PRESS RELEASE  - 31 MARCH 2011

IONOCO ESTABLISHES PERMANENT BASE IN USA 

ionoco logoInternational broadcast technology company, ionoco has announced it is launching a permanent presence across the Atlantic. It has created an American subsidiary, ionoco Inc. and opened an office in Los Angeles in order to enhance the service it provides to its US clients.

Simon Ingram says: “ionoco Inc., supported by our team in the UK, will offer our US clients the same highly creative yet cost-effective solutions they have come to expect from us, but with the added advantage of a local hub with strong connections to the American broadcast community. We’ve already enjoyed great success in the US, and establishing a permanent base ensures we can continue to fulfill our growing number of clients’ creative technology needs.” 

ionoco’s US client list includes: FremantleMedia (Family Feud, Downfall, Million Dollar Password); Endemol USA (Million Dollar Money Drop, 1 vs. 100, 20 Q); Tactical Manoevre Productions (Live To Dance); Lock & Key Productions (Deal Or No Deal); Mark Burnett Productions (Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader); The Gurin Company (Your Chance To Dance); Zoo Productions (Family Game Night); 495 Productions (Dance Your Ass Off); and Ish Entertainment (Approval Matrix).

For more information about ionoco, please contact:

Holly Carter

holly.carter@ionoco.com

NOTES TO EDITORS:

About ionoco:
ionoco is a world leading broadcast technology provider of control and graphics systems for live and recorded TV productions and events. Their clients include production companies, broadcasters 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, is uniquely and quickly configurable, can be easily integrated into any third party equipment or software and has unrivalled functionality, including a stunning real time 3D graphics engine.

The company prides itself on its ability to add value to productions through the creative use of its technology and also on its ability to save costs in pre-production and in post. Its extensive resources mean they can quickly provide local solutions, then roll out and support formats worldwide while also providing low cost systems for run-throughs, demos and pilots. The ionoco team is constantly developing exciting new technologies, such as multipoint touch screens, motion capture, tilt sensors and green screens for new format ideas which showcase the power of ionologic.

ionoco is based in Winchester in the UK, with offices in Los Angeles, France and associates in Israel and Asia.

For further information, please visit http://www.ionoco.com

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