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Senior management shake-up at Endemol

Endemol has instigated wide-ranging senior management changes with new roles for Martha Brass, Edwin van…

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Theresa Wise named RTS chief

The Royal Television Society has appointed ex-Disney exec Theresa Wise as its new chief executive….

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Endemol boss Calmels resigns

Virginie Calmels has resigned as boss of Endemol France. Calmels was CEO, Endemol France, and…

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New Liberty Global TV role for Giesbers

UPC Netherlands’ head of marketing and content, Mark Giesbers, is to join parent company Liberty…

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Dormal leaves Numericable, takes role with OTT venture

Pascal Dormal has formally left his position as CEO of cable operator Numericable in Belgium…

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Grass Valley names Thorsteinson as chief executive

TV technology specialist Grass Valley has named former Harris Broadcast president Tim Thorsteinson as president…

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Volia names new CEO

Ukrainian cable operator Volia’s CEO Erik Franke is to step down and will be replaced…

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Fox hires BBC Worldwide’s Brent as strategy chief

Fox International Channels has hired Christian Brent as its European strategy boss. Brent joins from…

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SmithDehn hires Discovery legal chief

Laura Farina, the former vice-president for legal affairs at Discovery Communications, has joined law firm…

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Adap.tv hires former Yahoo! finance chief

Video advertising specialist Adap.tv has named former Yahoo! finance chief Timothy Morse as its chief…

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Former SES World Skies CEO Bednarek dies at 55

Robert Bednarek, the former CEO of SES World Skies and a member of the SES…

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Irdeto’s Schouten joins online payment specialist GlobalCollect

Christopher Schouten, senior marketing director at content security specialist Irdeto has left the company to…

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Hulu CEO Kilar to leave this quarter

Hulu CEO Jason Kilar and chief technology officer Rich Tom are to leave the US…

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Harmonic sales chief to step down

TV technology company Harmonic’s senior vice-president of worldwide sales Mark Carrington is to step down….

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Iskon names new board members

T-Hrvatski Telekom-owned Croatian ISP Iskon has named Mario Vojvoda as board member with responsibility for…

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Ziggo board members resign

Paul Best and Caspar Berendsen have resigned from the supervisory board of Dutch cable operator…

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BBC Worldwide names brands chief

BBC Worldwide has named Amanda Hill as chief brands officer, a new position created as…

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Chellomedia expands management team

Chellomedia has announced a management shake-up that includes two new appointments. The Liberty Global-owned channel…

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Vivendi appoints Bolloré to board

The supervisory board of French media and telecoms group Vivendi has appointed Vincent Bolloré, the…

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Magyar Telecom appoints CTO

Hungarian telco Magyar Telecom has appointed Walter Goldenits as chief technology and IT officer. His…

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Netia promotes Freihuber

Broadcast software company Netia has promoted Francis Freihuber to vice-president of its management board. Freihuber…

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Viewster taps Fox exec for EMEA expansion

Switzerland-based OTT movie and TV service Viewster has appointed Fox exec Steve Broadhead as senior…

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DirecTV tech chief joins MoCA board

US DTH pay TV provider DirecTV’s vice-president, technology and ventures John Norin has joined the…

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EBU elects nine board members

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has elected nine members to its board for a two-year…

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ESPN promotes executives

European sports broadcaster ESPN has promoted a number of programming and digital executives as part…

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BEREC vice-president named

Gábor Mátrai has been named as vice-president of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic…

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MTG appoints EVP for central Europe

Pan-European broadcaster Modern Times Group has appointed Marek Singer as executive vice-president of the group’s…

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ATVOD names new director

UK video-on-demand regulator ATVOD has named Paul Whiteing, CEO of PhonepayPlus, to its board as…

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Envivio’s Pranger joins RGB to boost TV Everywhere sales

TV technology company RGB Networks has appointed Scott Pranger as vice-president, global channels. Pranger is…

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BSkyB’s Darcey to take Mockridge’s role in News Corp split

Mike Darcey is to leave BSkyB to take Tom Mockridge’s role as CEO of News…