APEX in Profile: Shawn Rosengarten

Shawn Rosengarten Director of Sales Just For Laughs During his 15 years at Just For Laughs, Shawn has licensed over 100,000 hours of content to airlines and broadcasters from every continent, establishing Just For Laughs Gags as an in-flight favorite. He also brokered the production of Just For Laughs Gags Asia in Singapore with MediaCorp […]

APEX in Profile: Devin Liddell

Devin Liddell Principal Brand Strategist Teague Devin Liddell leads the brand strategy for design consultancy Teague, working collaboratively with clients such as Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, The Boeing Company, Intel, JW Marriott, Microsoft and SC Johnson to create research-driven brand strategies and consumer experiences. Something that never ceases to amaze you in your industry: Any […]

APEX in Profile: Nicole Grainger

Nicole Grainger Business Development Manager Satellite Solutions and Cabin Services Rockwell Collins‘ Information Management Services Nicole joined ARINC in 2006 as EMEA Marketing Promotions Manager. In 2009 Nicole transferred to the ARINC Satellite Communications team. Now a proud member of the Rockwell Collins family, Nicole is a business development manager, responsible for ensuring the voice […]

APEX in Profile: Jamie Martin

Jamie Martin Director Library Media Solutions Limited Jamie Martin joined LMS in 2011 after more than six years heading up TV strategy and acquisitions for Spafax Airline Network. He has worked directly with many of the major airlines, including British Airways, Lufthansa, Emirates, Singapore Airlines and Qatar Airways. Previously, Jamie also worked in the UK […]

APEX in Profile: Andrew Fitzpatrick

Andrew Fitzpatrick Chairman Monster Entertainment Ltd. Monster Entertainment is a rapidly growing international management company with the objective of creating a number of successful film and television brands. Building on their wide distribution success, Monster is now involved in television production and is developing its own animation series. Andrew previously ran the Don Bluth companies, […]

    APEX’s 2014 Passenger Choice Awards

    The voting window for the Passenger Choice Awards is now open, so be sure to cast your votes before the upcoming deadline on June 30th, 2014. The awards, which were established by the Airline Passenger Experience Association to give a voice to the traveling public and to recognize airline excellence and innovation, will be accepting votes regarding […]

    Technology Conference: Day 2 Morning Recap

    Day 2 of the APEX TECH Conference began with a full panel of industry experts to discuss the recent changes to the use of Personal Electronic Devices (PED’s). Ken Brady – Chief Engineer, Thales Avionics Inc Michael Childers – Chief Consultant, Content and Media Strategy, Lufthansa Systems Rich Salter – Chief Technology Officer, Lumexis Systems […]

    Technology Conference: Status of Tape Stock Supply

    IFE Services’ Victor Hernandez and CMI’s John O’Connor were joined via phone by Sony’s Senior Marketing Manager for Professional Media, Joe Balsam, for an update on one of IFE’s hottest topics:  the availability of professional-grade Hi8 and V8 tape stock. Sony has since re-started the production of professional-grade stock since the tsunami in 2011 had a major […]

    Technology Conference: Eric Grab, DivX

    Eric Grab, CTO of DivX, updated us on the new high-efficiency video codec (HEVC) H.265 format, which will provide significantly more compression than current H.264 standard, saving on data storage space. The codec is still in development and we are about 1-2 years away from heavy usage in production. Once implemented, the H.265 format will […]