iWedia Appoints Go Murata as APAC Sales Director

Lausanne, Switzerland – February 2023 – iWedia S.A, world-class provider of software solutions for connected TV devices, today announced the appointment of experienced sales leader Go Murata as Director of Business Development and Key Accounts in Japan.

Go Murata is an accomplished sales leader, with a technical background, who brings 18 years of experience to his new role. He has a proven track record of achieving high revenue targets, identifying and developing commercial opportunities and leading major technology company accounts; both as a sales director and technical account manager. Go Murata will consolidate iWedia’s APAC team and focus on expanding the company’s reach in the region.

Go Murata, Director of Business Development and Key Accounts, APAC, iWedia, said: “I am excited to be joining iWedia, and looking forward to working with the team to seize the huge opportunity in Japan and the wider APAC region. Pay TV subscribers will increase by 26 million over the next five years in APAC (Research and Markets). I am very confident that a progressive company such as iWedia can develop innovative and attractive solutions to support Asian pay TV operators and technology partners in successfully serving this rapidly growing audience.”

Go Murata joins iWedia from Vewd Software (formerly Opera Software ASA), which is known for the Opera family of web browsers, where he was Sales Director responsible for leading the Sony, Panasonic and Sharp accounts and developing new commercial opportunities in the consumer electronics space – primarily TV, STB, video gaming and automotive. He started his career as a quality assurance engineer in 2005.

Hans-Jürgen Desor, CEO, iWedia, said: “I am delighted to welcome Go Murata to the iWedia team. iWedia has been present in Japan for several years with successful solutions deployments to large operators and electronics manufacturers. His considerable sales experience and knowledge of the local region will be invaluable in supporting us to create new business opportunities, both in Japan and the wider Asian region. This is a very important market for iWedia. Go Murata’s appointment underlines our ambitious plans to seize the opportunity in Asia and to build up our business both in Japan and the wider region.”

About iWedia

iWedia provides world-class software solutions for connected TV devices. We are pioneers in TV and support our customers with software architecture and design expertise, field proven products, and cost-effective engineering services out of our development centers in Serbia. We are proud to serving major Telecom operators, PayTV operators and tier 1 automotive OEMs with our media solutions.

In addition to stand-alone components giving support to latest versions of DVB, ATSC, ARIB, ISDB-T, HLS, DASH, MHEG-5, HbbTV, CI Plus, TR-069, (amongst others), iWedia offers complete solutions for all kinds of TV devices (OTT / IPTV / Broadcast STBs, Smart TVs, tablets, phones, game consoles). Dubbed Teatro, these solutions are available on RTOS, Linux and Google TV and other Android TV OS devices and are pre-integrated with leading service and delivery platforms, CA/DRM systems, and chipsets iWedia delivers efficient and scalable software integration services performed by an experienced team used to enable rapid deployments of high-volume consumer electronics devices. iWedia is headquartered in Switzerland with development labs in Belgrade, Novi Sad and Nis, Serbia, and sales and support offices in Germany, France, Singapore, India, South Korea and Tokyo

Please visit www.iwedia.com for more information.

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communication@iwedia.com

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