Sports streaming service FuboTV has named Geir Magnusson Jr. chief technology officer.

Magnusson, previously co-founder and CTO of Sourcepoint Technologies, will be based in New York and report to David Gandler, co-founder and CEO of FuboTV.

He succeeds Jason Solinsky.

FuboTV last week announced that it has launched 4K HDR ahead of other rival streaming services. Also, after several months of testing, fuboTV launched dynamic ad insertion in January.

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The company plans to double its engineering team under Magnusson over the next few months to accelerate tech development and operations. 

The vMVPD said it expects Geir to play a significant role in rolling out future, patent-pending technologies.

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“We are delighted to welcome aboard Geir," Gandler said. "He has a strong track record of scaling complex global platforms and a proven ability to guide transformation at leading tech companies.

“Although only three years old, fuboTV is an industry leader in delivering new and innovative live video technology and features to the virtual Pay TV space,” Gandler added. "We believe Geir’s expertise and passion for innovation will ensure we maintain our leadership position as we deliver to consumers a next-generation live OTT experience."

Before Sourcepoint, Magnusson was CTO at AppNexus, Gilt Groupe, 10gen, Joost Technologies, Intel and Bloomberg.

fuboTV, a self-described “sports-first” virtual MVPD, has tapped former Google engineer Jason Solinsky as chief technology officer.

Solinsky will be based out of fuboTV’s New York headquarters and report to company co-founder and CEO David Gandler.

fuboTV noted that it plans to double its staff by the end of year, focused on additions to engineering, design and marketing. fuboTV, which launched service in January 2015,  ended Q2 with 71,170 subscribers.

“We are incredibly excited to welcome Jason as fuboTV’s new CTO.  Jason brings a unique combination of advanced technology leadership and business acumen that will enable fuboTV to continue to be a world-class sport first video service,” said Gandler, in a statement. “His arrival marks yet another major step forward in our quest to deliver the ultimate viewing experience to our fast-growing consumer base.”

Solinsky joins fuboTV following four years at Google, where he managed teams of software engineers working on Google’s AdExchange and Doubleclick for Publishers. Before that, he founded and served as CTO at several tech companies, including USPowerSolutions (sold to Green Mountain Energy in 2002); Cozmo Media; USEngineering Solutions; and Bioarray Data Systems.

Solinsky studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).