Sony appoints Stuart Almond to head up newly-formed European Intelligent Media Services team

The strategic move is the latest in Sony’s ongoing growth and dedication to a services proposition - reinforcing its drive to provide turnkey solutions that meet the needs of its customers. Launched at IBC 2018, Sony’s IMS offers a range of solutions designed to transform traditional media supply chains and unlock more value from customer content. Utilising Sony’s award-winning and revolutionary News Production platforms and services that include XDCAM air and Media Backbone Hive, as well as incorporating cloud-native Virtualised Production environments and Content Delivery solutions & OTT services, media customers will benefit from accessing the combined portfolio of Sony Professional solutions allowing scale, flexibility and efficiencies for a more agile production and distribution environment.

Commenting on the significance of IMS’ European focus, Adam Fry, Vice President, Sony Professional Solutions Europe said: “We have been very transparent about our ambitions to grow our services capability and are making substantial strides in realising this vision. Today’s announcement is yet another example of seeing this in practice. We are firmly focused on delivering integrated, end-to-end consulting services and technologies across the content value chain that enable media companies to thrive within the future landscape of this fast-evolving industry.”

Working as part of a Global initiative, IMS will bring existing as well as new services and micro-services to media organisations, helping them to create, control, connect and deliver content anytime, anywhere, to an unprecedented range of distribution platforms. To lead the expansion of IMS in Europe, Stuart Almond will continue to develop the IMS proposition and will be supported by a strong team of expertise that includes Customer Engagement, Product Management, Pre-Sales Engagement, Workflow Specialists, Consulting Architects and Marketing.

“We exist to empower media companies to revolutionise their businesses in the post-digital age, and our IMS are perfectly positioned to enable this,” commented Stuart Almond, Head of Intelligent Media Services, Sony Professional Solutions Europe. “With IMS, we are focused on the business needs of our customers; creating technology breakthroughs that deliver ROI and enable new and exciting ways to deliver deeper audience engagement, and partner with our customers over the long-term to create new and sustainable audiences.”