RTL Group has announced that Cécile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of FremantleMedia, will leave the Group to take on a new challenge, she is expected to take a leadership role at YouTube EMEA. Bert Habets, CEO of RTL Group, says: “I would like to thank Cécile for her extraordinary creative and commercial achievements at FremantleMedia. She has […]
MY-HD, a DTH service broadcasting over the MENA region, has changed its CEO again. New boss is board member and co-founder of the service Carmen Chen, who takes over from Samir Safir, who replaced Cliff Nelson, a former senior staffer at Dubai-based Showtime, and who left the broadcaster in July 2015. My-HD’s core offering is […]
SpaceX’s president/COO Gwynn Shotwell has been named Satellite Executive of the Year at the Washington Satellite 2018 show in Washington DC. In an extensive pre-show interview in Via Satellite magazine she explained how – the usually smiling Shotwell – had to fight back from some disappointing set-backs at SpaceX, not least the total loss of […]
CryptoGuard, a provider of content security solutions for digital TV distribution, via any network – to any device, announces the appointment of Saad Mouneimne as Director Area Sales Middle East and Africa. Mouneimne brings extensive experience in the Middle East and Africa markets and will be responsible for further strengthening CryptoGuard’s position and expansion into […]
Amagi, a global player in cloud-based technology for media processing, today announced that it has named Deepakjit Singh as its Chief Executive Officer. With nearly 30 years of experience in broadcast technology – including executive positions at Encompass, Ascent Media, Bharti Airtel and BT – Deepakjit has been brought in to increase the footprint of […]
Nancy Dubuc, president and CEO of A+E Networks, has left the company and is replacing Shane Smith as CEO of VICE Media. Smith is to move to Executive Chairman to focus on strategic deals and content development. VICE has been under pressure over its corporate culture towards women and badly missed its financial targets last year. […]
In a move designed to ensure better audience engagement, the BBC has confirmed that Kerris Bright, currently Chief Marketing Officer at Virgin Media, will take up the new role of Chief Customer Officer. The role will take responsibility for developing a closer, more personal relationship with BBC consumers, licence fee payers and those signing in […]
ThinkAnalytics has boosted its executive team with the appointment of Simon McGrath as COO and SVP of the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions. McGrath joins newly appointed ThinkAnalytics CEO Gabe Berger at a time when the firm continues to grow its market share and cement its leadership in the pay-TV/OTT content discovery and viewer analytics […]
Disney has revealed that Jon Favreau has been appointed to write and executively produce a new live-action Star Wars TV series. The director of The Iron Man and Jungle Book – who has also portrated the character ‘Happy Hogan’ in a number of Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, as well as once having a key role […]
Karim Michel Sabbagh, who is stepping down from his CEO role at satellite operator SES, has taken on another CEO role at Abu Dhabii-based cyber security firm DarkMatter. Faisal Al Bannai, the founder and MD of DarkMatter, says the appointment will be effective from April 2018 when Sabbagh’s SES obligations wrap up. Sabbagh spent 4 […]