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Globecast adds to contribution and distribution teams

Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has further strengthened its distribution and contribution teams. Jack Braybrook has joined the content and distribution team as Account Manager, Distribution, and James Whittaker has joined the contribution team as Business Development Manager OU Sports and Events. Both are based in the UK with their roles effectively immediately. […]

May 28, 2019

Blackbird appoints former Channel 5 CEO Airey

Blackbird, the cloud video platform, has announced that Dawn Airey will join the Board of Blackbird effective immediately as a Non-Executive Director. Airey is a veteran of the media industry, having worked in television for 30 years, holding senior positions with the majority of the UK’s commercial broadcasters. Most recently, she spent three years as […]

May 23, 2019

Freesat appoints Thomas for product

Freesat has announced that David Thomas has joined the company as its new Head of Product. Thomas has a varied background and extensive experience in the communications and broadcast sector, having held positions with companies as diverse as Sky, Cellcast, Endemol and Atlas Mobile. He joins Freesat from fintech start-up, Novastone Media, where he was […]

May 20, 2019

ProSiebenSat.1 TV Deutschland promotes Lasarzik

Thomas Lasarzik has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Group Content Acquisitions & Sales at ProSiebenSat.1 Television Deutschland. In this position, he is responsible for the negotiation and acquisition of all licensed content, including films and TV series for the group’s channels and platforms. He reports to Henrik Pabst, Chief Commercial Officer Entertainment. Joining ProSiebenSat.1 […]

May 17, 2019

Davidson-Houston to leave Channel 4

Channel 4’s Head of All 4, Richard Davidson-Houston has decided to step down from his role after 12 years at the broadcaster and will leave Channel 4 in the summer. As Head of All 4, Davidson-Houston launched the video-on-demand service in 2015 and has led All 4 through a period of record growth in digital […]

May 16, 2019

Magid appoints Katz as SVP

Consumer-centred business strategy company Magid has announced the hiring of Brian Katz as SVP, Product and Data Strategy, EmotionalDNA (eDNA). Based in New York, Katz will play a senior role in the future of Magid’s eDNA product. Magid’s eDNA is a proprietary dataset that captures and maps the nuances of consumer emotion to both linear […]

May 16, 2019

Hautefort appointed Netgem CEO

Netgem’s Board of Directors has decided to separate the functions of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, appointing Mathias Hautefort as its Chief Executive Officer, replacing Joseph Haddad who will remain Chairman. Hautefort will assume his new position on July 1st and will remain President of Vitis (Videofutur). “Mathias Hautefort has demonstrated, in the Group and […]

May 14, 2019

Sky reveals sports management changes

As it looks at new opportunities for growth as part of the Comcast family, Sky has revealed two major senior management changes with CEO Jeremy Darroch suggesting that one of the key areas for the broadcaster will be Sport. In a message to staff, Darroch said that whether through new technology, new forms of content […]

May 13, 2019By Colin Mann

Genesys hires Bates as CEO

Genesys, the global player in omni-channel customer experience and contact centre solutions has announced Tony Bates as its new CEO effective immediately. Bates succeeds Paul Segre, who will continue with Genesys as chairman of the company. Bates formerly led Cisco’s Service Provider business, growing its Enterprise and Commercial division to more than $20 billion in […]

May 10, 2019

Zegona breaks into Euskaltel’s board of directors

Following its recent takeover of the company, Zegona has made its first move into Spanish telco Euskaltel by appointing José Miguel García, former CEO of Jazztel, as a member of the board of directors in the Basque-country-based company. With the appointment, Zegona takes positions in the company with its right-hand executive to be CEO of […]

May 9, 2019From David Del Valle in Madrid