If you ever ventured into San Diego Electronic Supply at their previous location on Ronson Road, you did so at your own risk. Components were jammed into a tiny area as one might find in the Akihabara district of Tokyo.

Manny and the crew have moved to safer, more convenient space at 9135 Chesapeake Drive at Kearny Villa Road east of CA-163 in Kearny Mesa. The stock is largely left over from the old Gateway store that closed a few years ago across the street from the new location. But there are new items, including prototype boards, high quality tools, and newer style switches. Write down the address because as of this writing they didn’t have a sign on the door. Unlike the other electronics stores, they are open Saturdays. Call 858) 278-1245 if you need to check stock or for directions.

According to a BusinessWire PR release, Canada’s QuickPlay Media is acquiring the network operations center assets of FLO TV, the mobile TV services owned by Qualcomm that was shut down earlier this year. Qualcomm sold the NOC, located in the University City area of San Diego, for an undisclosed amount.

SBE members Michael Martinez and Derrik Cullison took engineering management positions earlier this year with QuickPlay after working for Qualcomm during its management of the FLO TV project.

QuickPlay provides media management services for companies that distribute content to mobile devices like smartphones, tablets, and smart TV’s. The move to San Diego, said Wayne Purboo, president and CEO of QuickPlay Media, was due to the company’s desire to expand its footprint in the U.S. and rapidly growing demand for content. the facility to manage the capture and distribution of both live and on-demand content for a broad range of IP-enabled devices.

The company currently manages more than one million media assets on behalf of such customers as AT&T U-verse, SIRIUS XM Radio, Bell Mobility, Motorola Mobility, Rogers Communications, RIM and Sony Pictures.

Michael Streby of MKStreby Productions recently passed his Certified Broadcast Network Technologist test. Mike does technical work for the Inland Empire’s TV News Net.

At the same time, Shane Fortin of Cox Media channel 4 in San Diego became a Certified Broadcast Television Engineer.

Welcome new member Stephen M. Peters. He is currently looking for technical work in San Diego.

After Qualcomm’s FLO-TV division closed its doors at the end of March, SBE Chapter 36 members Derrick Cullison and Michael Martinez helped transition the Network Operations Center, then moved on to QuickPlay Media, a Canadian-based start-up with another slant on mobile TV.