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Ericsson ups Ekudden to group CTO
Ericsson has promoted company veteran Erik Ekudden to group CTO and head of technology and…
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EBU appoints former RTÉ boss as new director general
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has appointed the former director general of Irish national broadcaster…
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TiVo president Thomas Carson to retire
TiVo president and CEO Thomas Carson has announced plans to retire, less than a year…
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CBS extends CEO Les Moonves contract until 2021
US media giant CBS Corp has extended chief executive Leslie Moonves’ contract for an additional…
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Blue Ant UK studio hires Nerd, Lambent execs
Blue Ant Media’s expanding UK studio, Antenna Pictures, has hired development and production chiefs from…
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Producers welcome new S4C chief
Welsh indie production body the TAC has welcomed the appointment of senior civil servant Owen…
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Tricolor TV names programming chief
Russian pay TV leader Tricolor TV has named Olga Molostvova as programming director in charge…
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TF1 firm debuts €50m UK fund
France’s Newen Group is created a €50 million drama investment fund. TF1 Group-owned Newen will…
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AMC’s Stillerman headed for Hulu
AMC Networks’ Joel Stillerman is joining streaming service Hulu as chief content officer. The new…
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Viacom’s Flamman takes on new MTV and Nick role
Peter Flamman has landed a new role at Viacom and will oversee MTV and Nickelodeon…
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Xstream names sales and marketing chief
OTT and TV everywhere technology specialist Xstream has named Jacob Barlebo as global sales and…
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Bennett exiting History to create production company
History chief Jana Bennett is to leave A+E Networks to create a London- and New…
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Vivendi CEO takes secondary role as Recchi confirmed as TIM chairman
Vivendi CEO Arnaud de Puyfontaine will not, after all, serve as chairman of Telecom Italia…
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BBC Advertising names business development and innovation chief
BBC Worldwide’s advertising unit, BBC Advertising, has named Errol Baran as SVP of business development…
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TV4 makes raft of news unit appointments
Swedish free and pay TV broadcaster TV4 and parent outfit Bonnier Broadcasting have named a…
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Fox News loses Shine as management restructure gets into gear
The fallout from the troubles that have enveloped Fox News has taken a fresh turn…
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New deputy CEO for Eutelsat
Satellite operator Eutelsat has named Yohann Leroy as deputy CEO in addition to his current…
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Karbowski leaves Toya
Szymon Karbowski, research and development director at Polish cable operator Toya, has left the company…
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Zee moves into Poland with Bollywood channel launch
Zee Entertainment is moving into Poland with the launch of a customised version of its…
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Ooyala appoints new chief executive
Ooyala has appointed the former CEO of software-as-a-service company Syncplicity, Jonathan Huberman, as its new…
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ProSiebenSat.1 public affairs chief to quit
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1’s EVP of communications and public affairs, Julian Geist, is to leave the…
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Paywizard names new chief executive
Paywizard has upped chief marketing officer, Bhavesh Vaghela, to CEO, replacing company co-founder Jonathan Guthrie….
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Alsania named as head of Ukraine’s new public broadcaster
Zurab Alasania has been named as the new director-general of Ukraine’s new unified public broadcaster,…
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Turner’s Northern Europe boss exiting
Ian McDonough, Turner’s boss in Northern Europe, is leaving the channels business. He joined Turner…
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Trump names IP enforcement officer
US President Donald Trump will nominate Vishal Amin to a key intellectual property role in his…
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New chief executive for Triax
Denmark-based video distribution technology provider Triax has appointed Peter Lyhne Uhrenholt as its new CEO,…
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Rostelecom names strategy chief
Russian service provider Rostelecom has named Sergei Anokhin as senior vice-president, responsible for strategic planning,…
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BeIN Media digital chief leaving
BeIN Media’s director of digital, Olivier Dufour, is leaving the company after five years to…
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AwesomenessTV hires Red Bull, NBCU execs for UK
Multichannel network AwesomenessTV has opened a UK office and hired NBCUniversal and Red Bull Media…
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AMC promotion for Alazard
AMC Networks International has named Géraud Alazard as SVP of marketing. Promoted from the position…