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Alcatel hires former Vodafone man

Alcatel-Lucent has hired Michel Combes, former head of Vodafone’s European business, as  chief executive in an attempt to transform the fortunes of the ailing telecoms equipment maker. Combes, a French national who has also worked at France Telecom, will join in April, replacing the outgoing Ben Verwaayen, the former BT head. Combes conceded that Alcatel faced […]

February 22, 2013

Record order book at SES, new CFO

Satellite operator SES is reporting a set of excellent numbers for the year to December 31st. Top of the list is that their contract backlog (the amount of guaranteed business) of €7.5 billion is the highest ever, and up €500 million on the same period last year. Just about all the operator’s other key metrics […]

February 22, 2013By Chris Forrester

Deluxe Media Technologies appoints Sue Mitchell to spearhead European growth

Deluxe Media Technologies, (DMT), a subsidiary of the Deluxe Entertainment Services Group offering specialist software based technology designed specifically for the broadcast and media industry, has appointed Sue Mitchell as Account Director for Europe. From February 25th, she will be responsible for bringing the indexing and discovery software to broadcasters and content owners across Europe. […]

February 21, 2013

Discovery’s Zaslav for MIPTV keynote

MIPTV has confirmed that David Zaslav, President & CEO of Discovery Communications, will present a keynote address on April 9th as part of MIPTV’s Media Mastermind keynotes series. MIPTV will take place in Cannes from 8th – 11th April. Zaslav sets the strategy and oversees all operations of the media company that reaches more than […]

February 19, 2013

Amino appoints Coles SVP

Amino Communications, a specialist in IPTV/OTT solutions, has announced that Joe Coles has joined the company as SVP product management and marketing. Coles join’s Amino’s executive team with responsibility for developing and driving the company’s Aminet and Live range of IPTV/OTT set-top boxes. Prior to joining Amino, Coles had his own consultancy company specialising in […]

February 18, 2013

Stern: “Sirius-XM owes me $330m”

Howard Stern broadcasts daily on Channels 100/101 on US pay-radio service Sirius-XM. While he has something of a reputation for his uncensored radio show, he now describes himself as the “King of all Media”. Certainly he continues to shock his employers by maintaining a claim that Sirius-XM owes him a not so shocking $330 million […]

February 15, 2013By Chris Forrester

YouTube: “Online will replace TV”

John Farrel, a YouTube regional director, has made a bold prediction saying that by 2020 some 75 per cent of audiovisual content will be consumed via broadband. Farrel is YouTube’s Latin America director, and while he didn’t quite claim that YouTube would be the dominant supplier, he stated that “TV has been the leading media […]

February 14, 2013By Chris Forrester

Ex DCMS minister gets £295,000 BBC job

James Purnell former Secretary of State for Culture,  is returning to the BBC as director of strategy and digital on £295,000 (€364,000) as incoming BBC Director-General Tony Hall has made the first in a series of appointments to the BBC’s senior management team. Hall has also revealed that following nearly five months as Acting Director-General, […]

February 14, 2013

Apple’s Cook: “OLED screens are awful”

Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO delivered his views on the growing enthusiasm for OLED screens. “They’re awful,” he told an investor conference organised by Goldman Sachs in San Francisco. “If you ever buy anything online and really want to know what the colour is, as many people do, you should really think twice before you depend […]

February 13, 2013By Chris Forrester

Aero hires video game marketer

Aereo has hired Alex Moulle-Bertreaux, formerly global head of marketing for Rockstar Games, to help market its service as it expands beyond the New York market. “As chief commercial officer, Moulle-Berteaux will oversee the company’s marketing initiatives, customer care, distribution partnerships and product management, playing a critical role in helping develop Aereo’s overall business and […]

February 11, 2013