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New CEO for TRIAX

Peter Lyhne Uhrenholt has been promoted to CEO from his current position as CPSO (Chief Product and Solution Officer), to take over from Claus Omann who is leaving the company after eight years. Peter will continue to execute on the strategies already defined. With a keen focus on execution, Peter will be leading a strong […]

April 7, 2017

SES creates market-focused business units

Satellite operator SES’s Board of Directors has approved a restructuring of SES’s go-to-market organisation model with the creation of two highly-focused business units, SES Video and SES Networks, focusing on the video- and data-centric segments in which SES operates. The new organisation, which will be implemented during the course of 2017, will gather all go-to-market […]

April 7, 2017By Colin Mann

Oculus founder leaves Facebook

Paul Luckey, founder of Oculus and its VR headset, has left Facebook, which owns Oculus. Oculus recently lost a $500 million (€468m) court case against media firm Zenimax which said it stole trade secrets. Facebook and Oculus have appealed against the damages award. Facebook said that his “inventive spirit” helped to “kickstart” recent interest in VR […]

March 31, 2017

Arianespace restructured

Arianespace has been restructured into a simplified ‘joint-stock’ company complete with a revision of the rocket launcher’s governance, operational and legal structure. The move comes some three months after Airbus-Safran Launchers invested into Arianespace, and as a result now controls 74 per cent of the its share structure. Stephane Israel, CEO of Arianespace SAS and CEO […]

March 31, 2017By Chris Forrester

AAPA elects new VPs

Phillip Davies, Head of Content Protection and Cybersecurity, Sky, and Mark Mulready, Senior Director Cybersecurity and Anti-Piracy, Irdeto, have been elected to the roles of Vice President of the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) from April 1st. They succeed Michael Barley of Sky and Christine Maury-Panis from Viaccess-Orca who have held the positions since AAPA – […]

March 31, 2017By Colin Mann

Comcast hires Amazon Video head

Comcast Cable has appointed Euan McLeod as Vice President, IP Video Engineering. McLeod joins Comcast from Amazon, where he served as Global Head of Video. He will report to Jason Press, Senior Vice President, Video Engineering and Operations for Comcast Cable. McLeod will lead Comcast VIPER (Video IP Engineering & Research), the engineering team that […]

March 30, 2017

AMC promotes Alazard to SVP Marketing

AMC Networks International (AMCNI), a subsidiary of AMC Networks, has appointed Géraud Alazard as Senior Vice President of Marketing.  Promoted from the position of Vice President of Marketing for AMC Global and SundanceTV Global, Alazard now has responsibility for all AMCNI portfolio brands including AMC Global, SundanceTV Global and locally recognized channels in various programming […]

March 30, 2017

Ericsson out of media?

Part of Ericsson’s restructuring may see it pull it out of media services, as a new streamlining strategy from CEO Börje Ekholm sees it refocus on three segments: networks, digital services and the Internet of Things (IoT). According to reports the company’s Managed Services arm will be shaken up to focus on automation, but its media and […]

March 29, 2017

Friend MTS appoints Hanna

Friend MTS, a specialist in online anti-piracy systems, has boosted its international professional services team with the appointment of Simon Hanna as Senior Solutions Architect. Hanna is a specialist in video delivery platforms for pay-TV and OTT operators, with more than 20 years’ experience working with major video entertainment operators and primary vendors in the […]

March 27, 2017

Dee-Shapland heads AMC content sales

AMC Studios has announced the further expansion of its executive team with Mark Dee-Shapland joining as Head of Content Sales. In this newly-created role, Dee-Shapland is responsible for worldwide content sales initiatives of all off-network distribution of AMC Networks owned programming. “Mark will be an important addition to our sales team, headed by Valerie Cabrera, […]

March 27, 2017