Telesat, the Canadian satellite company, has appointed Andrew Browne as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Reporting to President and CEO, Dan Goldberg, Browne will serve on Telesat’s Executive Management Team and be based in the company’s headquarters in Ottawa. Browne was most recently the CFO of SES, a position he held since February 12th 2018. […]
Luis Vicente has been named the new CEO of Eleven Sports. He will take up the role on January 15th 2020. Vicente joins from FIFA where, as Chief Digital Transformation & Innovation Officer, he worked to champion new technologies, gaming, data and content strategies. He has also worked with some of the world’s leading brands […]
MBC has a new CEO in the shape of Marc Antoine d’Halluin. He will take over on January 5th from long-time CEO Sam Barnett, who left in October after 17 years of running the giant multi-channel broadcaster in Dubai. d’Halluin previously served as chairman of M7 Group, which operates in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, […]
From January 1st 2020, Mediengruppe RTL will combine its linear TV channels and its streaming platform TVNOW. As part of the reorganisation of its programming division, which is responsible for the development and realisation of in-house produced series and films as well as for US Fiction, Frauke Neeb and Hauke Bartel will now jointly be […]
NEP Group, the outsourced technical production partner supporting premier content producers of live sports and entertainment, has announced that Lise Heidal, Managing Director of NEP Norway AS, has been promoted to SVP, Global Media Solutions. In her new role, she will lead NEP’s Global Media Solutions Team and the company’s strategic initiative in 2020 and […]
Channel 4 has announced Navi Lamba as E4’s Digital Executive. Working closely with E4 Controller Karl Warner, Lambawill oversee the development and delivery of the E4’s content with a focus on digital and also lead the curation of Channel 4’s teen strand. Based at Channel 4’s National HQ in Leeds, Lamba will be E4’s key […]
Alchimie, the content aggregation and distribution company, has confirmed the appointment of Barry Llewellyn as the head of its new UK operations Alchimie UK. Llewellyn will head up the new Alchimie UK office which will incorporate the recently acquired UK independent OTT service TV Player. Llewellyn joins Alchimie from Mirriad, the advanced advertising technology company where […]
Gilat Satellite Networks, a specialist in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, has announced that Slava Frayter has joined the company as its Regional Vice President, North America. Frayter comes to Gilat after 19 years with Newtec, where he served in various management roles, rising to the position of Vice President, Americas in 2008. During his […]
Forsway, a provider of solutions and hardware tapping satellite and existing terrestrial technologies to enable cost-efficient broadband services, is growing its global sales force. In a strategy to expand a focus traditionally on satellite operators, service providers and public sector organisations, Forsway has appointed Alla Tragl as Sales Director, Telecommunications. The company aims to develop […]
Newly-appointed Premier League chief executive David Pemsel has resigned before even taking up the role. Pemsel was appointed at the beginning of October, and was set to start in February 2020, but has stood down following newspaper allegations about his private life. Pemsel has been chief executive of Guardian Media Group since July 2015, having […]