Synamedia officially set up shop this week as private equity firm Permira Funds finalized its purchase of the Cisco Service Provider Video Software Solutions business. The last couple of months have been all strategy talk and speculation, as Faultline Online Reporter covered in great detail from IBC in Amsterdam, while the next few will be a critical execution period for the new look NDS amid increasing scrutiny. First of all, some additional fat trimming may be on the cards as we head into 2019. Still the company cites a workforce of “thousands” which, unusually for a large private equity takeover, seem to be safe – for now anyway – as leaving staff behind at Cisco and taking a price hit…