Cineverse Technology Group Bolsters Matchpoint™ Sales Team
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Cineverse (NASDAQ: CNVS) has strengthened its technology division with key executive appointments ahead of the IBC 2025 conference. John Smith joins as VP of Sales for Matchpoint™, the company's media supply chain platform, bringing extensive experience from Vubiquity and other major media companies.
The company is also expanding its cineSearch team, with Alison Maruca joining as VP of Product and Gabriel Berger as a contractor. CineSearch is an AI-powered content search and discovery platform now available for commercial licensing. Additionally, Andrew Goldstein and Craig Kierce have been appointed as directors of SaaS sales, focusing on independent studios and television networks respectively.
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- Strategic expansion of sales team with experienced executives from major media companies
- Commercial licensing opportunities for cineSearch AI platform
- Growing portfolio of Matchpoint customers
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- None.
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John Smith joins Cineverse as Vice President of Sales charged with growing Matchpoint™ — the Company's industry-leading media supply chain platform that is radically changing the way video content is managed and delivered — distribution to the major studios. He has a broad background in content, media, and technology sales, driven by the power of collaboration with a strong network of industry relationships to drive growth and deliver meaningful return on investment. Prior to joining Cineverse, Smith held positions at Vubiquity, where he managed strategic studio sales and secured distribution with every major vMVPD reaching 100 million homes to establish the foundation of the Vubiquity on Demand streaming platform. His early sales career spanned broadcast and cable (InDemand and Comcast Networks) as well as digital media services (IBM). He serves on the advisory board of Adapt, a driving force in AI dubbing and localization.
His appointment comes ahead of the IBC 2025 conference, held September 12-15 in
The company is also expanding the team dedicated to cineSearch – Cineverse's revolutionary, AI-powered content search and discovery platform that is now available for commercial licensing to OEMs and streaming platforms – and its cineCore dataset of more than two million titles, including extensive proprietary AI-generated film & TV metadata, available to third-parties looking to improve their in-house search and discovery capabilities.
Joining the company and reporting to Huidor is Alison Maruca, Vice President of Product focusing on cineSearch. A dynamic product leader with a deep background developing interactive experiences at the intersection of media, technology, and entertainment, she previously worked in the XR space developing gaming and narrative products. She also spent 14 years at Disney working on emerging technology, spanning beloved franchises and brands, and launching award-winning products on web, app and OTT. She was honored with a BAFTA and Apple's iPad app of the year for her work on Disney Animated which explored the intersection of storytelling and technology throughout the history of Disney Animation. Maruca began her career at LeapFrog where she developed educational titles for the LeapPad platform and launched the hand-held Leapster platform.
Also joining the company as a contractor, focused on cineSearch, is Gabriel Berger. For more than 25 years, he has focused on developing and deploying solutions and platforms that foster the meaningful intersection of information, data, and entertainment. He served as CEO of ThinkAnalytics, a leader in providing content discovery experiences for some of the world's largest media companies; EVP, Sales and Operations at Vubiquity, a worldwide managed services provider for owners and distributors of Premium Content, acquired by AMDOCS in 2018; and SVP Sales at Digitalsmiths, the leading Content Discovery company in
They join a growing team that also includes new directors of SaaS sales Andrew Goldstein (focused on growing the independent studio business as well as the aggregation business) and Craig Kierce (focusing on television networks, content creators and digital platforms).
About Matchpoint™
Matchpoint™ is Cineverse's award-winning media supply chain service that is radically changing the way content is managed and delivered. Matchpoint has replaced today's expensive, and labor-intensive video content processes with a fully transparent, automated workflow that significantly reduces costs, eliminates human error, and effortlessly facilitates content ingestion with delivery across multiple platforms and distribution models.
About Cineverse Technology Group
Cineverse develops proprietary technology that powers the future of entertainment, leveraging the Company's position as a pioneer in the video streaming industry along with the industry-leading strength of its development team in
About Cineverse
Cineverse (Nasdaq: CNVS) is a next-generation entertainment studio that empowers creators and entertains fans with a wide breadth of content through the power of technology. It has developed a new blueprint for delivering entertainment experiences to passionate audiences and results for its partners with unprecedented efficiency, and distributes more than 71,000 premium films, series, and podcasts. Cineverse connects fans with bold, authentic, independent stories. Properties include the highest-grossing non-rated film in
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