NAB SHOW - Omneon Video Networks, the company providing the Networked Content Server infrastructure for new media applications, has appointed Jonathan Lunness as technology and applications manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Based at the new European offices near Basingstoke, he will have responsibility for working closely with Omneon's customers, VARs (value-added resellers), system integrators and application partners to develop and implement Omneon- based solutions for collaborative production, content management and transmission applications.

Jonathan Lunness joins Omneon from Harris Automation Systems where he was product manager for Louth automation systems, having initially joined as projects manager, where he led a team designing and managing major automation projects for European broadcasters. Prior to that he was with Philips Digital Broadcast Systems from 1997-99, holding a range of positions including systems integration manager.

Before joining Philips, Jonathan spent 10 years with Anglia Television completing his engineering training with the company and gaining experience across a wide range of equipment and systems. He held a number of engineering and technical positions with the company that led to his position as technical coordinator where he supervised the news engineering team, and directed news bulletins for Anglia News West.

Omneon Video Networks provides infrastructure for new media. Omneon's Networked Content Server is a highly scalable, data-type independent, shared-storage infrastructure. The solution is a platform that supports third-party software applications for control and transmission, media management, archive, and collaborative production. Omneon systems are used by content producers and distributors for simultaneous program creation and re-purposing for any type of distribution method. Omneon's products consist of server, disk controller, scalable Fiber Channel storage components, and software that together form a content server system. Channel or user scalability is achieved by using both IEEE 1394 and Ethernet networking technologies. This open systems architecture, known as a VIDEO AREA NETWORK, enables facilities to ingest, route, store, share and distribute digital media-comprised of audio, video, and any type of related data. Omneon Video Networks, headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., is privately held and funded by prominent venture capital firms. Omneon's web site is www.Omneon.com.

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