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Viacom appoints Asia finance boss
Viacom International Media Networks Asia has appointed Lee Shin Yng as its chief financial officer….
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…
New technology chief for Unitymedia
Liberty Global-owned German cable operator Unitymedia has named Dieter Vorbeck as its new chief technology…
Hulu appoints former Xbox exec as head of experience
Hulu has appointed former Sonos and Xbox executive Ben Smith as its new senior vice…
Mosko upped at Sony
Steve Mosko has been upped to chairman, Sony Pictures Television, kicking off a restructure of…
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…
TeliaSonera technology chief leaves in restructuring move
Nordic service provider TeliaSonera is combining its commercial and technology divisions and Malin Frenning, current…
UPC Poland names marketing director
Liberty Global-owned UPC Poland has named Tomasz Izydorczyk as marketing director, responsible for the creation,…
Ex-Endemol Beyond USA chief joins start-up
Former Endemol Beyond USA president Will Keenan has joined live streaming platform Streamup as president…
Bennett becomes History GM as Hoogstra exits
Dirk Hoogstra’s time with History is over, with Jana Bennett taking over the general manager…
Liberty-backed Guavus appoints Google executive
Liberty Global-backed data analytics firm, Guavus, has hired Google’s former head of reporting platform and…
Turner poaches Studio 100 exec for CEE
Turner Broadcasting System has poached a Studio 100 Media executive to become its programming director…
Sky appoints first Kids TV chief
Sky has recruited children’s TV producer Lucy Murphy as head of kids, the first time…
New deputy CEO for iTélé
Canal+ has named journalist Virginie Chomicki as deputy CEO at news channel iTélé, in charge of…
New HDMI Licensing chief
Rob Tobias has been named as president of HDMI Licensing LLC, the group that leads…
Keepixo opens North American office
IPTV and OTT software provider Keepixo has opened a North American office in Montreal and…
New chief executive for nc+
Polish pay TV operator nc+ has named Manuel Rougeron as its new president, replacing Julien…
Canal+ makes further changes as Vivendi integration gathers pace
Canal+ has announced further management changes as the wave of moves initiated by Vivendi chairman…
More management changes at Canal+
Vivendi-owned pay TV operator Canal+ Group has made further changes to its management line-up. The…
Scripps hires ex-Discovery Asia chief for UK
Scripps Networks Interactive has hired former Discovery Networks Asia Pacific boss Kevin Dickie as senior…
Altice names B2B chief
Altice has named Pascal Rialland, the former head of business-to-business at French cable and telecom…
Canal+ reorganisation sees board changes
Vivendi chairman Vincent Bolloré has become chairman of the Canal+ Group supervisory board as part of…
Havas boss Delport to take Vivendi content head role
Dominique Delport is being strongly tipped to become the head of Vivendi Content. Delport is…
Viacom appoints former Turner exec Flamman
Former Turner Broadcasting System EMEA senior VP and COO Pete Flamman has joined Viacom International…
Bolloré plans Canal+ management revamp
Vivendi chairman Vincent Bolloré is planning to make significant changes to the organisation of Canal+,…
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…
Whittingdale: BBC future debate justified
UK Conservative government minister John Whittingdale has admitted “most people” see the BBC licence fee…
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…
NBCUniversal creates new EMEA structure
NBCUniversal International today is creating what it describes as a multi-territory, regional hub aligning its…
Friend MTS makes senior appointment
Digital watermarking specialist Friend MTS has named Rob Brown to the position of senior solutions…