Ionoco

IONOCO APPOINTS CHRIS PYE AS NON-EXEC DIRECTOR

Chris Pye, the former Chairman and Executive Director of 2waytraffic, will join ionoco, one of the world’s leading broadcast technology companies, as a Non-Executive Director. Pye, whose appointment takes immediate effect, will advise the company on strategic development and help build their relationships with broadcasters and producers in Europe and the USA.

Pye brings to ionoco over 30 years of experience in the television entertainment industry worldwide. He worked as an Executive Producer and Head Writer of primetime series in Los Angeles for fifteen years and back in the UK, Pye was the Head of Entertainment at the BBC, Commercial Director of Granada Television, where he was responsible for programme distribution and international production, and Head of Commercial and Business Affairs at BBC Productions, where he played a crucial role in setting up BBC America and sat on the board of BBC Worldwide.

This announcement follows recent news of ionoco’s continued growth in the international market; having signed a deal with ITV and 12 Yard to be the preferred technology provider for the hit game show The Colour of Money, rolling the format out worldwide.

David Walton, Chairman of ionoco says: “Increasingly we are working with broadcasters and production companies right from the outset to build a format around the advanced technologies available today. Chris’s insight, experience and expertise will help us to expand on this approach and steer ionoco into the future.”

Chris Pye, Non-Executive Director of ionoco says: “After spending many years creating and producing entertainment shows, I am deeply aware of the value of reliable and creative technology partners. I am immensely impressed with ionoco’s dynamic progress in the last year and am excited about the company’s potential for further growth, hopefully guided by the insight and experience I can offer.”

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NOTES TO EDITORS:

About ionoco
ionoco is the world's leading broadcast technology provider of game play, control and graphics systems for TV game shows, TV programmes, channels and interactive TV. Their clients include production companies, broadcasters, gaming channels and lotteries, large and small, from all around the world.

ionoco’s solutions power many of the world's best known television productions and have been proven in thousands of TV shows and studios. Their proprietary software platform, ionologic, running on ionocore computers, is uniquely configurable, can be easily integrated into any equipment or software and has unrivalled functionality, including a stunning real time 3D graphics engine.

The company prides itself on extremely competitive prices and their extensive resources mean they can quickly provide local solutions, roll out and support formats worldwide while also providing low cost systems for run throughs, demos and pilots. They now also have a full suite of interactive TV applications. The ionoco team is constantly developing exciting new technologies, such as motion capture, tilt sensors and touchscreens for new format ideas which showcase the power of ionologic.

Most recently the company has launched voting and opinion polling applications for its viewer participation products. The real-time applications, which run on any mass viewer participation platform, provide viewer response and profiling capabilities, which can track and dramatise viewer interactions live on screen, via a secure and fully auditable platform.

TV2GO WEB, described as an ‘OB in a box’, was also launched recently under the name Web2TV. The renamed TV2GO WEB is a low cost technology that delivers broadcast quality live content via the internet using network cameras. The first of its kind in the marketplace, TV2GO WEB offers full gallery functionality.

The company was launched in 2008 after the merger of G-Graphics, Randomaker and TV2GO. Clients include Endemol, BBC, ITV Productions, FremantleMedia, 2waytraffic, GTECH, and Sony Pictures Entertainment. Projects by ionoco include Million Dollar Password, Deal or No Deal, Power of 10, 20Q, and Colour of Money.

ionoco is based in Winchester in the UK, with offices and associates in France, the US and Asia. For further information, please visit http://www.ionoco.com or contact simon.ingram@ionoco.com

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