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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…

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ProSieben MCN hires ex-Buzzfeed exec

ProSiebenSat.1-owned multichannel network Collective Studio 71 has hired the former head of partnerships at Buzzfeed…

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Globecast appoints former Orange exec as new CEO

Globecast has appointed former Orange Group executive Philippe Bernard as its new chairman and chief…

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A+E ups Khanna to international digital chief

A+E Networks has promoted Akhila Khanna to director, international digital media and business development. Khanna,…

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Bonnier names Com Hem’s Caddeo as new CTO

Bonnier Broadcasting, owner of TV4 Group and C More, has named Henri Caddeo as chief…

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Net Insight names global sales chief

TV technology provider Net Insight has named Alan Ryan as vice president of global sales….

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New chief for Netia

Tomasz Szopa has been named as chief executive of Polish service provider Netia. Szopa joined…

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Yentob quits as BBC creative director

The BBC’s creative director Alan Yentob has resigned amid the fallout surrounding the collapse of…

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MTG restructures after digital boss exits

MTG chief digital office Rikard Steiber is leaving the company amid a company restructure of…

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T-Hrvatski Telekom names strategy chief

Deutsche Telekom-owned T-Hrvatski Telekom has named Siniša Djuranović as vice-president strategy and business development, legal…

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SCTE names new CTO

The US Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) has named Chris Bastian as its new…

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SBS channel chief steps down

René Oosterman has resigned as channel manager of Dutch free-to-air channel SBS6. SBS confirmed the…

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Discovery names Olympics team

Discovery Communications has made a series of appointments to support its delivery of coverage of…

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Paywizard names marketing chief

Subscriber management specialist Paywizard has named Bhavesh Vaghela as chief marketing officer, responsible for implementing…

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Thomson Video Networks names business development chief

Thomson Video Networks has named Stephan Richard as vice president, strategy and business development. Based…

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Wananchi Group appoints new CEO

The Wananchi Group has appointed former VimpelCom executive Santiago Benedit as its new CEO, following the…

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BBC names first Scotland editor

The BBC has appointed news presenter Sarah Smith as its first Scotland editor. The new…

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TiVo CEO Rogers to quit in January

TiVo CEO Tom Rogers is leave his position after nearly 11 years at the end…

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TV France International appoints new president

France Télévisions executive Hervé Michel has been elected president of TV France International and will…

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21st Century Fox completes Nat Geo takeover

21st Century Fox has completed its deal to take control of National Geographic and rejigged…

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Former TF1, Endemol exec joins Monterosa

Former TF1 and Endemol digital exec David Jullien has joined multiscreen TV specialist Monterosa. He…

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Altice signs up Ronaldo as brand ambassador

Cable and telecom investor Altice has signed up footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, captain of the Portuguese…

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Orange names ex-diplomat as advisor to CEO

Orange has named Michel Reveyrand-de Menthon as advisor to chairman and CEO Stéphane Richard, in…

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OTE COO Zacharias Piperidis dies suddenly

Zacharias Piperidis, the chief operating officer of Deutsche Telekom-owned Greek service provider OTE, has died…

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VimpelCom makes senior marketing appointments

Russian service provider VimpelCom has made a number of senior marketing appointments. Irina Lebedeva, formerly…

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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…

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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…

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Sky rejigs programming team

Sky has installed a new head of comedy and rejigged its senior programming team across…

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Intelsat makes key appointments

Satellite operator Intelsat has named long-standing Intelsat executive Jay Yass to the post of vice-president…

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PlayBox names technology chief

Playout specialist PlayBox Technology has named Stanislav ‘Sunny’ Petkov as chief technical officer to oversee…