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BBC Four controller role axed
The BBC’s director of television Danny Cohen has scrapped the BBC Four controller that Richard…
Channel 4 deputy chairman of board appointed
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has appointed non-exec Channel 4 board member Mark Price as deputy…
Russia’s CTC Media appoints new CEO
Russian broadcaster CTC Media has appointed Yuliana Slashcheva, the president of Russia-based communications consultancy Mikhailov and…
Arris joins MoCA board
Technology company Arris has taken a seat on the board of directors of the Multimedia over…
New CEO for Orange Polska
The Orange Group has recommended to the board that company executive Bruno Duthoit take the CEO…
Swisscom mourns death of CEO Carsten Schloter
Swisscom is mourning the loss of its CEO Carsten Schloter, who was found dead at…
Freeview MD joins UNICEF
Ilse Howling, the managing director of UK digital-terrestrial service Freeview, has been appointed to the…
AMC/Sundance Channel hires Latin American distribution chief
AMC/Sundance Channel Global has hired Gustavo Lopez as its VP, global distribution for Latin America,…
Susan Elkington leaves Chellomedia
Susan Elkington has left Chellomedia after more than a decade at the company, DTVE sister…
Al Jazeera America hires top US news talent ahead of launch
Al Jazeera America, the Qatar-owned news broadcaster’s forthcoming US channel, has hired former ABC News…
Yahoo!’s head of global media steps down
Yahoo!’s senior vice president of global media, Miyuki Rosen, is due to leave the company,…
Base79 hires YouTube content partnerships chief Walker
Online video specialist Base79 has hiredYouTube’s senior director of content partnerships Patrick Walker as chief…
TalkTalk appoints former MTG exec
UK operator TalkTalk has appointed former Modern Times Group executive Henrik Karlberg to the newly created…
VimpelCom names new marketing and branding chief
Russian service provider VimpelCom has named Yuliya Koneva as director of marketing communications and brand…
Adap.tv boosts EMEA team
Video advertising specialist Adap.tv has named five new members of its EMEA team as it…
ONO names new residential business chief
Spanish cable operator ONO has named Patricia Ferruz as director of its residential business. Ferruz…
Kent to step down as Turner CEO, Martin takes role
Phil Kent will end his 12-year tenure as CEO of Turner Broadcasting in January when…
BSkyB names new board member
BSkyB has named Adine Grate as a new independent non-executive director. Grate is currently a…
BBC Trust chairman to step down in 2015
The chairman of the BBC’s governing body, Lord Patten, has said that he will step…
Management change at Maxdome
The managing director of German video-on-demand service Maxdome, Thomas Heise, has left the company as…
Channel 4 names regional partnerships and digital chief
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has named Jane Hector-Jones as the first partnership and digital manager…
Fox names Europe and Africa production chief
Fox International Channels (FIC) has named Jo McGrath as head of production, FIC Europe and…
Eutelsat names new executives
Satellite operator Eutelsat has named Antoine Castarède as chief financial officer and Raphaël Mussalian as…
New CEO for Russia’s TNT
Gazprom-Media owned Russian TV channel TNT has named Igor Goyhberg as its new CEO. Goyhberg…
A+E Networks names programming chief
A+E Networks UK has named Heather Jones as vice-president of programming. Jones, who will take…
iConcerts owner restructures operations
The company behind the live music-themed iConcerts HD TV channel has put a new management…
YahSat names new CEO
Middle East satellite operator YahSat has named Masood M Sharif Mahmood as its new CEO….
Argos appoints former Amazon exec as digital director
UK high street retailer Argos has appointed former EMI and Amazon executive Bertrand Bodson to…
Tricolor-TV loses content chief
Russian pay TV operator Tricolor-TV’s director of content, Julia Shahmanova, has left the company. Tricolor-TV…
Ofcom chairman to step down
Colette Bowe is to step down as chairman of UK media and telecom regulator Ofcom…