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Your vision,
our mission

Our mission is to help the best companies in the world, bring the best entertainment experiences to audiences everywhere.
Simply, we help connect a bigger audience.

Award Winning Expertise

As a service provider you have an important choice to make when it comes the right provider of video streaming platforms. That’s why it’s good to know we have a wide range of multi-award-winning products designed for everyone from national networks to niche streamers. We’re proud of the accolades we’ve won, because they serve as a testament to the expertise and flexibility which have made us the perfect streaming partner.

Our story

Synamedia is a company of lifelong video obsessives and we’ve been a major driving force of incredible experiences and video innovation for over 30 years. Now we’re the largest global provider of video solutions for service providers and content owners.

  • 1988
  • 1994
  • 1998
  • 2001
  • 2005
  • 2009
  • 2012
  • 2018
  • 2019
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  • 1988

    Synamedia started as News DataCom (NDC) founded in partnership with News Corporation - renamed NDS in 1992

  • 1994

    NDS delivers world’s first digital DTH system to DIRECTV with its flagship product, VideoGuard, a smart-card based security system

  • 1998

    NDS delivers first digital conditional access system to BSkyB

  • 2001

    NDS launches world’s first fully integrated DVR on BSkyB platform

  • 2005

    Cisco acquires Scientific Atlanta

  • 2009

    NDS becomes a privately held company as private equity firm Permira buys its public holdings

  • 2012

    Cisco acquires NDS from Permira and (with additional talent from its Scientific Atlanta acquisition) absorbs it into the Videoscape TV platform to become the Service provider Video Software Solutions (SPVSS) business unit

  • 2018

    Permira acquires Cisco’s SPVSS business unit and launches new company as Synamedia

  • 2019

    Sky takes a stake in Synamedia, joining majority shareholder Permira

Leadership

  • Paul Segre LinkedIn icon

    Paul Segre

    Chief Executive Officer

  • Nick Thexton LinkedIn icon

    Nick Thexton

    EVP, Media Cloud Services

  • Lucy Norris LinkedIn icon

    Lucy Norris

    EVP, Broadcast Technology
    & Customer Success 

  • Julien Signes LinkedIn icon

    Julien Signes

    EVP, Video Network

  • Tzvi Gerstl LinkedIn icon

    Tzvi Gerstl

    Chief Technology Officer

  • Ismat Levin LinkedIn icon

    Ismat Levin

    EVP General Counsel

  • Shauna O’Handley LinkedIn icon

    Shauna O’Handley

    EVP People and Places

  • Mark Readman LinkedIn icon

    Mark Readman

    Interim Chief Financial Officer

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Our Board of Directors

  • Paul Segre LinkedIn icon

    Paul Segre

    Chief Executive Officer

  • Richard Sanders LinkedIn icon

    Richard Sanders

    Partner, Co-Head of Technology, Permira

  • Ryan Lanpher LinkedIn icon

    Ryan Lanpher

    Partner, Permira

  • Giles Harvey LinkedIn icon

    Giles Harvey

    MD Group Supply Chain, Sky Group

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COUNTRY

  • Chennai, Tamil Nadu

    Ground Floor, Unit no 2, 3, 4 and 5, Zeinth Building
    Tharamani CSIR Road
    Ascendas International Tech Park
    Chennai Tamil Nadu
    600113
  • Bangalore

    Block 9A 9B
    Pritech Park
    SEZ
    Bangalore
    560103
  • Gurgaon

    Spaces, 16th Floor, Tower 9A
    Cyber City, DLF City Phase II, Haryana
    Gurgaon
    122002
  • Toronto

    15 Allstate Pkwy #600
    Markham, ON L3R 5B4
    Toronto
  • Stockholm

    Årstaängsvägen
    21B 5th Floor
    Stockholm
    11743
  • Costa Mesa

    3554 Business Park Dr.
    Costa Mesa
    92626
  • Lawrenceville

    1715 N. Brown Rd
    Building B
    Suite 200
    Lawrenceville
    30043
  • Singapore

    1 Paya Lebar Link
    #04-01 Paya Lebar Quarter
    Singapore
    408533
  • Beijing

    Room 1202, 12F
    Canway Building, No. 66
    Nanlishi Road, Xicheng District
    Beijing
    100045
  • Dubai

    HDS Tower
    Cluster F Jumeirah Lake Towers
    Dubai
  • Jerusalem

    Hartom Street 16
    Har Hotzvim
    Jerusalem
  • Paris

    506 Boulogne Billancourt
    Spaces Reine
    90-92 Route de la Reine
    Paris
    92100
  • Rennes

    12a Rue du Patis
    Tatelin
    Rennes
    35700
  • Kortrijk

    Luipaardstraat, 12
    Kortrijk,
    West-Vlaanderen
    Kortrijk
    8500
  • Staines

    Rourke House
    Watermans Business Park
    The Causeway
    Staines
    TW18 3BA
    +44 1784 774774
  • Eastleigh

    VWorks, Village Hotel, Bournemouth Road
    Chandler's Ford, Southampton Eastleigh
    Eastleigh
    SO53 3YJ
  • Maidenhead (Global Head Office)

    51 Clivemont Rd
    Maidenhead
    SL6 7BZ

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