Grass Valley, the provider of live production solutions, has announced the appointment of Mark Gardner as Vice President of Sales for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region. In his new role, Gardner will drive growth across the EMEA region, working closely with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and helping clients navigate their way […]
Rupert Murdoch is engaged for the sixth time, this time to Elena Zhukova, a retired scientist. Murdoch’s office announced that the 92-year-old is set to marry the 67-year-old retired molecular biologist, reports NYT. Last April, news reports emerged of Murdoch dating Zhukova just four months after he ended his two-week-long engagement to Ann Lesley Smith, […]
Barb, the TV audience measurement company, has promoted Caroline Baxter to Chief Operating Officer (COO). Working alongside Justin Sampson, Chief Executive, she will be responsible for ensuring progress on Barb’s strategic priorities to extend Barb’s reporting of total campaign performance, extend measurement of total viewing across all streaming services and future-proof Barb’s data access. Baxter’s […]
Channel 4 has announced the appointment of Lucy Thomas as Chief Financial Officer. In this newly created Executive role, reporting directly to Chief Executive Alex Mahon, Thomas will lead finance across the organisation. She will act as a business partner to the Chief Executive and Executive team, identifying commercial and strategic opportunities and supporting the […]
smartclip, RTL Group’s adtech development unit and provider of adtech solutions across Europe, has announced a number of senior leadership changes. Gloria Eichler has been promoted to the newly created C-level position of Chief Product Officer (CPO). Additionally, three new Vice President (VP) roles have been created — Mirjam Naves takes the role of VP […]
Global, the Media and Entertainment group, has appointed Simon Pitts as the next Group Chief Executive of the company from Q1 2025, replacing Stephen Miron, who announced recently he was stepping down as Group Chief Executive after 16 years at the helm to become Global’s Chairman. Pitts joins Global from STV, where he has been […]
Liberty Global has announced that Severina Pascu has been appointed to the newly created role of Senior Vice President, Commercial and Operations. Reporting directly to Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries, Pascu will provide operating and commercial expertise in the management of the company’s core FMC champions and venture activities. With a crossfunctional team, she will […]
News Corp’s TalkTV will be taken off air in the summer and move online only. The move comes shortly after Piers Morgan left his daily show on the channel to focus on his Uncensored YouTube channel, saying that daily, fixed TV schedules had been “an increasingly unnecessary straitjacket”. Scott Taunton, TalkTV’s president of broadcasting, told […]
Strange times in the UK news market. GB News continues to generate its own headlines by setting new records for Ofcom breaches, while Talk TV announces it is shutting down its broadcast version. News UK has decided its niche news channel was a bit too niche – the fact star turn Piers Morgan had already […]
Incoming BBC Chair Samir Shah has warned that the Corporation must confront hard choices and tough decisions in what he describes as a “tough financial situation”. In a note to all BBC Staff at the start of his tenure as Chair of the BBC Board, Shah said that along with the Board, he was “here […]