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Telecom Italia names Genish as CEO and approves Canal+ JV

Telecom Italia (TIM) has confirmed the widely anticipated appointment of Amos Genish as its new…

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TF1 names news chief

French commercial broadcaster TF1 has named Thierry Thuillier as deputy CEO in charge of its…

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T-Hrvatski Telekom names new CFO

Deutsche Telekom-owned Croatian telco T-Hrvatski Telekom has named Daniel Daub as its new chief financial…

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Disney gets new EMEA chief

The Walt Disney Company has a new president for the EMEA region. Rebecca Campbell (pictured)…

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A+E content chief joins Nat Geo

A+E Networks’ Christian Drobnyk has joined National Geographic Global Networks as executive VP of programming…

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Bavarian Broadcasting DG to take over as ARD chair

The director general of Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation), Ulrich Wilhem, will take over as the next…

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AsiaSat names new general counsel

Satellite operator AsiaSat has named Saphina Ho as its new general counsel. Ho succeeds Catherine…

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Ex-BBCWW North America president named CEO of Mitú

Herb Scannell, ex-president of BBC Worldwide North America has been named the new CEO of…

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Cisco’s Chambers to step down as CEO takes over chairman role

Cisco executive chairman and former CEO John Chambers has told the company’s board that he…

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Ownzones names chief security officer and SVP, operations

OTT entertainment and technology provider Ownzones has named Rob Hopps as its chief security officer…

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Iflix hires Sky M&A chief as CFO

Emerging markets subscription video-on-demand service Iflix has named Sky M&A executive Anil Jhingan as its…

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Fox’s Ford retires as Etheridge exits

Fox Networks Group (FNG) executive Jeff Ford is retiring, with the separate exit of UK…

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Videoamp appoints former FreeWheel exec as CFO

RTL Group and Mediaocean-backed Videoamp has appointed former FreeWheel COO and CFO, as its first…

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Curran takes up EBU role

The former director general of Irish national broadcaster RTÉ, Noel Curran, has taken up his…

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Spotify’s head of video departs

Spotify’s head of video content, Tom Calderone, has reportedly left the company in an apparent…

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New chief for UPC DTH

Liberty Global’s central European satellite TV arm, UPC DTH, has named Catalin Itu as its…

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Fox entertainment president steps down

Fox entertainment president David Madden is stepping down, with reports claiming that he may be…

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Plessis to aid Lagardère’s SVOD efforts

France’s Lagardère Studios has appointed Thomas Plessis as director of digital business, a role that…

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Facebook brings together hardware activities under key exec

Facebook has put one of its key executives, Andrew Bosworth, in charge of the company’s…

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TV4 names new deputy sales chief

Swedish broadcaster TV4 Group has named Rikard Sjöberg as deputy sales director. Sjöberg, who will…

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Bonnier Broadcasting names new communications chief

Swedish broadcaster TV4 Group-owner Bonnier Broadcasting has named Åsa Barsness as its new communications and…

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Net Insight CFO to leave

Thomas Bergström, the chief financial officer of Sweden-based broadcast transmission and OTT technology company is…

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Heuch replaces Haug at Telenor

Nordic telco Telenor has named Cecilie Heuch as EVP and chief people officer, effective from…

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Ex-CBS executive joins Verizon’s Go90

Former CBS alternative programming chief, Chris Castallo, is headed to digital video platform Go90 to…

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New chief for SlingTV as Lynch exits for Pandora

DISH Network’s Erik Carlson will lead its over-the-top service, SlingTV, after Roger Lynch moved to internet…

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STV appoints ITV online and pay TV boss as CEO

STV has appointed ITV’s managing director, online, pay TV, interactive and technology, Simon Pitts, as…

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NBCU expands Donati’s role into kids, lifestyle

Comcast’s NBCUniversal International has appointed Duccio Donati to take on the newly created role of…

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AwesomenessTV hires Bonnie Pan as network head

AwesomenessTV has hired Endemol Shine Beyond’s former president, Bonnie Pan, as head of network. In…

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Telefónica names new COO in management shake-up

Telefónica executive chairman José María Álvarez-Pallete has instituted a major corporate management shake-up, centred on…

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Greece’s Antenna makes key appointments

Greece’s Antenna Group has restructured two roles in its management team, which it said would…