Pete Distad has been named CEO of the soon-to-launch sports streaming service from ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery. Distad, who most recently served as an executive at Apple for a decade following six years at Hulu, will assume oversight of all aspects of the joint venture, including overall strategy, distribution, marketing, sales and more. […]

Gerald Levin, one-time head of Warner Communications and an undoubted visionary as far as HBO was concerned, has died at 84 following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. His career was blighted by the forced marriage between Time Warner, which included all of the Turner Broadcasting assets, with AOL. The merger was a catastrophe for […]

Avanti Communications has announced the appointment of Chris van Rooyen as its new Sales Director. The industry veteran will support the company’s growing footprint in South Africa. Avanti opened its first African office in South Africa in 2018 and is now focussed on creating more local employment opportunities across the country. Gamze Aydin, Senior Vice […]

The Board of Directors of Reshet 13 has announced the appointment of Emiliano Calemzuk as the channel’s CEO. Calemzuk has over 25 years of experience in various senior management positions in the Media and Entertainment business in the US, Latin America and Europe. He has also been an entrepreneur and advisor, co-founding companies like Raze […]

Grass Valley, the provider of live production solutions, has announced the appointment of Mark Gardner as Vice President of Sales for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region. In his new role, Gardner will drive growth across the EMEA region, working closely with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and helping clients navigate their way […]

Rupert Murdoch is engaged for the sixth time, this time to Elena Zhukova, a retired scientist. Murdoch’s office announced that the 92-year-old is set to marry the 67-year-old retired molecular biologist, reports NYT. Last April, news reports emerged of Murdoch dating Zhukova just four months after he ended his two-week-long engagement to Ann Lesley Smith, […]

Barb, the TV audience measurement company, has promoted Caroline Baxter to Chief Operating Officer (COO). Working alongside Justin Sampson, Chief Executive, she will be responsible for ensuring progress on Barb’s strategic priorities to extend Barb’s reporting of total campaign performance, extend measurement of total viewing across all streaming services and future-proof Barb’s data access. Baxter’s […]

Channel 4 has announced the appointment of Lucy Thomas as Chief Financial Officer. In this newly created Executive role, reporting directly to Chief Executive Alex Mahon, Thomas will lead finance across the organisation. She will act as a business partner to the Chief Executive and Executive team, identifying commercial and strategic opportunities and supporting the […]

smartclip, RTL Group’s adtech development unit and provider of adtech solutions across Europe, has announced a number of senior leadership changes. Gloria Eichler has been promoted to the newly created C-level position of Chief Product Officer (CPO). Additionally, three new Vice President (VP) roles have been created — Mirjam Naves takes the role of VP […]

Global, the Media and Entertainment group, has appointed Simon Pitts as the next Group Chief Executive of the company from Q1 2025, replacing Stephen Miron, who announced recently he was stepping down as Group Chief Executive after 16 years at the helm to become Global’s Chairman. Pitts joins Global from STV, where he has been […]