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New chief executive for C More

TV4 Group-owned Swedish pay TV channel provider C More has named former Modern Times Group…

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New marketing chief for Ukraine’s Volia

Ukrainian cable operator Volia has named Victoria Tsomaya as its new director of marketing.  Tsomaya…

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Eutelsat deputy CEO takes on commercial and development duties

Eutelsat Communications’ deputy CEO Michel Azibert is taking on an expanded role, assuming responsibility for…

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CNN International names regional sales chief

News broadcaster CNN International has named Antonio Canto as vice-president, regional sales. Canto, who will…

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Single CFO for Vodafone and Kabel Deutschland

In a further sign of the growing integration of the management of Vodafone Deutschland and…

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EBU elects new technical team

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has elected a new team to lead its technology initiatives. …

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IBC president John Wilson dies

John Wilson, the long-standing chairman of the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) has died aged 82. …

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New technical and innovation chiefs for TV4

Swedish free and pay TV broadcaster TV4 Group has named Jan Rizvi as technology development…

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Fox names research and audience strategy chief

Fox International Channels (FIC) has named Christian Brent as senior vice-president of global research and…

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Net Insight names global services chief

TV transport technology provider Net Insight has named Maria Hellström as vice-president, global services, effective…

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Videology ups product head to new UK MD role

Video ad platform Videology has upped global product head Rich Astley to the new position…

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Hastings keeps Netflix CEO and Chairman roles after shareholder vote

Netflix CEO and chairman Reed Hastings has kept hold of both roles, after shareholders at…

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UPC Poland appoints O2 Slovakia CEO

Liberty Global has appointed O2 Slovakia CEO Ramiro Lafarga Brollo as managing director of UPC…

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CNBC hires international digital chief

News network CNBC has recruited John Armah as head of digital for its international business….

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BBC Worldwide appoints financial boss

BBC Worldwide has confirmed Andrew Bott as its new chief financial officer. Bott has been…

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CME appoints permanent CFO

CEE-focussed broadcast group CME has confirmed David Sturgeon as its permanent CFO. Sturgeon has been…

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Former Intel OnCue chief Huggers leaving Verizon

Erik Huggers, the former chief of Intel’s OTT TV initiative, is to leave Verizon five…

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Sophie Turner Laing to leave Sky

BSkyB’s head of content, Sophie Turner Laing, is to step down from her role and…

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Kevin Reilly to exit Fox

Kevin Reilly is to leave his role as Fox Broadcasting’s entertainment chairman. Fox has been…

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Teo names new technology chief

Lithuanian service provider Teo has named Andrius Šemeškevičius as its new head of technology and…

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Elemental appoints CFO, runs Japanese 4K encoding trial

Video solutions and delivery firm Elemental Technologies has appointed former Palo Alto Networks’ vice president of…

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Sebastian Coe said to be frontrunner for BBC Trust chair

Sebastian Coe is being strongly tipped to become the next chairman of the BBC Trust,…

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Vodafone Deutschland names KDG exec as regulatory chief

Vodafone Deutschland has named Kabel Deutschland executive Christophe Clément as director of legal and regulatory…

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DNA names new CIO

Finnish service provider DNA has named Janne Aalto as its new chief information officer, replacing…

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Netia appoints European sales executive

Netia, the Globecast-owned software solutions firm specialising in delivery of audio-visual content, has hired former…

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Aass lands top MTG content job as Svensk exits

European broadcaster Modern Times Group has made Morten Aass president and CEO of its content…

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PIKE names new vice-president

Polish cable association PIKE has named UPC Poland’s director of corporate and public policy Patrycja…

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New chief for Amedia TV

Russian broadcaster and content provider Amedia has named Sergey Nazarov as the new chief of…

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New chief for Netia

Polish service provider Netia has named Adam Sawicki as its new president, replacing Mirosław Godlewski,…

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MTG recruits new free TV chief

Modern Times Group has recruited Anders Jensen as executive VP of Scandinavian free-TV operations. Jensen…