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Rice named 21C Fox President

21st Century Fox has elevated Fox Networks Group Chairman and CEO Peter Rice to President, 21st Century Fox (21CF). In addition to working with 21CF leadership on key strategic initiatives, Rice will continue to serve as Chairman and CEO for Fox Networks Group (FNG), a role he has held since 2012. In this capacity, he […]

September 7, 2017

Curran joins EBU as Director General

Following his appointment in May 2017, Noel Curran has taken up his position as the new Director General of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). He replaces Ingrid Deltenre who has stepped down after eight years in charge to focus her attention on her Board responsibilities. Curran is the former Director General of RTÉ and brings […]

September 5, 2017By Colin Mann

CASBAA CEO stepping down

CASBAA has announced that following five years’ service as the Association’s Chief Executive Officer, Christopher Slaughter is to step down, effective December 31st. Slaughter will continue as CEO through the remainder of the year while a search is carried out for his successor. “The Board deeply appreciates Chris’ stewardship of the Association over the past […]

September 5, 2017

Itu named UPC DTH MD

Catalin Itu, formerly Vice President of Sales and Operations in UPC DTH, has been appointed to the role of Managing Director of UPC DTH. Itu has extensive operations, sales, marketing, brand development, distribution and management experience, gained both at Liberty Global and while holding positions in Orange Romania, Bosch Communications Romania and Astral Telecom. He […]

September 4, 2017

ACT appoints Horak

The Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) has announced the appointment of Agnieszka Horak as its new Director of Legal and Public Affairs, succeeding Emilie Anthonis who has accepted another position in Brussels. Horak brings extensive direct experience of the policy issues facing commercial broadcasters.  She joins ACT from the Permanent Representation of Poland […]

September 1, 2017

Hofmannn takes CEO role at UFA

FremantleMedia has announced that Nico Hofmann will take on the role of sole CEO of German film and television production company UFA Group with immediate effect. This move follows a two-year transition-period, announced back in September 2015, in which Wolf Bauer and Hofmann have headed UFA as Co-CEOs. Hofmann will assume overall management responsibilities for […]

September 1, 2017

ND SatCom names Müller-Gastell CEO

Alexander Müller-Gastell has been appointed the new CEO of ND SatCom, effective September 1st. This strategic move is in line with the shareholder vision to further grow the market share of ND SatCom since its acquisition from AIRBUS in 2015. ND SatCom’s advanced technology of reliable meshed VSAT networks form the basis for commercial and […]

September 1, 2017

ONE Championship appoints Lim; Mediacorp deal

ONE Championship, the Asian sports media company, has announced the addition of senior executive Jack Lim to its executive leadership team. Lim joins the company as Chief Commercial Officer of ONE Championship and will be responsible for uniting all of ONE Championship’s existing revenue streams while leading the way for new and exciting growth opportunities. […]

August 30, 2017

RIP Elemental’s Sam Blackman

Advanced Television is deeply saddened to learn of the untimely death of Sam Blackman, co-founder of Elemental Technologies. He led Elemental Technologies from a start-up before selling it to Amazon in 2015 for $296 million. He stayed on as CEO. The editorial team at Advanced Television always found Blackman to be an enthusiastic and knowledgeable […]

August 29, 2017

Samsung heir jailed

The head of South Korea’s Samsung, Jay Y. Lee, was sentenced to five years custody for bribery in a watershed case for the country’s economic elite, family-run conglomerates. After a six-month trial and a scandal that brought down then president, Park Geun-hye, a court ruled that Lee had paid bribes in anticipation of favours from […]

August 25, 2017