emuse Names Tim McHugh as New Sales Manager in the United States

emuse Names Tim McHugh as New Sales Manager in the United States LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- emuse Inc, the United States division of Dublin-based emuse technologies, announces the appointment of Tim McHugh as sales manager, Americas, with responsibility for all regional sales activities. McHugh brings with him a strong background in sales of automated design software obtained from holding the sales account manager position at Magma Design Automation, of Santa Clara, Calif., a leading developer and provider of design automation software for the semiconductor industry. "Tim is coming on board at a very exciting time for us. As a company, we have begun to see the rewards of our market leadership in the creation and deployment of single-screen interactive television advertisements and program applications built using the Modelstream(R) suite of iTV tools," said emuse CEO and founder, Patrick Rainsford. "Tim is a highly experienced and successful sales professional who will greatly benefit our American sales initiative," added Rainsford. Over the past 18 months, no other application developer has successfully built and deployed more single-screen interactive advertisements than emuse. In addition, the company has recently built and deployed two of the most successful, live, primetime "play-along" game show applications ever broadcast in the United Kingdom. "We anticipate that the U.S. market will enter a period of rapid growth and high demand for interactive television applications and as this happens, broadcasters and advertisers will look to companies like emuse who have the capability and proven experience in deploying single-screen interactive television applications to lead the way," stated Rainsford. About emuse technologies Dublin-based emuse technologies was founded in 1998 by serial entrepreneur Patrick Rainsford to develop a suite of enabling technologies to service the burgeoning global interactive television market. Five years later, emuse has succeeded in creating, developing and patenting those technologies. The company now employs 70 people and has built a worldwide team of software, media, business and technology experts with offices in Dublin, London, Los Angeles and Tokyo. http://www.emusetechnologies.com/ Source: emuse Inc CONTACT: UK, Cyril Moloney of Herald Communications, +44 20 7395 7070, cmoloney@heraldcommunications.com; or US, Matthew Schwarz of Fleishman Hillard, +1-612-337-0354, both for emuse Inc Web site: http://www.emusetechnologies.com/ ------- Profile: International Entertainment