ONDAS Media Sets up French Operations With Key Senior Appointments

MADRID - ONDAS Media S.A., the satellite radio company for Europe, has today announced the appointment of Benoit Chereau as Senior VP of Business Development and Alain Kervizic as Director of Content for Automotive Services for ONDAS Media’s new operational base in Paris.

“As former CEO of Worldspace Europe, Chereau has a deep understanding and passion for the massive potential that is European satellite radio,” confirms Dave Krueger, CEO of ONDAS Media. “His extensive previous experience in managing subscriber services at Bouygues Telecom combined with the valuable lessons learned at Worldspace Europe will be critical to ONDAS as we further develop our content offering, manage customer relations and work within the regulatory frameworks in France and the rest of Europe moving forward.”

Prior to joining Worldspace in 2005, Chereau, was Deputy CEO Technology & Information Systems at Canal + Group and before that Deputy CEO Marketing, Sales & Customer Service Bouygues Telecom. He has also worked at Schlumberger and Ford France. He is a graduate engineer of Ecole Polytechnique and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. As Senior VP of Business Development at ONDAS Media Chereau will now take responsibility for various business services and relationship development at the company.

“We are also delighted to welcome Alain Kervizic to the ONDAS Media team,” continues Krueger. “Kervizic’s expertise in data information will make him well placed to ensure the next generation of our OEM customers’ vehicles, - including Nissan, BMW and Renault, have access to ONDAS’ full range of telematics and data information services.”

Kervizic joins ONDAS Media from the TomTom Group. He has extensive experience in the data information and automotive sector and has previously worked for organisations including: Tele Atlas France, ExxonMobil, Mobil Oil Francaise and Bosch Siemens.

Through a fully integrated, digital satellite transmission network, ONDAS will broadcast its multi-lingual radio, music, video and data services directly to European consumers in their automobiles, trucks, homes, offices and to their mobile and portable devices. It will provide digital entertainment to 250 million European vehicles and over 500 million European inhabitants on the move 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through more than 150 channels of proprietary and re-distributed music, sports, news, weather, traffic and special interest programming in all the key European languages.

“These senior appointments underline our continued commitment and progress in bringing satellilte radio to Europe,” confirms Krueger. “We are of course deeply committed to a true pan-European service and a significant market already exists for us in France with our Renault relationship and many other ties. This team can be the core base for our continued development there.”

About ONDAS

ONDAS MEDIA S.A. (ONDAS), Europe’s premier satellite media company, is a pan-European organisation that provides comprehensive digital services for consumers on the move. ONDAS Media focuses on delivering unparalleled breadth and depth of media content in superior digital quality to European consumers. With a fully integrated, state-of-the-art digital satellite transmission network, ONDAS Media intends to broadcast its multi-lingual radio, music, video and data services directly to European consumers in their automobiles, trucks, homes, offices and to their mobile and portable devices.

In addition to securing further investment and supporting the necessary regulatory process throughout Europe, ONDAS Media is establishing strategic partnerships with major media and digital content organizations as well as European car manufacturers. For further information visit www.ondasmedia.com

Source: ONDAS Media

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