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Viacom appoints Asia finance boss

Viacom International Media Networks Asia has appointed Lee Shin Yng as its chief financial officer….

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Vivendi and Canal+ up investment in cinema, new Studiocanal chief

Vivendi and Canal+ have committed are to acquire a minority stake in France’s Mars Film…

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New technology chief for Unitymedia

Liberty Global-owned German cable operator Unitymedia has named Dieter Vorbeck as its new chief technology…

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Hulu appoints former Xbox exec as head of experience

Hulu has appointed former Sonos and Xbox executive Ben Smith as its new senior vice…

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Mosko upped at Sony

Steve Mosko has been upped to chairman, Sony Pictures Television, kicking off a restructure of…

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Beck-Friis leaving Sweden’s TV4

Cecilia Beck-Friis is leaving Sweden’s TV4 and will not be replaced. Beck-Friis is the free-TV…

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TeliaSonera technology chief leaves in restructuring move

Nordic service provider TeliaSonera is combining its commercial and technology divisions and Malin Frenning, current…

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UPC Poland names marketing director

Liberty Global-owned UPC Poland has named Tomasz Izydorczyk as marketing director, responsible for the creation,…

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Ex-Endemol Beyond USA chief joins start-up

Former Endemol Beyond USA president Will Keenan has joined live streaming platform Streamup as president…

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Bennett becomes History GM as Hoogstra exits

Dirk Hoogstra’s time with History is over, with Jana Bennett taking over the general manager…

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Liberty-backed Guavus appoints Google executive

Liberty Global-backed data analytics firm, Guavus, has hired Google’s former head of reporting platform and…

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Turner poaches Studio 100 exec for CEE

Turner Broadcasting System has poached a Studio 100 Media executive to become its programming director…

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Sky appoints first Kids TV chief

Sky has recruited children’s TV producer Lucy Murphy as head of kids, the first time…

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New deputy CEO for iTélé

Canal+ has named journalist Virginie Chomicki as deputy CEO at news channel iTélé, in charge of…

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New HDMI Licensing chief

Rob Tobias has been named as president of HDMI Licensing LLC, the group that leads…

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Keepixo opens North American office

IPTV and OTT software provider Keepixo has opened a North American office in Montreal and…

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New chief executive for nc+

Polish pay TV operator nc+ has named Manuel Rougeron as its new president, replacing Julien…

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Canal+ makes further changes as Vivendi integration gathers pace

Canal+ has announced further management changes as the wave of moves initiated by Vivendi chairman…

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More management changes at Canal+

Vivendi-owned pay TV operator Canal+ Group has made further changes to its management line-up. The…

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Scripps hires ex-Discovery Asia chief for UK

Scripps Networks Interactive has hired former Discovery Networks Asia Pacific boss Kevin Dickie as senior…

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Altice names B2B chief

Altice has named Pascal Rialland, the former head of business-to-business at French cable and telecom…

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Canal+ reorganisation sees board changes

Vivendi chairman Vincent Bolloré has become chairman of the Canal+ Group supervisory board as part of…

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Havas boss Delport to take Vivendi content head role

Dominique Delport is being strongly tipped to become the head of Vivendi Content. Delport is…

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Viacom appoints former Turner exec Flamman

Former Turner Broadcasting System EMEA senior VP and COO Pete Flamman has joined Viacom International…

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Bolloré plans Canal+ management revamp

Vivendi chairman Vincent Bolloré is planning to make significant changes to the organisation of Canal+,…

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Eutelsat appoints TDF exec as VP of the UK and Nordics

Eutelsat has appointed the head of TDF’s media services division, Julien Seligmann, as its regional…

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Whittingdale: BBC future debate justified

UK Conservative government minister John Whittingdale has admitted “most people” see the BBC licence fee…

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Alcatel Lucent chief to take Numericable presidency, global Altice role

Altice chief Patrick Drahi has appointed Alcatel-Lucent chief executive Michel Combes as president of Numericable-SFR…

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NBCUniversal creates new EMEA structure

NBCUniversal International today is creating what it describes as a multi-territory, regional hub aligning its…

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Friend MTS makes senior appointment

Digital watermarking specialist Friend MTS has named Rob Brown to the position of senior solutions…