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Sky News Arabia set for MENA-wide reach across multiple platforms

Thu, 2012-05-03 08:49 - By  

The launch of 24-hour Arabic language breaking news channel Sky News Arabia on May 6, 2012 is set to reach television households across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region following the signing of distribution deals with a number of premium television platforms, including OSN and the Abu Dhabi TV Network in High Definition and the EtisalateLife TV and du IPTV platforms in Standard Definition.

Arab Advisors Group reveals 'Satellite Pay TV operators in the Arab World 2012' report

Wed, 2012-05-02 08:44 - By  
New research and analysis by the Arab Advisors Group reveals that as of February 2012 the four satellite Pay TV operators, broadcasting from the region, offered a combined total of 143 channels.

OSN | Regional Sales Manager

Job Summary

Job Description
 
Key Function 
 
To provide support to Director of Sales by successfully managing and motivating the sales team in order to exceed the sales targets set for the region. A multi- skilled individual with the ability to improve the team, increase sales, identifies emerging opportunities and manages performance. 
 
Key Responsibilities 
 
Manage and motivate the team on a daily basis to create a competition environment in order to over achieve the monthly target set by management. 
Update all the sales staff of new information and product updates. 
Report to HR and the regional management all staff concern and their behavior and attendance and set their vacations according to the business needs. 
Daily tracing of the monthly target achievement. 
Training the new employees on sales techniques and customer service standards. 
Conducting weekly meetings with sales team to discuss performance, issues, check their reports, provide sales training. 
Preparing the daily internal sales report, showing in details each employee's sales and the percentage achieved from the overall target. 
Meeting with potential key customers to negotiate & close projects as well as discuss projects in the pipeline. 
Meeting with existing key customers to ensure smooth renewal and maintain relationship. Sometimes re-negotiation of contracts & solving any issues. 
Understanding the market place & competition in KSA & updating the staff. 
Visiting all kiosks & Outlet regularly to monitor staff performance & ensure POS material is up to date 
Input to the Director of Sales on promotions, target achievements and sales plan & policies 
Developing and encouraging the co-operation & collective team work spirit among the colleagues.
 
Skills
 
• Bilingual - Arabic / English speaker is a must 
• Customer orientated / driven 
• Strong communication skills 
• Previous sales experience is a must 
• Adaptable - React quickly to changes in a dynamic environment. 
• Perseverance - Ability to work to strict deadlines 
• Self Motivated - Ability to work unsupervised and under own initiative 
• Team player - Ability to work as part of a team 
• Accuracy and attention to detail 
• Results driven 
• Good planning and organizational skills 
• Positive attitude 
• Flexibility is essential in timing 
• Knowledge of Microsoft applications 
• Knowledge of Pay TV industry is desirable
 

Company Name

OSN

Experience Required (Years)

Position Type

Description

OSN | Direct Sales Executive

Job Summary

Job Description

 

Key Function: 

To sell, renew and upgrade OSN subscription packages to potential customers from sales counters, whilst representing the company in a professional manner, providing answers/solutions to all points of enquiry. 

 

Duties & Responsibilities: 

• To sell, renew and upgrade OSN packages, providing customers with a wide range of product knowledge, packages and programming options to serve their viewing needs. 

• Must achieve monthly individual targets assigned by Line Manager. 

• To follow up on potential customers and aim to up-sell higher packages to existing customers. 

• To ensure set KPI’s are achieved by implementing and adhering to business rules and requirements. 

• To complete customer subscription contracts in detail and pass to relevant parties to process. 

• Responsible to maintain the general housekeeping of each sales counter.

 

Skills

 

• Minimum of 1 year sales experience. 

• English communication skills are essential. 

• Willing to work shifts, weekends and public holidays. 

• Sales driven and target orientated. 

• Confident, presentable and possessing a professional attitude. 

• Ability to work unsupervised and use own initiative. 

• Ability to approach and deal with people at all levels. 

• Basic IT skills essential. 

• Self motivated and good decision maker. 

•Good problem solving skills. 

