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New commercial chief for Magyar Telekom
Deutsche Telekom-owned Hungarian telco Magyar Telekom has named András Gyenes to the position of chief…
Civolution names NexGuard products and solutions chief
Forensic watermarking specialist Civolution has hired Jean-Philippe Plantevin as senior vice-president products and solutions for…
Board changes at Modern Times Group
Modern Times Group (MTG) is to reduce the size of its board from seven to…
Xstream launches London office
Denmark-based OTT and TV Everywhere service provider, Xstream, has launched a London, UK office in…
Mediaset ups Pier Silvio Berlusconi to CEO role
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has upped vice-president Pier Silvio Berlusconi to the role of CEO, replacing…
Erik Huggers joins Vevo as CEO
Former Intel TV and BBC digital chief Erik Huggers has joined music video content company…
nc+ promotes marketing chief
Polish pay TV operator nc+ has promoted marketing chief Jacek Balicki to vice-president. Balicki joined…
Telenet appoints transformation officer to oversee BASE merger
Belgian cable operator Telenet has upped chief customer officer, Patrick Vincent, to chief transformation officer…
Channel 4 appoints head of viewer relationship management
Channel 4 has upped group marketing manager, Charlie Palmer, to head of viewer relationship management….
Canal+ names secretary-general
Canal+ Group has named Delphine d’Amarzit as group secretary-general, reporting to Bertrand Meheut. D’Amarzit was…
Fox makes new appointments
Fox International Channels has promoted two senior execs at its Asian unit and brought another…
Conviva appoints chief revenue officer
Over-the-top video optimisation firm Conviva has appointed industry veteran Brian Carr as its fist chief…
BBC Trust appoints new director
The BBC Trust has appointed Alex Towers as its new director after Jon Zeff said…
Euronews names chief product officer
International news channel Euronews has named Dorota Smaggia as chief product officer and appointed her…
Sony appoints international film and TV boss
Sony Pictures Entertainment has hired Fox executive Sanford Panitch to become its president of international…
VIMN appoints comedy and entertainment head for Russia, CIS
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has appointed Ilya Hellert-Rozanov as head of comedy and entertainment channels in Russia, Ukraine,…
UPC Poland names customer service chief
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Poland has promoted Konrad Skórczyński to director of customer services….
Board change at Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom has named Michael Kaschke as a member of its supervisory board, replacing Ines…
2btube names trio of big hitters to board
Spanish-language MCN 2btube has named former Fox Europe and Africa president Jesus Perezagua, Zee Entertainment…
Former Channel 4 research head joins Digital-i
Channel 4’s former controller of audience and insight, Claire Grimmond, has joined media research specialist,…
Primacom names Barron as chairman
German cable operator Primacom has named Com Hem chairman and former Virgin Media COO Andrew…
Zenterio names new CEO, plans IPO
TV technology provider Zenterio has named Jörgen Nilsson as its new CEO and is preparing…
Liberty Global creates big data business unit
European cable operator Liberty Global has established a new business unit to pursue big data…
New CEO for NTV+
Russia’s Gazprom Media has appointed Aleksander Vronsky as the new CEO of its satellite pay…
Wuaki.tv hires iTunes exec to head business development
OTT video-on-demand provider Wuaki.tv has hired former Apple iTunes executive Sébastien Janin to head international…
Brian Sullivan to leave Sky in June
Brian Sullivan is to step down as CEO of Sky’s German arm on June 24…
TV4 Group names TV4 Play channel manager
Swedish free and pay TV commercial broadcaster TV4 Group has named Anton Glanzelius as the…
Australian price comparison site warns consumers off Netflix
An Australian price comparison website is urging consumers to think twice before signing up to…
ITV hires Endemol’s Christopher
The content and distribution arm of UK broadcaster ITV has hired David Christopher as director…
A+E hires BBC Worldwide’s Hill as chief creative officer
A+E Networks has poached BBC Worldwide’s Amanda Hill to become its chief creative officer, international….