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MTV Networks names brand solutions chief
MTV Networks International has promoted its Australian boss Dave Sibley to become executive vice-president and…
Universal names HD marketing chief
Universal has named Robert Read as senior vice-president, worldwide HD marketing for Universal Studios Home…
MTG announces CDON board members ahead of spin-off
MTG has announced a number of new appointments to the board of directors of its…
Deutsche Telekom expands technology team
Deutsche Telekoms chief technology and innovation officer (CTIO), Edward Kozel, has made a number of…
Ivanov to head MGTS
Sergey Ivanov has been named director-general of Moscow city network provider MGTS, a subsidiary of…
BBC WW channels appoints McDonough as EMEA SVP
BBC Worldwide Channels has appointed Ian McDonough to the role of senior-vice president and general…
Pinon to quit GlobeCast
Christian Pinon, the chairman and CEO of France Telecom-owned media services company GlobeCast is to…
Comstar names Tenzor Telekom chief
Russian service provider Comstar-UTS has named Evgeny Lapshin as director-general of its Tenzor Telekom subsidiary….
ITV appoints its first CTO
ITV has created a new position of chief technology officer and appointed former Sky and…
Frank swaps ESPN for Warner Bros
ESPNs EMEA managing director Lynne Frank is swapping her UK-based role at the sports broadcaster…
Lagardére Entertainment chief to quit
Lagardére Entertainment president Arnaud Molinié, who is also director of strategy and development for the…
Discovery hires Bartlett
Former ITV Studios boss Lee Bartlett has surfaced at factual broadcaster Discovery Communications following his…
OmniBus appoints UK and Ireland sales manager
Broadcast automation specialist OmniBus has appointed Roger Bowley as regional sales manager for the UK…
BBC WW Channels appoints South Asia head
BBC Worldwide Channels has appointed Deepak Shourie as director, BBC Worldwide Channels, South Asia. …
Akamai names marketing chief
Content delivery network provider Akamai has named Martin Häring as vice-president of international marketing. …
CNBC appoints EMEA distribution chief
Business news channel CNBC has appointed Justine Powell as vice-president distribution, EMEA. Powell will be…
Euronews boosts sales team
Pan-European news channel Euronews has boosted its sales team. Euronews has named Rob Baird…
Eutelsat appoints CTO
Satellite operator Eutelsat has appointed David Bair as chief technology officer. Bair joins from Echostar…
T-VIPS appoints German sale manager
TV transport technology company T-VIPS has appointed Lutz Germer to regional sales manager, Germany. …
Euronews hires new media chief
Pan regional news broadcaster Euronews has hired former France 24 exec Moéna Fauchier Delavigne as…
Channel 4 names Davidson-Houston head of online
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has promoted Richard Davidson-Houston as head of online. This…
Carey to replace Tellenbach as Sky Deutschland chairman
German pay-TV provider Sky Deutschland has named News Corp president Chase Carey as chairman. …
OWN names marketing chief
The Oprah Winfrey Network: OWN has hired former Discovery exec Maurizio Vitale as senior vice-president,…
Omneon names southern Europe chief
Playout and broadcast equipment provider Omneon has named Carlos Ferreira as southern European manager. Ferriera…
Canal Plus-Ladbrokes JV names management team
The Paris-based online gaming joint-venture between pay-TV operator Canal Plus and betting company Ladbrokes has…
BBC Worldwide hires Syfy programming chief
BBC Worldwide Channels, the international channels arm of the British commercial broadcaster, has hired SyFy…
RDF exec named as Cbeebies Investment chief
Former RDF kids exec Henrietta Hurford-Jones has left the UK producer and distributor to join…
Chakkara heads to Talk Talk
UK broadband provider Talk Talk has hired BBC future media TV platforms head Rahul Chakkara….
RTE appoints switchover chief
Irish broadcaster RTE has appointed Mary Curtis as director of digital switchover. Curtis, who…
Possenniskie joins AETN
A&E Television Networks has appointed Dean Possenniskie as managing director, Europe. Possenniskie, who joins from…