omson Video Networks Names Stephan Richard Vice President, Strategy and Busine Development

RENNES, France - Nov. 25, 2015 - Signaling its rapidly expanding market presence in the Americas, Thomson Video Networks has named Stephan Richard vice president, strategy and business development. Based in San Francisco, California, Richard is responsible for managing and developing the company's OTT partnerships and alliances in North, Central, and South America.

Momentum is building for Thomson Video Networks solutions in the U.S. and throughout the Americas - particularly with regard to OTT deployments - and we've had several recent major successes in the region, said Eric Gallier, vice president, marketing, Thomson Video Networks. With a proven track record of driving company success, Stephan is the ideal choice to shape our OTT marketing vision and to pursue partnership opportunities within the video ecosystem and beyond. He brings a wealth of leadership expertise and functional capabilities to this role.

Richard joined Thomson Video Networks from Sling Media, an Echostar company, where he served as director of product management. He also held the position of product manager and sales engineer at Modulus Video and worked in various engineering, sales, and marketing capacities for Kasenna (now Espial), a VOD and middleware company.

Thomson Video Networks will present its industry-leading compression solutions for OTT deployments at the Next TV Summit, Dec. 1 in San Francisco.

More information about Thomson Video Networks is available at www.thomson-networks.com.

Agency Contact:

Laila Bishay

Wall Street Communications

Tel: +44 1332 865 332

Email: laila@wallstcom.com Thomson Video Networks Contact:

Cryst le Trevisan

Corporate Communications Director

Tel: +33 2 99 28 52 05

Email: crystele.trevisan@thomson-networks.com

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