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Ex-MTV reality chief joins Viceland

US cable channel Viceland has hired former MTV reality boss Lauren Dolgen as its head…

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AMC Studios appoints head of content sales

Off the Fence’s Mark Dee-Shapland has joined AMC Studios’ worldwide sales arm. Dee-Shapland has taken…

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BBC names new board members

The BBC has named the three executives that will join director general Tony Hall on…

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Disney CEO Bob Iger to stay on until 2019

Bob Iger has signed a year-extension to remain chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney…

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Twitch appoints senior VP of content

Videogame video platform Twitch has appointed Ellation executive Michael Aragon as senior vice-president of content….

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Canal+’s Pujol promoted to C8 programme chief

France’s Canal+ has put Vincent Pujol in charge of free-to-air channel C8. Pujol is promoted…

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TVN Media names new board president

Scripps Networks Interactive-owned Polish broadcaster, TVN, has appointed Piotr Tyborowicz as president of the board of…

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Xumo hires Red Bull’s Hall to head product strategy

US OTT TV specialist Xumo has hired former Red Bull TV executive Chris Hall as…

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TVT appoints Discovery exec

Media services and post-production outfit TVT has appointed Discovery executive Yuko Suguro as head of…

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Netflix hires Stuber to lead original movies drive

Netflix has hired former Universal exec Scott Stuber to head up its ongoing drive into…

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Vodafone names external affairs chief

Vodafone has named Joakim Reiter as group external affairs director, reporting to CEO Vittorio Colao….

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A+E announces UK management rejig

A trio of execs have been upped at A+E and Sky’s A+E Networks UK joint…

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Antenna recruits chief content officer

Antenna TV has hired George Pofantis as chief content officer, recruiting the programming exec from…

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New chief for Mediaset Premium

Mediaset has named Marco Leonardi as the new CEO of its struggling pay TV unit,…

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All3Media cofounder joins BBC board

Steve Morrison has joined the board of UK public broadcaster the BBC. Morrison is the…

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New chief for Rostelecom

Russian service provider Rostelecom has named Mikhail Oseevsky as president of the company, replacing Sergei…

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Mashable hires former Fullscreen exec

Digital media news site Mashable has appointed former MTV and Fullscreen Media exec, Polly Auritt…

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EBU’s Philippot takes on UN internet forum advisory role

European Broadcasting Union (EBU) president Jean Paul Philippot has been named as a member of…

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Fox names Europe, Africa channel distribution chief

Fox Networks Group has put Paolo Agostinelli in charge of channel distribution for Europe and…

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Discovery names new Italy general manager

Discovery Networks Italy has a new general manager. Alessandro Araimo has been appointed to the…

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New director-general for Croatia’s HRT

Croatia’s parliament has named Kazimir Bacic as the new director-general of public broadcaster HRT. Bacic…

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Kids MCN brings in ex-Little Dot Studios exec

UK-based online kids network WildBrain has hired a former executive from All3Media digital business Little…

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AMC hires new channels chief

Scripps Networks executive Kevin Dickie is joining the international arm of AMC and two other…

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24i Media hires former Xstream marketing chief

Netherlands-based multiscreen TV app provider 24i Media has named former Xstream chief marketing officer Brynhild…

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Clementi takes up BBC Board chairman role

Sir David Clementi has taken up his position as chairman to the new BBC Board,…

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Globecast hires BeIN Media exec as technology chief

Media services outfit Globecast has named BeIN Media Group technical director Sylvain Merle as its…

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Turner appoints LatAm president

Turner Latin America has named Joel Whitten ‘Whit’ Richardson III as its president, in effect…

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Maxdome co-CEO takes ProSiebenSat.1 digital role

ProSiebenSat.1 has appointed Maxdome’s director and co-CEO, Filmon Zerai, as chief digital officer for ProSiebenSat.1…

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HBO ups key programming execs

HBO Europe has given more responsibility to a trio of executives as part of a…

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Discovery Nordic chief leaves company

Discovery’s Norway and Sweden boss Harald Stromme has left the company amid reports of a…