Roger Bowley reinforces ES Broadcast expansion

Broadcast solutions company Diffusion ES has announced the signing of Roger Bowley, an industry veteran who will take over key accounts for the company.

Bowley, in charge of supporting the group’s equipment supply, systems integration, archive and content services areas, joins the company from AWS, where he was Elemental’s senior sales specialist for nearly five years.

Bowley’s role as senior account manager will focus on working with key customers across all ES Broadcast divisions to capture their specific needs and develop end-to-end solutions within the company’s service portfolio. The appointment follows ES Broadcast’s recent acquisition of archiving specialist Memnon from Sony.

Three decades in the industry

Bowley’s career began in the telecoms and audio sector, before spending more than a decade in sales roles in Europe with broadcast manufacturers Quantel et Snell & Wilcox. He spent time with workflow automation specialists Marquis Broadcast et Omnibus, before heading up the UK sales teams for manufacturers Miranda et Grass Valley.

The new ES Broadcast recruit’s experience spans from content acquisition to delivery, which has allowed him to accumulate expertise in video production workflow, post-production and publishing solutions, including live production, editing, MAM, TX playout and OTT, VOD and live streaming technologies. Most recently, he spent over four years at AWS, which resulted in him gaining new knowledge cloud content distribution, OTT, live streaming and VOD delivery.

Broad experience

Ben Murphy, CEO of ES Broadcast Group, highlights Bowley’s extensive industry experience: “He has a depth of knowledge not only of traditional broadcast but of the full gamut of technology, from legacy formats to cutting-edge cloud solutions. This will be invaluable in developing complex client-focussed solutions that require the integration of services from across ES Broadcast’s various business divisions.”

Bowley himself also said he is “delighted” to be joining ES Broadcast “at such an exciting time in the company’s development.” “Being able to correctly match client’s requirements for video content against their budgets and rising viewer expectations is more critical than ever and ES Broadcast has the knowledge, relationships and experience to successfully deliver those solutions,” he adds.