Barney Francis, the former head of Sky Sports and current chief executive of Sky’s Future Sport division, will leave the pay-TV broadcaster later this year. Francis took on his current role in May 2019 following Comcast’s acquisition of Sky. Prior to that, he was Managing Director of Sky Sports, having taken over from Vic Wakeling […]
Sky has announced that Ian France and Estelle Hughes will join as Commissioning Editors for Kids in two newly created roles, as Sky steps up its ambitions for Kids programming. France and Hughes will join Sky in the coming weeks to work alongside Lucy Murphy, who has been promoted to Director of Kids’ Content for […]
The Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG) has appointed Helen Weedon as Managing Director. The appointment marks significant restructuring of the innovation forum. Weedon succeeds Martin Coleman who will commence as a member of the group’s advisory board. Weedon has played a pivotal role within the group since 2011, in which time she has developed and implemented […]
Kaltura, the video technology provider, has expanded its executive team by appointing Nuno Sanches to lead the company’s media and telecom business unit as General Manager. Sanches brings to Kaltura over 15 years in telecom, pay-TV and media industries with broad experience in leading product and technology development. Being a pay-TV innovator and pioneer, Nuno […]
The Board of Directors at Swiss telco Sunrise has announced that Olaf Swantee has decided to resign as CEO of Sunrise after almost four years with the company. André Krause, up to now CFO at Sunrise, succeeds Olaf as CEO, effective immediately. Krause joined Sunrise in 2011 and has been instrumental in its transformation. As […]
Ivanka Trump, daughter and advisor to the President of the United States, is to keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week. “As a business leader and entrepreneur, Ivanka Trump is an advocate for creating family-sustaining jobs through workforce development, education and skills training,” said Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Technology […]
Sharon White, the former head of the UK media regulator Ofcom, has been recognised on the New Year Honours list. White headed Ofcom for four years, during which time she oversaw the regulator taking on more responsibilities. She was made a Dame for her “public service” at Ofcom. White said she was “very grateful” for […]
In a surprise move, Nicky Morgan is to continue as the UK’s Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport despite having stood down as an MP prior to the General Election. Morgan has been made an unelected life peer to serve in parliament’s upper chamber, and will be called Baroness Morgan, a move […]
Roku has announced that Chief Financial Officer Steve Louden plans to step down after helping the company hire his successor. Louden joined Roku as CFO in 2015 and played an important role in establishing Roku as a fast-growing public company. “Steve has been a valuable member of our leadership team. He managed our finances through […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, has appointed Mohamud Osman as the company’s first-ever Head of Diversity & Inclusion. Osman will join the People & Culture function and will lead and accelerate NENT Group’s ongoing and business-wide EDI (Equality, Diversity & Inclusion) activities. In his new role, Osmanwill develop a long-term EDI […]