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BT appoints new Openreach CEO
BT has appointed former HSBC, Dixons and Procter & Gamble executive Joe Garner as the…
TV3 to oppose UTV’s planned Republic of Ireland channel
Irish commercial broadcaster TV3 is reportedly protesting plans by Northern Ireland’s UTV to launch a new channel…
TVN hires nc+ executive, names new TVN Turbo boss
Polish broadcaster TVN Group has appointed former nc+ executive, Christian Anting, as its chief strategy…
Belgacom appoints new CEO
The Belgian government has appointed the executive vice-president of Belgacom’s consumer business unit, Dominique Leroy,…
Former BBC Worldwide exec takes Zodiak Rights CEO job
Former Disney and BBC Worldwide sales boss Steve Macallister has been appointed CEO of Zodiak…
ITV Choice appoints channel director
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVSGE) has appointed a former BBC Worldwide and Fox Sports commercial executive…
RTL Croatia boss to leave for Studio Hamburg
Long-serving RTL executive and CEO of RTL Hrvatska (RTL Croatia), Johannes Züll, is leaving to…
NBCUniversal hires former BT Vision, UKTV execs
NBCUniversal has created two new positions in its international channels division and hired executives from…
Antenna appoints former NBC Universal, Cineflix Studios boss
Pete Smith, the former NBC Universal and Cineflix Studios boss, has been recruited as managing…
Discovery extends CEO Zaslav’s contract
Discovery Communications has extended the contract of president and CEO David Zaslav to the end…
Box TV executive director steps down
The executive director of UK channel operator Box TV, Scott Monks, is stepping down after…
Deutsche Telekom CFO takes over top job
Deutsche Telekom’s chief financial officer (CFO) Timotheus Höttges has taken over from outgoing CEO René…
New finance chief for Discovery Networks CEEMEA
Discovery Networks has named a new chief financial officer for central and eastern Europe, the…
Catherine Powell to run Disney Australia as Cracknell retires
Catherine Powell is to relocate from London to Sydney to run Disney Australia and New…
YouSee rebrands mobile arm as founder departs
TDC-owned Danish cable operator YouSee has rebranded its Onfone mobile arm as a YouSee service,…
MTS strategy chief leaves for Sistema
Russian service provider MTS’s vice-president for strategy, mergers and acquisitions and corporate development, Michael Hecker,…
TeliaSonera unveils new management structure following Uzbekistan affair
Nordic telco TeliaSonera has unveiled a comprehensive revamp of its management structure and has appointed…
A+E Networks appoints 20th Century Fox TV executive
A+E Networks has appointed 20th Century Fox’s European vice-president of sales for its TV distribution…
BBC Trust appoints former Lloyds CEO
The BBC’s governing body, the BBC Trust, has appointed Nicholas Prettejohn, the former CEO of…
Envivio makes European exec hire
Video processing technology provider Envivio has appointed Stefan Niesen – who previously worked at connected…
Net Insight’s Persson to quit
Video transport specialist Net Insight’s executive vice-president and director of product development Anders Persson has…
UPC Poland CEO to leave in January
Long-serving UPC Poland chief executive Simon Boyd is to retire in January. Liberty Global central…
A+E poaches Fox boss to run Italian channels biz
A senior Fox International Channels Italy boss will run A+E Networks’ new Italian networks business….
Vodafone hires new execs for Kabel Deutschland acquisition
Vodafone Germany has named former Sky Deutschland Marcello Maggioni to its senior management team as…
Com Hem appoints Barron as executive chairman
Swedish cable operator Com Hem has appointed Virgin Media’s former chief operating officer Andrew Barron…
HTTV secures new investor
Hybrid TV technology provider HTTV has secured investment from technology entrepreneur Luc Burgun and has…
Croatian Telecom chief departs for DT strategy role
Ivica Mudrinić, the president of Croatian telco T-Hrvatski Telekom is to leave the company to…
A+E launching new European channels business
A+E Networks has launched A+E Networks Italy, marking the first time it has set up…
PrimaCom names new finance chief
German cable operator PrimaCom has named Jens Müller as its new commercial director and chief…
Top-level management changes at Sat.1
Ex-Blazhoffski CEO Taco Ketelaar and RTL Croatia programming chief Kaspar Pflueger are joining German channel…