Otter Media CEO Tony Goncalves is to head the development of WarnerMedia’s new direct streaming service, reporting to Bob Greenblatt, chairman of WarnerMedia Entertainment and direct-to-consumer. Greenblatt, in turn, takes charge of Otter Media, which groups together a number of WarnerMedia digital offerings, as the company continues the restructure of its TV business. COO Andy […]
Dave Shull has been named as TiVo’s new President/CEO. Ragu Rau who has been in the CEO’s chair as temporary chief executive takes on the role as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. Shull comes to TiVo from The Weather Channel and has also held senior positions at Dish Network. TiVo used the occasion […]
CNN’s president Jeff Zucker held a meeting in London on May 28th and told staff that the international channel was losing almost $1 million a month. A separate report on May 6th talked of 300 jobs going across the CNN group, and mainly affecting long-term staffers. CNN International’s highly-regarded EVP/MD Tony Maddox announced he […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]