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Ad specialist BlackArrow makes trio of key hires
US-based advanced TV advertising specialist BlackArrow has hired Joseph Matarese as its chief technology officer….
Former Fox International Channels boss Calemzuk leaves Shine
Emiliano Calemzuk is leaving Shine Group and will not be replaced as CEO, Shine Americas. …
Canal Plus names new TV chiefs
Canal Plus has named Raphaël De Andréis as deputy director-general in charge of pay TV…
SeaChange’s CFO leaves company
TV technology company SeaChange International’s chief financial officer, Kevin Bisson, has left the company. Bisson…
Discovery reorganises senior management
Channel operator Discovery has appointed Andrew Warren its new chief financial officer as part of…
DEV names German-language area sales chief
German cable technology provider DEV has named Stefan Philipps as its new area sales manager…
Turner names Corral as entertainment chief
Turner has appointed its current Spanish chief Domingo Corral as head of general entertainment across…
France Télévisions promotes Borde
France Télévisions’ kids boss Julien Borde has been promoted to general secretary of programming at…
Pace loses COO
Set-top vendor Pace, which sacked CEO Neil Gaydon last month following a number of profit…
De Posch quits Sky Deustschland board
Former ProSiebenSat.1 CEO Guillaume de Posch has quit the board of German pay TV provider…
ARCEP’s Combot moves to CSA as deputy director-general
Michel Combot, former deputy director-general of French telecom regulator ARCEP, has joined media regulator the…
Conax names CEO
Telenor-owned conditional access specialist Conax has named Morten Solbakken as its new CEO. Solbakken, formerly…
CTC Media replaces CEO
Anton Kudryashov, chief executive of Russian broadcast group CTC Media has left the company and…
Rovi names Carson as president and CEO
Digital technology company Rovi has appointed Thomas Carson as its new president and chief executive…
SES restructures for emerging market focus
Satellite operator SES has introduced four new sales regions to enable it to better focus…
Pace and Amino lose CEOs
The CEOs of set-top vendors Pace and Amino have left their respective companies. Pace CEO…
Scripps names international president, promotes Baskerville
US-based channel operator Scripps Networks Interactive has named Jim Samples as president of its international…
Shine names Hammer as international boss
Shine has hired Camilla Hammer from Modern Times Group as its new international boss. The…
Cablecom appoints media spokesperson
Swiss cable operator UPC Cablecom has named Andreas Werz as its media spokesperson. Werz has…
Lantz named Connected TV Association president
The Connected TV Marketing Association has appointed Accedo Broadband boss Michael Lantz as its president…
Belgacom makes management appointments
Belgian telco Belgacom has announced various new management appointments. Michel Georgis, currently executive vice-president consumer…
RTL announces board reshuffle
Pan regional broadcast group RTL Group has reorganised its board of directors following the resignation…
Microsoft seeking exec to develop original content
Technology company Microsoft is looking to hire a television executive to develop original content for…
Hamish Mykura joins Nat Geo as restructuring continues
Hamish Mykura has joined National Geographic Channels as executive vice-president and head of international content….
M-Net names sales chief
South Africa-based pay TV content provider M-Net has named Mandy Roger as sales and business…
Sky hires Phil Edgar Jones as entertainment chief
Former Big Brother executive producer Phil Edgar Jones has joined British pay broadcaster Sky as…
Paramount’s Hedges steps down
Paramount Pictures International’s vice-president and managing director Chris Hedges is leaving the company and will…
UKTV appoints marketing boss
UKTV has hired Simon Michaelides as its head of marketing. The UK digital TV channels…
Amino names chief technologist
UK set-top supplier Amino Communications has named Kevin Lingley to the new position of chief…
AMC names senior counsel
International channel operator AMC Networks has appointed John Derderian as senior counsel for its global…