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Verimatrix appoints CTO
Conditional access specialist Verimatrix has appointed Petr Perteka as chief technology officer. Prior to joining…
MTG appoints two chiefs of staff
Nordic and pan-European free and pay-TV broadcaster Modern Times Group has appointed Laurence Miall-d’Aout as…
Ericsson names Volpi and Vestberg to board
Infrastructure provider Ericsson has named Mike Volpi, the former Joost and Cisco executive and a…
Numericable hires CFO
French cabler Numerciable has recruited Thierry Lemaitre as its new chief financial officer. He joins…
Lord Carter joins Alcatel-Lucent
Infrastructure provider Alcatel-Lucent has appointed Stephen Carter, the former head of UK communications regulator Ofcom,…
PrimaCom’s Leube gets expanded role
German cable operator PrimaCom has named Hans Peter Leube as managing director of its PrimaCom…
Comcast ups Donati
Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) has promoted Duccio Donati to executive VP. Donati will now…
CME appoints CFO
Central and eastern European broadcast group CME has appointed David Sach as chief financial officer….
YLE names new director-general
Finnish public broadcaster YLE has named Lauri Kivinen as its new director-general. Kivinen, who…
SES gets new CFO
Satellite services operator SES has appointed Andrew Browne company CFO. Browne replaces Mark Rigolle who…
BBC Worldwide names Baylay as non-exec director
BBC Worldwide has appointed Sharon Baylay as a non-executive director. Baylay has been the BBC’s…
Bloomberg promotes Oliver
Financial news broadcaster Bloomberg Television has promoted Lindsey Oliver to commercial director in charge of…
New chief for Teracom Sweden
Stephan Guiance has been named chief executive of transmission services provider Teracom Sweden. Guiance,…
AEPOC gets new chairman
European anti-piracy association AEPOC has appointed Philippe-Oliver Rousseau its new president. He replaces 75-year-old…
Sambrook to step down as head of BBC news
The BBC’s director of global news Richard Sambrook is to leave the corporation to join…
Pace promotes pair to Networks division
Set-top vendor Pace has made two senior appointments to its Pace Networks division, with Andrew…
Volicon hires Dubery for EMEA role
Multichannel video content logging and monitoring specialist Volicon has appointed Paul Dubery as director of…
Head of FinlandÂs TV Five steps down
The head of FinlandÂs TV Five (TV Viisi) has left the channel. German born Peter…
Hot extends CEOÂs tenure
Israeli MSO Hot Cable Systems has given its CEO, Herzel Ozer, a new three-year deal. …
All change for Boxer TV
Swedish transmission services and pay-TV operator Teracom has let pay-TV group Boxers CEO Per Norman…
France Télévisions hires ex-EBU chief
French public broadcaster France Télévisions president Patrick de Carolis has appointed former EBU director-general Jean…
Sony TV boss Grindon exits
Michael Grindon is leaving Sony’s TV arm, Sony Pictures Entertainment. Grindon, who will stay on…
IMG appoints global TV sales chief
Sports and media content producer IMG has appointed Ioris Francini head of sales, worldwide,…
Lovefilm hires former Kangaroo exec
Former Project Kangaroo chief executive Lesley Mackenzie has been hired by DVD rental firm…
Disney ABC ESPN TV makes European chief redundant
Disney ABC ESPN Television has made its European boss Stephen Moore redundant. The international…
Flamman replaces Dee Forbes at Turner
Turner has promoted Pete Flamman, giving him responsibility for its channels in the UK and…
DEV appoints new UK systems engineer
Germany-based TV technology company DEV Systemtechnik has appointed David Joyce as systems engineer based in…
Never.no names UK sales chief
Norway-based TV, outdoor and mobile branding technology specialist Never.no has named Scott Davies as vice-president…
Crozier named ITV CEO
ITV has named the head of Royal Mail and former chief of the Football Association…
Turner hires CBeebies controller as content chief
Channel provider Turner Broadcasting has named Michael Carrington as chief content officer, EMEA, following the…