Venue Services Group has hired former SeaChange exec Craig Taylor as vice president of sales. Taylor will be responsible for increasing sales and expanding the growth of the systems integrator, with offices in White Plains, N.Y. and Redmond, Wash. Projects for Taylor include leading the construction of mobile units, f

Modulus Video has appointed Richard Stanfield as executive vice president of global field operations. Stanfield's responsibilities include sales and marketing of Modulus Video MPEG-4 AVC encoding systems. Stanfield joins the company from Turin Networks, a provider of optical switching technology to telecoms where

Omneon has announced the appointment of Niels Thomas as vice president of sales for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Blueline Technology recently hired Jack Wood as its vice president of sales and marketing. Wood comes to the automation and media storage provider with more than 30 years experience working in television systems and equipment industry. Previously, Wood worked with the Sony Business and Professional group, and spent

NDS, a News Corp. company, has completed its previously announced acquisition of Mediahighway from Thomson. NDS purchased the business for 60 million euros in cash ($73.8 million USD) funded from its existing cash reserves. NDS also announced the appointment of Caroline Le Bigot as NDS vice president and general mana

Euphonix Inc. recently promoted Russell Waite to vice president of international sales. He will be based in the London office of Euphonix Europe, where he will work on selling into the U.K. and supporting international distributors. Euphonix also recently made a sale of its System 5-B console to Canal +, France's seco

Panamax, maker of power protection and conditioning products, has announced the appointment of Dave Munzlinger as vice president of retail sales.