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Canal+ hires channels veteran from Lagardère
Canal+ has hired Gérald-Brice Viret as its managing director of channels, recruiting the seasoned exec…
ProSieben MCN hires ex-Buzzfeed exec
ProSiebenSat.1-owned multichannel network Collective Studio 71 has hired the former head of partnerships at Buzzfeed…
Globecast appoints former Orange exec as new CEO
Globecast has appointed former Orange Group executive Philippe Bernard as its new chairman and chief…
A+E ups Khanna to international digital chief
A+E Networks has promoted Akhila Khanna to director, international digital media and business development. Khanna,…
Bonnier names Com Hem’s Caddeo as new CTO
Bonnier Broadcasting, owner of TV4 Group and C More, has named Henri Caddeo as chief…
Net Insight names global sales chief
TV technology provider Net Insight has named Alan Ryan as vice president of global sales….
New chief for Netia
Tomasz Szopa has been named as chief executive of Polish service provider Netia. Szopa joined…
Yentob quits as BBC creative director
The BBC’s creative director Alan Yentob has resigned amid the fallout surrounding the collapse of…
MTG restructures after digital boss exits
MTG chief digital office Rikard Steiber is leaving the company amid a company restructure of…
T-Hrvatski Telekom names strategy chief
Deutsche Telekom-owned T-Hrvatski Telekom has named Siniša Djuranović as vice-president strategy and business development, legal…
SCTE names new CTO
The US Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) has named Chris Bastian as its new…
SBS channel chief steps down
René Oosterman has resigned as channel manager of Dutch free-to-air channel SBS6. SBS confirmed the…
Discovery names Olympics team
Discovery Communications has made a series of appointments to support its delivery of coverage of…
Paywizard names marketing chief
Subscriber management specialist Paywizard has named Bhavesh Vaghela as chief marketing officer, responsible for implementing…
Thomson Video Networks names business development chief
Thomson Video Networks has named Stephan Richard as vice president, strategy and business development. Based…
Wananchi Group appoints new CEO
The Wananchi Group has appointed former VimpelCom executive Santiago Benedit as its new CEO, following the…
BBC names first Scotland editor
The BBC has appointed news presenter Sarah Smith as its first Scotland editor. The new…
TiVo CEO Rogers to quit in January
TiVo CEO Tom Rogers is leave his position after nearly 11 years at the end…
TV France International appoints new president
France Télévisions executive Hervé Michel has been elected president of TV France International and will…
21st Century Fox completes Nat Geo takeover
21st Century Fox has completed its deal to take control of National Geographic and rejigged…
Former TF1, Endemol exec joins Monterosa
Former TF1 and Endemol digital exec David Jullien has joined multiscreen TV specialist Monterosa. He…
Altice signs up Ronaldo as brand ambassador
Cable and telecom investor Altice has signed up footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, captain of the Portuguese…
Orange names ex-diplomat as advisor to CEO
Orange has named Michel Reveyrand-de Menthon as advisor to chairman and CEO Stéphane Richard, in…
OTE COO Zacharias Piperidis dies suddenly
Zacharias Piperidis, the chief operating officer of Deutsche Telekom-owned Greek service provider OTE, has died…
VimpelCom makes senior marketing appointments
Russian service provider VimpelCom has made a number of senior marketing appointments. Irina Lebedeva, formerly…
TV4 Group and C More unit sports units under Westberg
Swedish free and pay TV broadcasters TV4 Group and C More has named Erik Westberg…
Grey Juice Lab opens regional hub in Dubai
Video-on-demand content aggregator Grey Juice Lab has opened a new regional content marketing and commercial…
Sky rejigs programming team
Sky has installed a new head of comedy and rejigged its senior programming team across…
Intelsat makes key appointments
Satellite operator Intelsat has named long-standing Intelsat executive Jay Yass to the post of vice-president…
PlayBox names technology chief
Playout specialist PlayBox Technology has named Stanislav ‘Sunny’ Petkov as chief technical officer to oversee…