Dr Abe Peled, former president and CEO at NDS, insists he is now an ordinary member of Cisco Systems’ 72,000 employees and as such he needed to go through the new staff ‘onboard’ induction system. Now, six weeks into his new job as Cisco’s SVP/Strategy Video & Collaboration Group, was in good humour at his […]
Jean-Franois Fenech has joined Skylogic as CEO of Eutelsat’s broadband affiliate. Fenech joins Skylogic from Antenna Hungria (part of the TDF group) where he was CEO, notably launching subscriber broadcast services across Hungary and consolidating the market for satellite-based enterprise services. Prior to this, he steered the development of TDF’s international activities and its affiliates, […]
The top men at News Corporation have had their ‘qualitative bonuses’ cut by half because of the phone hacking scandal in the UK. The quantitative element remained intact, though, as the share price has risen 23 per cent. The businesses have certainly done well but, clearly, the main spur to the stock boost was the […]
Jeremy Hunt, whose tenure as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in the UK government was tainted by alleged close links with News Corporation companies during its proposed take-over of BSkyB, is to leave his post to take over as Health Secretary following a reshuffle by Prime Minister David Cameron of his Cabinet. […]
SES has announced that Gerry Oberst will join SES in the position of Senior Vice President, Global Regulatory and Governmental Strategy. In this newly-created position, Oberst will have responsibility for overseeing the regulatory and advocacy work of SES. Oberst was a partner in the law firm Hogan Lovells. He is a member of the International […]
One of the co-founders of Swedish file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, who is on an international wanted list, has been arrested in Phnom Penh at Stockholm’s request. Gottfrid Svartholm Warg was given a one-year prison sentence by a Swedish court in 2009 for promoting copyright infringement. Each defendant was sentenced to one year in prison […]
Xstream, a provider of end-to-end video management and related services, has announced the appointment of Stefan Bengtsson as their new Global Director of Sales. Xstream is continuing the company’s global expansion and has appointed Bengtsson as their Global Director of Sales. Bengtsson comes from Pace, where he was Head of Sales Gateways EMEA. He has […]
Xstream, the leading provider of end-to-end video management and related services, has announced the appointment of Stefan Bengtsson as their new Global Director of Sales. Xstream is continuing the company’s global expansion and has appointed Stefan Bengtsson as their Global Director of Sales. Stefan Bengtsson comes from Pace, where he hold the position as Head […]
Turkish wireless modem and set-top specialist AirTies has appointed Philippe Alcaras as CEO. Bulent Celebi, the co-founder of AirTies, remains executive chairman. Alcaras was previously CEO of the Philips home networks and before that CEO of Nagra France and general manager of Thomson Digital TV STB. Celebi said, “The Internet is transforming the broadcast and […]
httv, the France and Singapore based solutions provider for digital TV, has announced the appointment of Régis Saint Girons as httv’s Chief Executive Officer. Saint Girons has been a central figure in the middleware and digital TV industry for over 20 years. He has previously served as Senior Vice President OpenTV for NAGRA, a Kudelski […]