlebo will be responsible for managing Xstream's international sales teams, extending the firm's partner network and marketing.

Barlebo is a highly-experienced business executive with extensive experience in leading international sales and marketing teams. He began his career as a business development manager with DHL Worldwide Express.

The year 2002 saw Barlebo begin his communications career becoming a country manager for Genesys Conferencing. Five years on, in 2007 Barlebo began his IT career with his appointment as sales manager, Denmark and Norway, for IT security and systems management firm NetIQ. Subsequent to a highly successful period with this firm, he joined IT security and consulting firm FortConsult as international business development manager. Prior to taking up his new role with Xstream, Barlebo led the global sales and business development at I-New, a world leading Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE).

"The Video on Demand market is fast taking market share of traditional Pay-TV in global markets and new content providers are emerging regularly to satisfy today's highly-selective viewing audiences," says Xstream's new sales and marketing director, Jacob Barlebo. "My teams will be helping new VOD broadcasters to come to market in the shortest timeframe through Xstream's award-winning platform, helping them to better create, manage, monetize and deliver personalized state-of-the-art Internet TV content across any device and networks at anytime."

About Xstream A/S
Xstream has been a pioneer in OTT and TV Everywhere since 1999. Today, we work with world-leading telcos, cable operators, broadcasters and media companies and deliver simpler, smarter solutions characterized by superior flexibility, usability and cost-efficiency. We offer Xstream MediaMaker™, the industry's most comprehensive and scalable end-to-end online video management solution, and a suite of outstanding individual services, including: Apps for Connected devices, Ingest, DRM, Transcoding and Agile Consultants. The modular architecture of Xstream MediaMaker™ enables highly flexible and customized solutions that meet the demands of the world's TV Everywhere and OTT video deployments.Xstream is the preferred solution partner for companies such as Telenor, Canal Digital, Altibox, Discovery, Spark New Zealand/ Lightbox, Fuhu/ nabi tablets, Balaji Telefilms and many more. Xstream is headquartered in Copenhagen.Visit www.xstream.net.

 

Ends

Media contact

For further information and images, please contact:

Hugh Paterson, CEO, Whoosh PR

Direct Landline +33 (0)467 55 99 12, Mobile +44 (0)77681 75452

Email:hugh.paterson@whooshpr.com