•Team player

 

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Company Name

OSN

Experience Required (Years)

1

Position Type

Description

Sky News Arabia to launch on May 6th 2012

Wed, 2012-04-04 06:59 - By  

Sky News Arabia, the 24-hour Arabic language multi-platform breaking news service, will launch on 6th May, 2012. The channel, which promises 'a new horizon' for news reporting across the Arab world, will be available on Transponder 14 on Arabsat Badr 4, Transponder 15 on Nilesat 201, on du IPTV and e-Life platforms plus in high definition on the OSN pay-TV platform.

Round up of 'most shared' stories in March 2012 on mediaME.com

Sun, 2012-04-01 08:25 - By  
This month, the mediaME Editor has rounded-up the most shared news stories and headlines by mediaME users across social media platforms. Here are the 'most shared' stories for March 2012 which provide a summarized look-back at the month.

OSN | IT Systems Administrator

Job Summary

Job Description

Key Function:
Responsible of OSN Servers, Data Centre technologies, Virtualisation, SAN, NAS setup and Microsoft products including Exchange Server, Windows Servers.

Duties & Responsibilities:
• Responsible for technical maintenance of all the server hardware and the operating system platform.
• Responsible for implementing, monitoring and controlling information security policies. Assist Systems Manager in developing the information security policies of the company.
• Responsible for IT aspect of business continuity and disaster recovery
• Responsible for backup and restore strategy.
• Responsible for systems integration as and when required.
• To develop and implement data backup and restore policies.
• To monitor and control systems performance.
• To recommend latest technology on improving the performance of IT operations
• To carry out technology implementation and rollouts
Skills

Profile & Skills:
• Proven track record of minimum 3 - 5 years of Systems, Data centre, Virtualisation, SAN environment.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in setting up and maintaining IT systems
• Customer focused on operating environment.
• Strong project management skills
• Strong staff management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Security and process oriented
• Hands on experience on Windows operating system (2003, 2008, Win7) SharePoint, MS System Centre, VMware and MS Virtualisation, DNS, Exchange server 2010, ISA servers, Terminal servers and Citrix
• Knowledge of MS-Active Directory and associated systems
• Hands on VMware virtualisation products experience.
• SAN administration technology knowledge.

Certifications:
• Microsoft certifications including Active Directory and Exchange.
• Servers related Certifications
• VMware Virtualisation Certifications
• SAN related Certifications.

Other Requirements:
• Willing to travel
• Willing to work additional hours and to be on-call when required
Education

Bachelor of Computer Science or equivalent qualification.

 

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Company Name

OSN

Experience Required (Years)

3-5

Position Type

Description

OSN launches 'OSN Play'

Tue, 2012-03-20 08:44 - By  

OSN has announced the launch of OSN Play, an online TV platform that allows viewers to watch the latest movies and series over the Internet on a variety of devices."OSN Play will allow customers to get the best out of their OSN subscription. It's a great way to put viewers in charge of their entertainment and experience the TV they love wherever and whenever they choose. OSN remains committed to being at the forefront of technological advancement and OSN Play will continue to expand to a wide range of digital devices in the coming weeks," said David Butorac, CEO of OSN.


OSN launches new platform 'OSN Play' to watch TV online, anytime, anywhere

Tue, 2012-03-20 08:08 - By  

OSN has announced the launch of OSN Play, the region's first online TV platform, allowing its customers to watch the latest movies and series over the Internet on a variety of devices, anywhere, anytime at no extra charge to OSN subscribers.

OSN launches new advertising campaign

Sun, 2012-03-18 08:54 - By  

The pay-TV broadcaster OSN has launched a new advertising campaign aimed at being locally sensitive. The Impact BBDO campaign shows popular characters from Hollywood movies surrounded by regional backdrops, and features a tagline that reads ‘If only life was as magical as OSN’.  “We are reinforcing that we are a big brand bringing the best of Hollywood movies [and at the same time] be locally sensitive and relevant,” said Bethany Bunnell, creative marketing director.


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