Discovery executive Susanna Dinnage looks set to stay at the broadcaster after deciding not to take up the role of CEO of the English Premier League, having been named Chief Executive in mid-November 2018. A statement from the Premier League said that despite her commitment to the Premier League in early November, Dinnage had advised […]
UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has said he has “very deep concerns” about Huawei being involved in upgrading the UK’s mobile network. Williamson told The Times: “I have grave, very deep concerns about Huawei providing the 5G network in Britain. It’s something we’d have to look at very closely.” Australia, New Zealand and the US […]
Speedcast International, a provider of remote communication and IT solutions, has announced that Sebastien Lehnherr is joining the company as Chief Operating Officer. Lehnherr previously held numerous operational leadership roles at Schlumberger, the world’s leading oilfield services company. At Schlumberger, Lehnherr was responsible for delivering global communications and information technology infrastructure and services. Most recently […]
ITN has confirmed the appointment of Anna Mallett as its new Chief Executive Officer. She joins from BBC Studios, where she is Group Chief Operating Officer and MD, Production. Mallett joins ITN in a period of sustained business growth over the last ten years, during which the company has built on its traditional base of […]
Fiona Campbell has been appointed as the new Controller of BBC Three. Campbell’s current role is as Head of BBC Studios’ Documentary Unit. She has a wealth of experience in commissioning storytelling that reaches young audiences and is a highly respected innovator in delivering digital content. Campbell replaces Damian Kavanagh, who was named Managing Director of […]
Rüdiger Böss, Executive Vice President Content Acquisitions & Sales at ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, has announced he will leave the German broadcasting group at the end of the year after over 25 years. Henrik Pabst, Chief Commercial Officer Entertainment as of January 2019, will additionally take over responsibility for the areas of “Content Acquisitions” and “Content […]
Avanti Communications has confirmed that its Chairman, Paul Walsh, will step down in June. He will be replaced by his current Deputy, Alan Harper. Walsh has been Chairman of Avanti since 2014. Alan Harper joined the board in March 2017 as a non-executive director, and was appointed Interim CEO from August 2017 to April 2018. […]
The problems at South Africa’s public broadcaster SABC continue. The country’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has reportedly accepted the resignations of four SABC board members. The president wrote to parliament on Friday to say he had accepted the resignations of John Matisonn, Krish Naidoo, Khanyisile Kweyama and Mathatha Tsedu. He asked the country’s national assembly to […]
Sky has entered into legally binding commitments with Comcast Corporation that guarantee the continued operation and long term funding of an editorially-independent Sky News. These commitments extend the Post Offer Undertakings given by Sky and Comcast in May 2018 in which they committed to maintaining inflation-adjusted funding in Sky News, to maintain Sky’s HQ in […]
YouView has appointed Susie Buckridge as its new CEO following the departure of long-serving CEO Richard Halton. Buckridge was director of product. YouView, which is backed by the UK’s PSBs and transmission services provider Arqiva as well as telcos BT and TalkTalk, is used principally as the platform for TV services by the latter two […]