Video software provider Synamedia has expanded its senior team with the appointment of Mark Billinge from OSN, and Avidan Lamdan from Kaltura.
They’ll be responsible for refining and driving Synamedia’s platform, operations and services to meet current and future market demands.
“The energy around Synamedia’s proposition and vision is attracting exceptional new talent from across the industry,” says Jean-Marc Racine, chief product officer and general manager EMEA, Synamedia. While Mark brings a deep understanding of customers’ pain points and challenges and operational expertise, Avidan’s track record in OTT and cloud-based services is second to none. These new hires will help us continue to deliver innovative solutions and services that help pay-TV broadcasters, web services and media owners transform their businesses and embrace the new world of infinite entertainment,”
Billinge has spent 12 years at OSN, the last six as CTO. He will lead Synamedia’s services product management team, ensuring that the firm’s growing range of services match clients product and portfolio needs.
Lamdan will lead Synamedia’s Foundation and Infinite product management teams – including the Cloud DVR solution, which is integrated with Infinite and is also offered as a standalone solution. Lamdan was Kaltura’s SVP Strategy and before that Senior Vice President, Products and VP R&D. Previously, Avidan was CTO and VP of R&D at Tvinci until Kaltura acquired the business in 2014.