Amino Communications Chief Technologist Kevin Lingley has revealed his thoughts about the five most significant developments in the pay-TV market for 2013. In his latest blog, Lingley predicts: – Google will enter the Pay TV market directly through acquisition: Google TV has suffered some resistance from traditional Pay TV operators and content owners. In the […]
Niall Curran, President of Chellomedia, has announced changes in the senior management team to oversee the next phase of the company’s growth. Simon Freer, former Global Head of TMT at 3i Group PLC, has joined Chellomedia as Chief Commercial Officer. In addition to overseeing revenue growth in the existing portfolio of 66 channels, Freer will […]
Akamai Technologies has announced that the Board of Directors has elected company Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Tom Leighton to become CEO of Akamai effective January 1st 2013. He will succeed Paul Sagan who announced earlier this year that he intended to step down as chief executive by the end of 2013. Leighton and Sagan will […]
SeaChange has appointed video and software engineering veteran George Kajos as General Manager for its Platform business unit. Kajos, reporting to SeaChange Chief Executive Officer Raghu Rau, heads the product development organisation that produces the SeaChange Adrenalin video platform, the SeaChange Nitro subscriber experience and other multi-screen software products chosen by video service providers worldwide. […]
The US Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has threatened the head of Netflix with legal action for posting information about the company’s performance on Facebook rather than though official channels. Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings announced on the site that monthly viewing figures had passed one billion hours in June for the first time. Shares […]
Subhash Chandra, and his son Punit Goenka, potentially face arrest next week over allegations of extortion of Rs 1 billion by members of their staff. On December 6th a Delhi court granted the two executives interim protection from arrest until December 14th. The Chandras run the Zee broadcasting empire. They are appearing before Delhi police […]
Modern Times Group (MTG), the international entertainment broadcasting group, has announced that Marek Singer has been appointed as Executive Vice President of the Group’s Central European Broadcasting operations with effect from January 1st 2013. Singer will join MTG’s senior management team and assume responsibility for the Group’s free-TV operations in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech […]
A day after announcing a major deal with Disney, Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos said they were determined to secure more exclusive programme rights and develop additional original content. With the Disney deal, Netflix beat out Starz, which currently has the pay-TV rights, for new titles from Disney. Harvey Weinstein, cofounder of The Weinstein […]
Samsung has promoted the only son of chairman Lee Kun-hee to vice-chairman, putting him in pole position to take leadership of the world’s largest technology company by sales. The new position for Lee Jae-yong is a reward for his “invaluable contributions to the unprecedented growth of Samsung’s smartphone and TV businesses”, the company said.Lee, 44, […]
Rupert Murdoch’s mother, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, has died peacefully at home in Australia, aged 103. She died at the family home, Cruden Farm, outside Melbourne, and is survived by three children and 77 direct descendants, including five great-great grandchildren. Rupert Murdoch, 81, regards his mother’s longevity as a sign he will be able to carry […]