The UK Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has made her pronouncement on the Fox bid for Sky. It didn’t include the words grass, or long, or kick. But that was what it meant. The May government (otherwise known as ‘Maybe it’s a government, Maybe it isn’t’) has enough problems right now without dealing with this particularly […]
UK Culture Secretary Karen Bradley will on Thursday tell parliament her view on the plan by Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox $14.8 billion bid to acquire Britain’s Sky pay-TV business and its European subsidiaries. Bradley received regulator Ofcom’s views on the deal last week and will report to parliament on June 29. She will say […]
Danish technology company Triax has announced the appointment of Thorsten Spanka as VP Hospitality Sales. Thorsten brings with him many successful years of industry experience, having built and led international hospitality-focused sales teams at Siemens, and more recently at ASC AG and NFON AG. “I’m thrilled to join Triax at such an exciting time of […]
Ericsson has hired Morgan Stanley to explore a sale of its media solutions business, and Goldman Sachs to look at off-loading its broadcast and media services unit. The business units have attracted interest from private equity and technology and media companies, Bloomberg reports. Ericsson CEO Borje Ekholm said in March that he was considering a […]
Ira Gladnikoff is stepping up to become Head of Viaplay with immediate effect. Gladnikoff is replacing Jonas Karlén, who joined MTG in 2008 and has been leading Viaplay since 2015 and has decided to leave the company. Gladnikoff joined MTG in 2015 and has been instrumental in developing Viaplay as the video streaming service of choice […]
Altice has announced that Nicolas Petit has joined the management team as Altice Group Chief Marketing Officer in charge of B2C and B2B commercial and marketing activities, effective immediately. Petit joins Altice from Microsoft Corporation where he lately held the position of General Manager, Global Marketing & Operations. He previously held several leadership positions with Microsoft […]
Apple has hired two of Hollywood’s best known studio executives as it poaches the co-presidents of Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg. The pair take new positions running worldwide video programming. SPT has been behind some of the biggest recent TV hits including Breaking Bad and The Crown. Erlicht and Van […]
Snell Advanced Media (SAM), a global provider of integrated media production solutions, has appointed former Tandberg Television President Eric Cooney as President and Chief Executive Officer. Cooney has over 20 years of experience in the technology, media and telecommunications industry. He was CEO of Tandberg Television, leading its merger with Ericsson Group in 2007 and […]
Karen Bradley has retained her job as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport following UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s reshuffling of portfolios following the UK General Election which saw her Conservative Party secure the most parliamentary seats, but not an overall majority. One of the most significant items requiring Bradley’s attention when she returns […]
Everyone should now be out of the prediction business: Brexit, Trump, and now Theresa May. The UK Prime Minister has seen a Parliamentary majority and a 20 point poll lead disappear and now has to rely on a tiny Northern Ireland party to prop her up. It is the biggest political disaster wrought by the […]