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ThinkAnalytics names Lat-Am sales chief
Search and recommendation specialist ThinkAnalytics has named Rick Schiavinato as Vice President of Sales and…
Teo names new business development chief
TeliaSonera-owned Lithuanian service provider Teo has named Mantas Goštautas as to the new position of…
Former Canal+ chief Belmer joining France Televisions
Rodolphe Belmer, dismissed as Canal+ chief executive, has been hired by the new director-general of…
MTG cutting 300 jobs
European broadcaster Modern Times Group is to axe around 300 jobs as it launches a…
Scripps Networks Interactive ups two senior execs
Scripps Networks Interactive has promoted two of its senior management team, following the announcement last…
Sky Germany promotes Steuer to head of sports
Sky in Germany has upped the head of its Sky Sport News HD channel, Roman…
Scripps veteran retires
Brooke Johnson is to retire from her post as president of Scripps Networks Interactive’s lifestyle…
A+E revamps international marketing team
A+E Networks has added three new roles to its international marketing team. The programmer has…
Conax appoints head of services
TV security specialist Conax has appointed Oliver Bernau, formerly an executive at Nordic IT company…
SeaChange makes senior hires
TV technology provider SeaChange has created two new senior posts, naming Paul Crann as senior vice-president…
Discovery restructures US nets as Ross rises
Discovery Communications has placed Rich Ross into a networks group president role as it realigns…
New chief executive for TDC
Danish telco TDC has named Pernille Erenbjerg as its new CEO, taking over from existing…
Al Jazeera names AJ+ chief
Qatar-based Al Jazeera has named Dima Khatib as managing director of its digital-only news platform…
Akado makes senior appointments
Russia service provider Komkor, which operates under the Akado Telecom brand in the Moscow region,…
TeliaSonera makes senior regulatory appointment
Nordic service provider TeliaSonera has named Lithuanian subsidiary Teo’s head of legal affairs and IT…
Discovery hires Nat Geo’s Sayer
Discovery Networks International has poached factual production veteran Ed Sayer to join Phil Craig’s new…
Turner hires Viacom’s Brookman for UK
Turner Broadcasting System poached Viacom International Media Networks’s Vanessa Brookman to become VP, content and…
A+E Networks UK hires RTL exec for COO post
Dean Possenniskie’s first major moves since taking over at A+E Networks UK are the appointment…
Sky Germany appoints new finance chief
Sky in Germany has upped deputy chief financial officer, Simon Robson, to the CFO role….
Liberty Global names Telenet’s Smidts as marketing chief
Liberty Global has named Inge Smidts as chief marketing officer. Smidts was previously SVP of…
BT’s Green moves to Amazon Prime Instant Video
Amazon Prime Instant Video has hired BT’s director of TV, Alex Green, to become managing…
Vodafone dismissed Portela unfairly, says Spanish court
A Spanish court has ruled that Vodafone’s dismissal of former Ono CEO Rosalía Portela…
Discovery forms partnership with Doğuş for major Turkish expansion
Discovery Communications has agreed a strategic relationship with Turkey’s Doğuş Media Group to increase its portfolio…
PayWizard secures funding, names Burke as chairman
TV subscriber management systems provider PayWizard has secured £3.5 million in funding from the…
Rightster names product chief
Multichannel network Rightster has named Shiv Bhaduri as chief product officer. Bhaduri, who has worked…
Discovery’s Bartlett to quit
Discovery Studios boss Lee Bartlett is leaving the company. Bartlett has been at Discovery for…
LCI chief Revel leaves
Eric Revel, the CEO of TF1-owned French news channel LCI, has left the group to…
Switchover alumnus joins independent producer
Giuliano Tranquili has reunited with Switchover Media co-founder Francesco Nespega at Italian indie producer Stand…
Telenet audit committee chief resigns from board
Stefan Descheemaeker has resigned his role as independent director of Liberty Global-owned Belgian cable operator…
New HEVC patent pool outlines royalty pricing, names CEO
HEVC Advance, the new patent pool for intellectual property rights holders that have contributed to…