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Jansen new BT Chief Executive

BT Group has announced the appointment of Philip Jansen as Chief Executive. He will join the Company and be appointed to the Board as an Executive Director on January 1st 2019 and following a handover period will take over from Gavin Patterson as Chief Executive on February 1st 2019. Jansen joins from Worldpay, the global […]

October 25, 2018

MPs: BBC still failing on pay equality

The UK parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has published its Report into the BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2017/18: Equal Pay at the BBC. It finds that: BBC is failing to live up to its duty under the Equality Act to advance equal opportunity for women Evidence suggests women working at the BBC […]

October 25, 2018

Le Crom appointed Anevia VP R&D

Anevia, a provider of OTT and IPTV software solutions, has appoined François Le Crom as Vice President of Research and Development. In this role, he will be responsible for leading and growing Anevia’s R&D teams and providing the technical vision for the company’s mid- and long-term strategic roadmap. He will drive the transition to a new […]

October 23, 2018

Amazon makes Farrell head of international originals

Amazon Studios has promoted James Farrell, who was the head of content for international expansion to the newly-created position of head of international originals, effective immediately. Farrell will now lead all of Amazon’s international original production divisions in Japan, India, Europe, Mexico, Brazil, as well as in all future Amazon hubs. “We’ve had significant success in […]

October 22, 2018

AMC’s Collier named FOX CEO of Entertainment

Lachlan Murdoch, the Chairman and CEO of FOX, the company to be spun-off in connection with 21st Century Fox’s (21CF) merger with The Walt Disney Company, has announced that AMC’s President and General Manager Charlie Collier has been appointed as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer of Entertainment. In this role, Collier will oversee the Fox […]

October 22, 2018

Facebook hires Deputy PM Clegg

Facebook has hired Sir Nick Clegg, the former UK deputy prime minister, as its head of global policy and communications. Clegg will join Facebook as it struggles with mounting political pressure over fake news, data protection and the threat of government regulation. Clegg will move to Silicon Valley in January. He will succeed Elliot Schrage, […]

October 19, 2018

Harmonic appoints Clifford to board of directors

Harmonic has expanded the company’s board of directors with the appointment of Deborah Clifford. Clifford currently serves as the vice president of financial planning and analysis at Autodesk, a 3D design, engineering and entertainment software company. Most recently, she has been a lead architect of Autodesk’s transformation from selling perpetual licences to becoming a SaaS […]

October 19, 2018

Opeka named President of Cinedigm

Chris McGurk, Cinedigm Chairman and CEO, has announced that Erick Opeka has been named President of Digital Networks, effective immediately. In this role, Opeka will helm the strategy, development, launch, and operations of the Company’s growing roster of premium digital-first channels and products which includes the factual network Docurama; fandom lifestyle network CONtv; gaming and […]

October 18, 2018

CBBC’s Searle heads Beano Studios animation

Beano Studios has announced the appointment of Tim Searle to the newly created role of ‘Head of Animation’. In this role he will creatively direct and develop all of Beano Studios’ animated content. Emma Scott, CEO of Beano Studios, said: “Tim joins us at a super exciting time for Beano Studios; he’s an amazing talent […]

October 18, 2018

Berenger quits OneWeb

OneWeb has confirmed that Eric Berenger has left the company barely one month after he was ‘sideways’ promoted to the position of president/COO (from CEO). OneWeb is the proposed mega-constellation of an initial 900 satellites, and the move could indicate some degree of unrest at the business founded by Greg Wyler, and backed financially by […]

October 16, 2018By Chris Forrester