Horse & Country TV (H&C), the international equestrian sports network, has announced the appointment of sports media veteran, Claude Ruibal, to its board of directors. Ruibal is a senior level leader with extensive knowledge and experience with sports content creation, distribution and monetisation across traditional and new digital platforms. He was most recently SVP, Digital, […]
Freesat, the FTA DTH service, has named Michelle Wilding-Baker as its new Head of Digital Marketing. She will be responsible for overseeing Freesat’s digital footprint as well as its content and social strategies. Wilding-Baker joins Freesat from Oh Mishy, a company which she founded where she provided strategic advice on audience growth and retention strategies […]
John Whittingdale MP has been appointed Minister of State at the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. He previously served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from May 2015 until July 2016, having previously chaired the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee between July 2005 and June […]
FreeWheel, a Comcast company and provider of video advertising software, has announced the appointment of Virginie Dremeaux as Executive Director, Product and Sales Marketing International to support its expertese in the addressable TV industry across Europe. Based in Paris, she will report to Maria Weaver, CMO of Comcast Advertising. In her new role, Dremeaux will […]
Political broadcaster John Pienaar will leave the BBC after 28 years and host the Drive Time slot on Times Radio, the new national digital radio station launching later this year in partnership between The Times, The Sunday Times and audio business Wireless. Pienaar is one of the most familiar voices in UK broadcasting, with a […]
Liam Keelan, a former BBC executive, is set to join The Walt Disney Company as VP of original productions, television for Europe & Africa. Keelan will take up the London-based role, reporting to Diego Londono, EVP media networks and content, on March 2nd. Keelan will lead a team developing productions for Fox, Disney Channel and […]
Caroline Dinenage MP and Nigel Huddleston MP have joined the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in junior ministerial roles as Prime Minister Boris Johnson continues his reshuffle of government. Dinenage becomes Minister of State, with Huddleston MP appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State. The changes see Nigel Adams MP, formerly Minister […]
Oliver Dowden MP has been named as the new Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. He takes over from Nicky Morgan, who was appointed to the role in July 2019 by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, but stood down from as an MP at the December 2019 General Election, and […]
UK media regulator Ofcom has announced that Professor Simon Saunders will join Ofcom next month as Director of Emerging Technology. Saunders joins from Google, where he was Head of Connectivity Partnerships for Europe, Middle East and Africa. He has been with the technology company since 2015, working with mobile operators globally on improving wireless connectivity […]
BBC Studios, the BBC’s commercial production and distribution subsidiary, has appointed Yasir Mirza to the newly created post of Head of Diversity and Inclusion. Mirza will lead on devising and implementing a new strategy to improve representation across the business on and off-screen. He will report to HR Director Sardar. Mirza joins BBC Studios from […]