SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Oct. 20, 2020 — SDVI, the industry's leading supplier of cloud-native media supply chain solutions, today announced that Andy Brinck has joined the company as vice president of sales operations and alliances. In this new role at SDVI, Brinck will focus on optimizing the efficiency of the sales organization and on expanding and strengthening relationships with media supply chain and cloud partners for the

SDVI, the industry's leading supplier of cloud-native media supply chain solutions, today announced that Andy Brinck has joined the company as vice president of sales operations and alliances. In this new role at SDVI, Brinck will focus on optimizing the efficiency of the sales organization and on expanding and strengthening relationships with media supply chain and cloud partners for the SDVI Rally cloud-native media supply chain platform.

Actus Digital, a leading provider of broadcast compliance and monitoring solutions, today announced that it has appointed Ken Dillard as vice president of sales and marketing for North America. Adding Dillard, an experienced sales leader, to the Actus Digital U.S. office strengthens the company's ability to meet the needs and challenges of its rapidly growing U.S. customer base. He will play a critical role in securing new strategic partnerships, maintaining customer relationships, and ultimately expanding the company's sales growth in North America.

Imagine Communications, which helps broadcasters, content owners, MVPDs and vMVPDs make and monetize TV, today announced that Discovery Sweden and Finland have transitioned to the latest cloud-based release of Landmark™ Sales operated by Imagine’s Managed Service. Discovery will benefit from reduced infrastructure costs, increased performance and improved management of linear airtime sales across a diverse advertising ecosystem. Imagine’s turnkey, cloud-based advertising management solution enables Discovery’s ad operations team to focus on core business priorities and maximize sales without the burden of managing underlying technical complexity.

JVCKENWOOD furthers its commitment to providing the video production industry with the highest quality streaming solutions in a complete, plug-and-play package with its latest CONNECTED CAM firmware update. Using the open source Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) technology, JVC adds Forward Error Correction (FEC) and Stream Identifier (ID) to its 500 Series and 900 Series CONNECTED CAM cameras. The new firmware reinforces JVC’s standing in the industry as the leading provider of high-quality end-to-end streaming-capable camera solutions.

Rise, the award-winning membership group for gender diversity within the broadcast technology sector, is pleased to announce that entries are open for its annual Rise Awards. The Rise Awards are sponsored by Clear-Com, Editshare, OWNZONES, Ross Video and Zixi.

FSR, a leading manufacturer of a wide variety of products for the Pro AV and Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) markets has announced that it has appointed D.A.D. Sales, a well-established and respected manufacturer’s representative of high-quality electrical equipment, to support, serve, market and grow FSR’s presence in one of Canada’s most dynamic economic regions. D.A.D. will focus on bringing FSR’s popular range of floor, wall and ceiling boxes, as well as its new and multiple award-winning Smart-Way Raceway cable management system to Alberta and Saskatchewan, the North West Territory, Yukon, Cranbrook and Fort St. John in British Columbia.

ChyronHego today announced the appointment of Michael Harris as senior director of sales, strategic accounts. Harris comes to ChyronHego with decades of experience in broadcast technology sales. He will be responsible for managing and growing strategic accounts in the U.S. with a focus on major networks.

"Mike is a fantastic human being and an amazing industry expert with remarkably deep experience in selling graphics workflows and editing solutions into the broadcast industry," said Ariel Garcia, President and CEO of ChyronHego. "He's a phenomenal listener who understands his customers' needs and takes a consultative approach in supplying the most appropriate solution. We are fortunate to count him as a part of the ChyronHego team."

NetRange MMH GmbH (‘NetRange’), the global provider of white-labelled, turnkey Smart TV and OTT ecosystems and SonyLIV, India’s first premium video on demand (VOD) service, today, announced a collaboration. Through this alliance, the Indian users of the NetRange Smart TV App Store will now be able to gain the SonyLIV app on their Smart TVs.

MCR Broadcast Hire and Video Europe Ltd today announce they have entered into a strategic partnership, formalising the existing and longstanding relationship between Mike Ransome and Steve Green and aligning the two companies’ business operations.

Steve Green and Matt Marner, directors at Video Europe, have entered into a shareholding agreement in MCR Broadcast Hire alongside MCR’s Managing Director, Mike Ransome. Video Europe has invested significant funds into the live broadcast sector over the past few years and considers the alignment of MCR’s business a natural fit.

Today, Maxon, Red Giant and Redshift announced their blowout Summer Sale - 30% off new annual subscriptions and Redshift licenses - will kick off on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Running for 72 straight hours, customers will have access to sale prices starting Tuesday, June 23rd at 8:00 a.m. PDT (11:00 a.m. EDT) through Friday, June 26th at 8:00 a.m. PDT (11:00 a.m. EDT). In addition to 30% off, customers will have a chance to win free 3D, visual effects, and motion graphics software tools for the next five days.