The managing director and his deputy have resigned from ERT, Greece’s public broadcaster. Vassilis Costopoulos and his deputy Giorgos Thalassinos have quit according to local reports and following alleged pressure from the government’s Deputy Minister, Leferis Kretsos, at the Ministry of Information & Communications. Reports say that sources close to Kretsos attributed the resignations to […]
Synamedia, the independent video software and solutions company, has appointed Rick Medlock as Chief Financial Officer. Synamedia opened for business following the completion of Permira funds’ acquisition of Cisco’s video business on October 29th. Medlock brings more than 30 years of experience as CFO at technology firms including FTSE100 companies Worldpay and Inmarsat, as well […]
fuboTV is adding its first chief strategy officer to the live TV streaming company’s management team with the appointment of sports media executive Hannah Brown. Effective immediately, Brown is based in fuboTV’s New York City headquarters and reports directly to David Gandler, co-founder and chief executive officer. In her new role, Brown is tasked with […]
Damian Kavanagh, the Controller of BBC Three, has been named Managing Director of Tiger Aspect, the Endemol-owned producer of shows including Peaky Blinders and Fortitude. He will take up the role in the new year. Kavanagh leaves the BBC after four years in charge of BBC Three, which migrated online in 2016. He has been […]
Hulu CEO Randy Freer has revealed that Heather Moosnick will join the company as Senior Vice President, Content Partnerships. In this role, Moosnick will drive the content acquisition strategy across the US streaming service’s live and on-demand programming – from full library series and movies to current network television shows and emerging content opportunities. As […]
After over 16 years with the company, Francisco Román will step down as chairman of Vodafone Spain and Vodafone Spain Foundation on December 31st. Román was a member of the team that, on behalf of Airtouch International, won the first Spanish telco licence in 1994 after market liberalisation. He was technology director of Airtel Movil, […]
Jan David Frouman, Chairman & CEO of Red Arrow Studios, and a member of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE’s Executive Board, is leaving both posts when his current contract concludes at the end of February 2019. After 15 years with ProSiebenSat.1. Frouman will be succeeded by James Baker, who has been appointed President & COO of Red […]
Comcast announced its results to September 30th and they showed why it saw it as vital to secure its $40 billion Sky deal. The world’s biggest cableco lost another 106,000 video customers in the three months ending September. So far in 2018, Comcast has shed 342,000 cable TV subscribers, up from 118,000 in the same […]
The Isle of Media – the public, private partnership launched to market globally the Isle of Man’s media cluster and guide media ventures locating on the Isle of Man – is adding three world-class media professionals to its Advisory Panel. The Panel drives the direction and strategy of the Isle of Man media hub and helps […]
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 […]