Nielsen has announced that Jared Grusd has been named Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Gracenote, effective immediately. Grusd will lead Gracenote in driving product development as Nielsen continues to advance its Convergent TV strategy. As part of this transition, Sujit Dasmunshi will assume the role of Chief Operating Officer for Gracenote and will continue to […]
Ateliere Creative Technologies, a GenAI media software solutions company, and Agile Content, a TV platform operations and technology company, have jointly announced Ateliere’s acquisition of Agile Live, the cloud live TV production platform. Agile Live enhances live TV and video content production for broadcasters, sports producers, and global newsrooms by utilising next-generation software architecture and […]
LBG Media is a UK-based multi-channel digital entertainment business, with a massive global audience. It claims an audience reach of more than 1 billion and enjoyed 128 billion views last year thanks to its LADbible, SPORTbible, and Unilad series of sites. LBG says it is now the world’s all-time “most viewed and engaged publisher on […]
Friend MTS, a provider of video content security solutions, has announced that Jill Ezard, an expert in company strategy and change management for technology firms, is joining as Chief People Officer (CPO). Ezard will lead Friend MTS’s cultural change and initiatives to introduce more effective ways of working as the company meets its ambitious growth […]
WWE, part of TKO Group, has announced that Joe Tessitore, a veteran voices in US sports television, will join the company as a play-by-play broadcaster later this summer. In his role, Tessitore will work alongside analysts Wade Barrett and Corey Graves on the SmackDown brand. Michael Cole and Pat McAfee will remain teamed up on […]
Recurly, a subscription management and billing platform, has added a strategic C-suite hire to the executive leadership team with the appointment of Rachel Sheriff as Chief Customer Officer (CCO). Sheriff has extensive experience building and scaling global customer success organisations and will serve as a strong advocate of Recurly’s customer-first culture. In this new role, […]
Skydance Media and Paramount Global have entered into a definitive agreement to form ‘New Paramount’ – a next-generation media and technology leader, through a two-step transaction including the acquisition of National Amusements Inc (NAI), which holds the controlling share stake in Paramount, and subsequently a merger of Skydance and Paramount Global. The transaction combines the […]
Portugal’s competition regulator, Autoridade da Concorrência (AdC), has shot down Vodafone Portugal’s attempt to acquire telecom company Nowo. The AdC fears the merger would hurt consumers by limiting competition in the Portuguese telecom market, by increasing market power for Vodafone and its main competitors (Meo and NOS), creating conditions for coordinated offers among them, and […]
Lisa Nandy has been appointed Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport by new British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Nandy is the MP for Wigan in the northwest of England and prior to the dissolution of Parliament on May 30th, was Shadow Minister (International Development), at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office having […]
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has settled a claim from some shareholders relating to the 2022 merger of AT&T’s Warner Bros and Discovery. They had claimed the $43 billion deal was too preferential to bigger sharedholders. Now, through mediation, the two sides have agreed to a $125 million settlement that will bring the lawsuit to an […]