In the week that reports emerged that UK public broadcasters the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV are once again in talks to create a joint streaming service to take on the increasing dominance that Netflix and Amazon Prime Video hold in the UK, a senior member of UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom has declared the 2009 […]
Net Insight, the specialist in streaming, media transport and resource scheduling, has announced that Henrik Sund has been appointed interim CEO during the period until the permanent new CEO starts. As previously reported, Fredrik Tumegård has decided to leave his position as CEO of Net Insight. The recruitment of a successor is under way. To […]
Piksel, a global provider of professional and managed video services, has announced that Simon Fell has joined its board of directors. Fell was most recently the Director of Technology and Innovation at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). There he led the team spearheading developments in broadcast, media technologies and innovation based in Geneva. Fell has […]
Tele Columbus is reorganising the responsibilities of its executive team with the aim of improving its ability to respond to strategic and operational challenges in the future as well as continuing the company’s growth course. All marketing and sales activities for private customer business will in future be combined and merged into the newly created […]
Eutelsat Communications has finalised the staffing of its teams in charge of broadband activities with the appointment of Jean-Claude Tshipama, who will be heading Broadband in Africa to promote satellite broadband connectivity in Africa. With an executive MBA and a Master’s degree in economics, Tshipama started his career in the telecommunications industry in the 2000s. […]
Insight TV, the global UHD broadcasters and producer of native UHD HDR content, has appointed highly experienced communications and marketing executive Jenna Vaartimo, as Marketing Director. Based at the channel’s Dutch headquarters, Vaartimo will oversee all marketing strategy across the company. Vaartimo joins Insight TV from Finnish commercial TV station MTV Oy where she held […]
ThinkAnalytics has boosted its executive team with the appointment of Rob Sowers as senior vice president of sales. Sowers will lead the firm’s expansion and business development drive in the North American pay-TV/OTT personalised content discovery and viewer analytics market. Sowers is most well-known for his nearly five-year tenure as Digitalsmiths’ vice president of sales […]
Amino, the IP/Cloud video software and device specialist, has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Jamie Mackinlay as its new Global VP Marketing. Mackinlay has more than 20 years’ experience in the telecoms, media and technology sector fulfilling a number of executive roles in sales and marketing. Most recently, he was SVP […]
Vivendi’s Supervisory Board has unanimously appointed Yannick Bolloré as Chairman, replacing his father Vincent Bolloré. Vincent Bolloré, who owns more than 20 per cent of Vivendi’s shares via his family-controlled conglomerate, had been chairman of the French media group since 2014. “It’s time to make room for a younger generation,” he told an audience gathered […]
Veteran TV executive Jane Latman has been named General Manager, Travel Channel. She will be responsible for the creative leadership and programming strategy for the 83 million subscriber network. Latman will continue to serve as executive vice president, development and research for Investigation Discovery (ID) and American Heroes Channel and general manager of Destination America. […]