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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…
Theresa Wise named RTS chief
The Royal Television Society has appointed ex-Disney exec Theresa Wise as its new chief executive….
Endemol boss Calmels resigns
Virginie Calmels has resigned as boss of Endemol France. Calmels was CEO, Endemol France, and…
New Liberty Global TV role for Giesbers
UPC Netherlands’ head of marketing and content, Mark Giesbers, is to join parent company Liberty…
Dormal leaves Numericable, takes role with OTT venture
Pascal Dormal has formally left his position as CEO of cable operator Numericable in Belgium…
Grass Valley names Thorsteinson as chief executive
TV technology specialist Grass Valley has named former Harris Broadcast president Tim Thorsteinson as president…
Volia names new CEO
Ukrainian cable operator Volia’s CEO Erik Franke is to step down and will be replaced…
Fox hires BBC Worldwide’s Brent as strategy chief
Fox International Channels has hired Christian Brent as its European strategy boss. Brent joins from…
SmithDehn hires Discovery legal chief
Laura Farina, the former vice-president for legal affairs at Discovery Communications, has joined law firm…
Adap.tv hires former Yahoo! finance chief
Video advertising specialist Adap.tv has named former Yahoo! finance chief Timothy Morse as its chief…
Former SES World Skies CEO Bednarek dies at 55
Robert Bednarek, the former CEO of SES World Skies and a member of the SES…
Irdeto’s Schouten joins online payment specialist GlobalCollect
Christopher Schouten, senior marketing director at content security specialist Irdeto has left the company to…
Hulu CEO Kilar to leave this quarter
Hulu CEO Jason Kilar and chief technology officer Rich Tom are to leave the US…
Harmonic sales chief to step down
TV technology company Harmonic’s senior vice-president of worldwide sales Mark Carrington is to step down….
Iskon names new board members
T-Hrvatski Telekom-owned Croatian ISP Iskon has named Mario Vojvoda as board member with responsibility for…
Ziggo board members resign
Paul Best and Caspar Berendsen have resigned from the supervisory board of Dutch cable operator…
BBC Worldwide names brands chief
BBC Worldwide has named Amanda Hill as chief brands officer, a new position created as…
Chellomedia expands management team
Chellomedia has announced a management shake-up that includes two new appointments. The Liberty Global-owned channel…
Vivendi appoints Bolloré to board
The supervisory board of French media and telecoms group Vivendi has appointed Vincent Bolloré, the…
Magyar Telecom appoints CTO
Hungarian telco Magyar Telecom has appointed Walter Goldenits as chief technology and IT officer. His…
Netia promotes Freihuber
Broadcast software company Netia has promoted Francis Freihuber to vice-president of its management board. Freihuber…
Viewster taps Fox exec for EMEA expansion
Switzerland-based OTT movie and TV service Viewster has appointed Fox exec Steve Broadhead as senior…
DirecTV tech chief joins MoCA board
US DTH pay TV provider DirecTV’s vice-president, technology and ventures John Norin has joined the…
EBU elects nine board members
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has elected nine members to its board for a two-year…
ESPN promotes executives
European sports broadcaster ESPN has promoted a number of programming and digital executives as part…
BEREC vice-president named
Gábor Mátrai has been named as vice-president of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic…
MTG appoints EVP for central Europe
Pan-European broadcaster Modern Times Group has appointed Marek Singer as executive vice-president of the group’s…
ATVOD names new director
UK video-on-demand regulator ATVOD has named Paul Whiteing, CEO of PhonepayPlus, to its board as…
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…
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…