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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

Avanti hires Childs from Eutelsat

London-based speciality satellite operator Avanti has hired Matt Childs from Eutelsat. Childs takes up the position of Director of Government/Wholesale & Integrators. At Eutelsat he was Commercial Director of its ‘Quantum’ satellite programme. He is also well-known as being CEO at Solaris Mobile, the S-band joint-venture between Eutelsat and SES and subsequently sold to EchoStar. […]

May 8, 2019By Chris Forrester

Viacom18 names Rakshit COO of Digital Ventures

Viacom18 has announced the appointment of Gourav Rakshit as COO – Viacom18 Digital Ventures. He will be joining the organisation this month, and will be reporting to Sudhanshu Vats, Group CEO & MD, Viacom18. “Our digital foray has grown exponentially since its inception 3 years back, with the sharply segmented businesses – the ad led […]

May 2, 2019

BBC Studios appoints McCormack

BBC Studios Productions, the UK’s most awarded producer, has appointed Lisa McCormack as Director of Production for its Entertainment & Music division, which makes some of the UK’s biggest entertainment and music shows, including Strictly Come Dancing, Later… with Jools Holland, Eurovision and Glastonbury. Suzy Lamb, Managing Director, Entertainment & Music, BBC Studios said: “Lisa […]

May 1, 2019

Food Network promotes Weiser

Todd Weiser has been elevated to Senior Vice President, Programming and Development at Food Network and Cooking Channel, it was announced by network president, Courtney White to whom Weiser will report. “Todd brings an expertise in creating smart, innovative and audience-pleasing content,” said White. “Having the most creative team in place to help lead our […]

May 1, 2019

Butler named Travel Channel GM

Discovery veteran, Matthew Butler, has been named general manager of Travel Channel, effective immediately. The announcement was made by Kathleen Finch, Chief Lifestyle Brands Officer, and Henry Schleiff, Group President, Investigation Discovery, Travel Channel, Destination America and American Heroes Channel. “Given the terrific success of Travel’s recent repositioning, coupled with Matt’s long-term impact on the brand, […]

April 30, 2019

Cairns exiting Sky Sports News

Andy Cairns is to step down as Executive Editor of Sky Sports News in the summer, bringing to an over 30 years of  of service at Sky. Cairns started his Sky career at Sky News in 1989 and was a central part of the team that launched Sky Sports News in 1998. Cairns has also […]

April 30, 2019

Dodds appointed Virgin Media UK COO

Virgin Media UK has confirmed the appointment of Jeff Dodds as their new Chief Operating Officer (COO). He will take over the position from Lutz Schüler on June 11th when Schüler steps up to his new role of company CEO. Dodds was appointed Virgin Media’s Chief Customer Officer and Managing Director of Operations in November 2018, […]

April 26, 2019

Speedcast appoints Woolston in SVP role

Speedcast, a provider of remote communication and IT solutions, has announced that Barrie Woolston has been appointed Senior Vice President of the company’s Media and Broadcast team. In his new role at Speedcast, Woolston will help Broadcasters and Media companies navigate global content distribution and the emerging trend toward IP and cloud-based services using the […]

April 25, 2019

Liberty appoints Schüler as Virgin Media CEO

Liberty Global has announced the appointment of Lutz Schüler as CEO of Virgin Media, the company’s operations in the UK and Ireland, effective June 11th. Schüler joined Virgin Media as Chief Operating Officer in September 2018, after eight years running Liberty Global’s operations in Germany. Tom Mockridge, who has been Virgin Media CEO since Liberty […]

April 24, 2019