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Belgacom appoints head of new customer operations unit

Belgacom has upped long-standing executive Renaud Tilmans, placing him in charge of its new customer…

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AMC ups Mandelup to VP of corporate communications

AMC has promoted Sundance media relations executive Elana Mandelup to vice president of corporate communications,…

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S&T hires former technical director of Teletext

UK-based interactive TV specialist S&T has hired former technical director of Teletext and founder of…

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ATVOD appoints economist Robin Foster to board

The UK’s Authority for Television On Demand (ATVOD) has appointed economist and founding member of…

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Bloomberg names first EMEA media chief

Bloomberg Media Group has named Adam Freeman as the first managing director for its EMEA…

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Arris makes board appointment

Arris has appointed former Bell Labs president and Alcatel-Lucent chief strategy officer, Jeong Kim, to…

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Hulu hires former Netflix marketing boss

US streaming and catch-up service Hulu has recruited Jenny Wall, Netflix’s former marketing executive who…

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Telenor Broadcast chief Hofbauer moves to Swedish CEO role

Telenor Broadcast and Canal Digital CEO Patrik Hofbauer has been named as the new CEO…

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Silberwasser named Telemundo president

Former Discovery Network International content boss Luis Silberwasser has re-emerged as the new president of…

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Eurosport names communications chief

Eurosport has named Géraldine Filiol as deputy managing director for international communications, marketing and external…

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Cablevision’s Yvette Kanouff joins Cisco

Cablevision Systems’ executive vice president of corporate engineering and technology Yvette Kanouff is joining Cisco to…

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Viacom poaches Fox, Discovery execs for Europe

Viacom has added a pair of executives to its southern Europe team, one from Discovery…

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HbbTV names task force chief

Steve Morris, systems architect at TV technology company Espial, has been named a member of…

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New co-CEOs for Comcast’s thePlatform

Comcast-owned online video technology company thePlatform has named Marty Robers and Jamie Miller as co-CEOs,…

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CNN recruits digital and sales specialist Wyatt

Turner’s cable news net CNN International has hired Owen Wyatt for a newly-created digital and…

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Canis Media ups former general manager to CEO role

UK broadcast management company, EPG broker and channel launch specialist, Canis Media, has upped former…

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Discovery names Turnbull Fatafeat boss

Discovery Networks International has appointed Hearst Magazines director Amanda Turnbull as managing director of its…

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Alticast names industry veteran as EMEA chief

Interactive TV technology specialist Alticast has named former Technicolor and Alcatel-Lucent executive Tiaan Schutte as…

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MTG appoints Liberty exec for emerging pay TV markets role

Modern Times Group (MTG) has appointed Liberty Global executive Rotem Hakim as its director of…

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PrimaCom hires new CTO

German cable operator PrimaCom has named Unitymedia executive Ludwig Modra as its new chief technology…

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BBC Worldwide names new head of brand

BBC Worldwide has named Sara Holt in the new position of head of brand and…

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Blinkx names media SVP

Internet media platform provider Blinkx has named Donald Hamilton as senior vice-president of Blinkx Media….

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TeliaSonera names corporate development chief

Nordic service provider TeliaSonera has named Henriett Wendt as head of group corporate development. Wendt,…

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Greece’s Antenna poaches NBCUniversal channels MD

Greek broadcast group Antenna has appointed Tariq Syed as its managing director of thematic channels…

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Housing industry expert to quit PrimaCom parent company board

Lutz Freitag, who was appointed to the board of German cable operator PrimaCom’s parent company…

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Ericsson appoints chief strategy officer

Ericsson has upped senior vice president and member of its executive leadership team, Rima Qureshi,…

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Stofa CEO to quit company

Danish cable operator Stofa’s CEO Klaus Hoeg Hagensen is to resign his post after three…

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Verimatrix names Oetegenn as president

Content security provider Verimatrix has named chief sales and marketing officer Steve Oetegenn as the…

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Tom Toumazis returns to TV

Tom Toumazis, the former Disney distribution boss and Endemol CCO, is returning to the TV…

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Vivendi names Twitter exec to board

Vivendi has nominated Twitter executive Katie Jacobs Stanton to join its supervisory board. Stanton is…