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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…

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Channel 4 deputy chairman of board appointed

UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has appointed non-exec Channel 4 board member Mark Price as deputy…

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Russia’s CTC Media appoints new CEO

Russian broadcaster CTC Media has appointed Yuliana Slashcheva, the president of Russia-based communications consultancy Mikhailov and…

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Arris joins MoCA board

Technology company Arris has taken a seat on the board of directors of the Multimedia over…

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New CEO for Orange Polska

The Orange Group has recommended to the board that company executive Bruno Duthoit take the CEO…

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Swisscom mourns death of CEO Carsten Schloter

Swisscom is mourning the loss of its CEO Carsten Schloter, who was found dead at…

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Freeview MD joins UNICEF

Ilse Howling, the managing director of UK digital-terrestrial service Freeview, has been appointed to the…

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AMC/Sundance Channel hires Latin American distribution chief

AMC/Sundance Channel Global has hired Gustavo Lopez as its VP, global distribution for Latin America,…

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Susan Elkington leaves Chellomedia

Susan Elkington has left Chellomedia after more than a decade at the company, DTVE sister…

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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…

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Yahoo!’s head of global media steps down

Yahoo!’s senior vice president of global media, Miyuki Rosen, is due to leave the company,…

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Base79 hires YouTube content partnerships chief Walker

Online video specialist Base79 has hiredYouTube’s senior director of content partnerships Patrick Walker as chief…

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TalkTalk appoints former MTG exec

UK operator TalkTalk has appointed former Modern Times Group executive Henrik Karlberg to the newly created…

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VimpelCom names new marketing and branding chief

Russian service provider VimpelCom has named Yuliya Koneva as director of marketing communications and brand…

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Adap.tv boosts EMEA team

Video advertising specialist Adap.tv has named five new members of its EMEA team as it…

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ONO names new residential business chief

Spanish cable operator ONO has named Patricia Ferruz as director of its residential business. Ferruz…

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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…

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BSkyB names new board member

BSkyB has named Adine Grate as a new independent non-executive director.  Grate is currently a…

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BBC Trust chairman to step down in 2015

The chairman of the BBC’s governing body, Lord Patten, has said that he will step…

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Management change at Maxdome

The managing director of German video-on-demand service Maxdome, Thomas Heise, has left the company as…

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Channel 4 names regional partnerships and digital chief

UK broadcaster Channel 4 has named Jane Hector-Jones as the first partnership and digital manager…

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Fox names Europe and Africa production chief

Fox International Channels (FIC) has named Jo McGrath as head of production, FIC Europe and…

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Eutelsat names new executives

Satellite operator Eutelsat has named Antoine Castarède as chief financial officer and Raphaël Mussalian as…

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New CEO for Russia’s TNT

Gazprom-Media owned Russian TV channel TNT has named Igor Goyhberg as its new CEO. Goyhberg…

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A+E Networks names programming chief

A+E Networks UK has named Heather Jones as vice-president of programming. Jones, who will take…

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iConcerts owner restructures operations

The company behind the live music-themed iConcerts HD TV channel has put a new management…

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YahSat names new CEO

Middle East satellite operator YahSat has named Masood M Sharif Mahmood as its new CEO….

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Argos appoints former Amazon exec as digital director

UK high street retailer Argos has appointed former EMI and Amazon executive Bertrand Bodson to…

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Tricolor-TV loses content chief

Russian pay TV operator Tricolor-TV’s director of content, Julia Shahmanova, has left the company. Tricolor-TV…

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Ofcom chairman to step down

Colette Bowe is to step down as chairman of UK media and telecom regulator Ofcom…