Rupert Murdoch has hit back at reports that a News Corporation subsidiary was allegedly involved in piracy, undermining competitors within the nascent Australian pay-TV industry. The News Corp chief has used Twitter, accusing rival publications of “lies and libels” after the Australian Financial Review reported that Operational Security, established within News subsidiary NDS in the […]
New Sony Corp CEO Kazuo Hirai signalled his determination to turn around the group’s TV business by keeping direct charge of the division, as the company fights to regain ground against rivals. Hirai, who formally takes over as chief executive from Howard Stringer next week, inherits a company that has been outgunned by rivals like […]
Andrew Wallace is leaving Eutelsat as CCO. He is being replaced by Jean-François Leprince-Ringuet on April 16th. Leprince-Ringuet is a 30-year veteran in IT and telecoms, having held commercial strategy, sales and marketing positions in Europe and North America at IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Cap Gemini and Bull, and has also been President of the IDATE Foundation. […]
In a riposte to C4’s Jonathan Allan’s assertions that TV advertising was all about data and connectivity, ITV’s group commercial director Simon Daglish told a Carat advertising event that connectivity and evolving technologies will not end the role of traditional TV channels, they will only make them stronger. Daglish warned against overestimating the effect evolving […]
AirTies Wireless Networks, the innovative wireless home networking and Set-top box vendor, has announced the appointment of Nadeem Ullah as Director of Hardware Engineering. Nadeem Ullah is promoted to the position, Director of Hardware Engineering, where he will manage AirTies’ growing Hardware Engineering Team that works to deliver next generation Hybrid Set-Top Boxes and wireless […]
The BBC’s director general, Mark Thompson, has told staff he will leave the corporation this autumn. With nearly eight years in the job, he has been the BBC’s longest-serving director general since the 1970s. His departure was not unexpected. In January, Lord Patten, who runs the BBC Trust, said the corporation was engaged in “sensible […]
Broadcast industry veteran Mike Antonovich has joined the Executive Board at ScheduALL. ScheduALL is the leading global provider of Enterprise Resource Management (ERM) software for the media, broadcast and transmission industries. The addition of Antonovich builds on ScheduALL’s continued investment in deep industry expertise across an industry in transition. Antonovich, with more than 30 years […]
Zeebox has appointed Time Warner senior vice president Jason Forbes to head the second screen companion app’s business in the US. As US executive vice president, Forbes will build Zeebox’s American team and will be charged with developing partnerships with distributors, programmers and agencies. Zeebox chief executive Anthony Rose said Forbes “brings significant domain expertise […]
A Squared Elxsi Entertainment, a joint venture between A Squared Entertainment and Tata Elxsi, has announced the appointment of Paul Robinson as President. The former KidsCo CEO and Co-Founder, and Walt Disney Company Senior Vice President of International Television, will establish a new London office with responsibility for content distribution in all formats, content acquisitions, […]
The Kudelski Group has appointed Phil Mundwiller as Vice President of Corporate Communications effective April 1st. He will report directly to André Kudelski, Chairman and CEO. Mundwiller has broad experience in communications and public relations, having served as Head of Communications for the Solar Impulse project and as a journalist with Radio Television Suisse Romande […]