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Discovery names Saxena CTO for DTC

Discovery has announced that Avi Saxena, former Vice President of Technology for Amazon Marketplace, has joined the company as Chief Technology Officer, Direct-to-Consumer. In this newly created role, Saxena will oversee the technology systems and global platforms that will serve all of Discovery’s Direct-to-Consumer products in the US, including MotorTrend, and internationally, including Eurosport Player and the […]

January 24, 2019

MPs stand by BBC pay inquiry conclusion

The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK’s House of Commons has published a short report in reaction to the BBC’s formal response to the Committee’s report on equal pay at the BBC. That report also considered the use of Personal Service Companies, licence-fee funding for people over 75, and the future of […]

January 23, 2019

Hillier is Alticast Americas’ VP Business Development

George Hillier has joined the Alticast Americas team as VP of Business Development. He will be overseeing the business development group with a key focus on operational and customer growth, and ensuring Alticast and its customers’ continued success and innovation by exploring new opportunities for growth, market expansion and revenue streams. Hillier is a well-known […]

January 23, 2019

BT’s Singh joins Cricket Board

The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced the appointment of BT’s Tony Singh as its new Chief Commercial Officer. Singh, who is currently Content and Business Development Director at BT, joins the ECB’s senior management team at Lord’s and will oversee all revenue generation and its key commercial relationships as well as customer-facing […]

January 18, 2019

Deputy DG Bulford to leave BBC

Anne Bulford, the BBC’s Deputy Director-General, has decided to leave the Corporation in the spring of 2019 to pursue a portfolio of non-executive roles. BBC Director-General, Tony Hall and the BBC Board thanked her for her work since 2013, which they say has helped transform the BBC and set it up for further success. “Anne […]

January 18, 2019

MTG senior management shuffle

Lars Torstensson is to take up position as MTG EVP, Head of Communications & Investor Relations from June 19th. David Boyd has been appointed interim Head of Investor Relations at MTG from January 28th. Jette Nygaard-Andersen, MTG EVP, CEO of MTG International Entertainment & MTG Digital Video Content, has announced he will be leaving MTG […]

January 18, 2019

BBC’s Davie turns down Premier League job

Tim Davie is the latest person to turn down the chance of becoming the new head of the Premier League. Davie, chief executive of commercial division BBC Studios, has confirmed to his team he is staying in his role. The Premier League is searching for a replacement after Susanna Dinnage pulled a u-turn on the […]

January 17, 2019

Avanti hires Barr as COO

London-based Avanti Communications has a new sales and customer services executive, Libby Barr, as COO/Customer. Barr will also sit on Avanti’s Executive Committee, effective immediately. Barr joins from BT where she was MD/Customer Care. In a newly created role, Barr will report to Group CEO, Kyle Whitehill, and will be responsible for managing the execution […]

January 17, 2019By Chris Forrester

Discovery promotes HGTV, Food Network execs

Discovery has announced the promotion of veteran lifestyle programmers Loren Ruch, Betsy Ayala and Lynn Sadofsky within its HGTV and Food Network brands. Ruch is promoted to Group SVP of Production & Development for HGTV based in New York, while Ayala is promoted to SVP of Production & Development for HGTV based in Knoxville, both […]

January 17, 2019

Maxar/SS-L boss quits

Howard Lance, CEO at Maxar Technologies, which owns Space Systems/Loral as well as the DigitalGlobe mapping and Earth observation business, is stepping down unexpectedly. He had been in post just 32 months. Maxar has been under extreme pressure these past months because of the downturn in orders from the geostationary sector and had already announced […]

January 16, 2019By Chris Forrester