Imagine Communications has appointed media industry executive Diana Horowitz to the newly created position of vice president, strategic sales, advertising technology. Based in New York City, Horowitz will drive the company’s strategy of helping customers generate greater profitability from their media assets by migrating toward a converged linear and digital advertising approach.

Chyron today introduced PAINT 9.3, the first AI-enhanced release of the company's renowned illustrated analysis and replay tool for live sports. New automatic pitch calibration (soccer) and automatic player tracking tools (soccer and American football) represent the first AI-driven tools within PAINT. Reducing two essential but complex tasks to quick button pushes, these AI algorithms save operators valuable time in generating top-notch telestrated sports clips, allowing them to focus on creating dynamic narratives around a match.

As part of their plan to transition toward full SMPTE ST 2110 IP production, Creative Technology, a global leader in technical solutions for live events and system integration, has implemented the proven combination of Imagine Communications’ Selenio™ Network Processor (SNP) and Panasonic’s KAIROS IP video production platform, providing a smooth segue from SDI to IP for their production teams and a superior, consistent experience for their global clients. The company has already put the next-generation production solution to work at major international sports projects this year.

SDVI, the leading platform provider for cloud-native media supply chains, today announced that Nahuel Villegas has joined the company as vice president of sales for Latin America. In this new role at SDVI, Villegas will lead the company's expansion into the region and pursue its long-term initiative to bring significant industry transformation to media companies in Latin America that need to deliver more content to more customers across a broader range of platforms.

Shotoku Broadcast Systems, a well-established international manufacturer of high-quality robotic, manual and VR/AR tracking camera support systems continues its global growth with the recruitment of Darren Webster as Technical Director in the UK. Webster, who brings extensive engineering, operational and managerial experience in a wide range of technical environments with him, began his new role with the company in May 2022. James Eddershaw, Managing Director at Shotoku UK made the announcement from headquarters in Sunbury, UK.

EditShare®, the leading supplier of creative and collaborative media workflows for storytellers, continues to deliver powerful solutions for major projects in the Middle East. The company is proud to have been involved in an installation at Expo 2020 Dubai, which won the prestigious “Innovative Project of the Year” trophy at the 2021 Broadcast Pro awards, and has also delivered solutions to customers in Saudi Arabia and Sharjah.

Responding to the demand for more flexible, open architectures in AdTech systems, Imagine Communications and Operative announced today they have entered into a solutions partnership agreement. The agreement combines key pieces of Imagine’s portfolio, OSI, XG Linear, GamePlan and the newly announced SureFire with Operative’s AOS and OnAir platforms. Combining the strengths of both companies will enable media companies to optimally plan, sell, and execute advertising in an audience-centric manner across all digital and linear properties from a unified, cloud-native platform.

Shotoku USA, Shotoku Broadcast Systems’ North American operation, is launching Orchestra CMS v3 at NAB 2022. Orchestra CMS v3, the latest version of the Company’s powerful camera management system, incorporates major updates that significantly improve the user experience by making both setup and live operation a breeze. Shotoku, a well-established leader in manual and robotic camera support and virtual reality tracking, will be demonstrating Orchestra v3 in Booth C 5008 alongside the Company’s widely embraced line of camera support and control equipment that has been enhanced with additional capabilities*.

Riedel Communications today announced that Dover Mundt has joined the company as regional sales representative for North America. Mundt, in her new role, will cover both the New York Metro and mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S. This addition to the team will bring additional sales coverage to the thriving New York and mid-Atlantic region and make good use of Mundt's technical knowledge and industry expertise, as well as her enthusiasm for travel.

As media companies are challenged to meet growing demand for content on any screen and deliver profitability, Imagine Communications today announces the introduction of Imagine Aviator™, the first truly cloud-native platform that enables broadcasters, MVPDs and digital-first providers to plan, make and monetize premium-quality linear and OTT content from a single, unified platform. The ground-breaking platform designed to enable media companies to extract the maximum revenue potential from their assets will make its debut at the 2022 NAB Show (24–27 April, Las Vegas Convention Center, booth C2122).