Kudelski Security, the cybersecurity division within the Kudelski Group, has announced the appointment of IT & tech specialist Philippe Borloz as Vice President Sales for EMEA. Borloz will be responsible for driving the expansion of Kudelski Security in Switzerland and across EMEA, including managing the company’s sales strategy and taking a key role in managing […]
Sir David Clementi has been confirmed as the next BBC chairman. The former Bank of England deputy governor wrote the 2016 report that suggested scrapping the BBC Trust and having the BBC run by a board made up of senior staff and independent members. Prime Minister Theresa May confirmed the appointment of Clementi, who will […]
It seems that London-based speciality satellite operator Avanti Communications has won a vote of approval from its bondholders to its financial restructuring plan. Some 91.85 per cent of bondholders have approved the scheme. Avanti, which is listed on the London Alternative Investment Market (AIM) said the consent solicitation was to permit, among other things, the […]
Snap, the company behind social media messaging app Snapchat, has confirmed it will set up its main international hub in the UK. The company says it chose Britain because of the nation’s “strong creative industries” in a move that bucks the general Brexit mood. Claire Valoti, Snap’s UK general manager, said: “The UK is where […]
Consultancy firm Strategy Analytics has recommended that mobile operators, especially those with multi-screen assets and ambitions to provide superior mobile video and data experiences to customers, adopt eMBMS, or LTE Broadcast, more aggressively. In its report, Time For Operators To Embrace LTE Broadcast, the firm suggests
Television Entertainment Reality Network (TERN), creator of INsight the premium Ultra HD channel, has appointed Graeme Stanley as their Commercial Director. From mid-January he will spearhead the commercial, distribution, and advertising growth of INsight TV globally. Rian Bester, CEO of TERN: “With Graeme, we are acquiring a highly experienced executive with a significant amount of […]
The European Commission is working on much stricter rules covering the use of computer data code in the form of ‘cookies’. The scheme has been around for some times but French business newspaper Les Echoes says the concept is now gathering steam. In essence, the EC project will force web-site browsers to move to a […]
Facebook has appointed former CNN news anchor Campbell Brown to head up its news partnerships. Brown said that she will be helping news organisations and journalists work “more closely and more effectively with Facebook…. I will be working directly with our partners to help them understand how Facebook can expand the reach of their journalism, and […]
At CES in Las Vegas, 28 companies announced the Virtual Reality Industry Forum (VRIF), a not-for-profit company with its purpose stated as: “To further the widespread availability of high-quality audiovisual VR experiences, for the benefit of consumers”. The Founding Members of VRIF are Akamai Technologies, ARRIS International, b<>com, Baylor University, CableLabs, Cinova Media, Dolby Laboratories, […]
Disney CFO Christine McCarthy has seemingly cooled speculation that Disney would pursue an acquisition of Netflix or Twitter. Speaking at the Citi Internet, Media and Telecommunications Conference, McCarthy called Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm the “tentpoles” of Disney’s M&A strategy in response to a question about whether investors could expect a “transformative” acquisition from Disney in […]