KPN CEO Maximo Ibarra is leaving the Dutch phone company after less than two years in the role to reportedly take the helm of Comcast’s Italian pay-TV unit, Sky Italia. Ibarra, 50, has resigned for “pressing family reasons” and because he is to move back to Italy to “take up a new executive position”, accordng […]
WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey has announced the appointment of Ann Sarnoff as the new Chair and CEO of Warner Bros. Sarnoff, who is currently President, BBC Studios Americas, brings more than thirty years of diversified business and media experience to the role of overseeing worldwide operations at Warner Bros, including the production, marketing and distribution […]
Barcroft Studios has named John Farrar, co-founder Nerd TV, as its creative director. Farrar co-founded prod-co Nerd TV with Jago Lee and Charlie Parsons in 2010, and two years later the company was sold to Red Arrow Studios. As Nerd TV’s creative director, Farrar was behind shows such as 12-Year-Old Lifer for Channel 4, Man […]
Yahoo UK has announced three new staff hires, continuing its focus into original content. Richard Hatherell has been appointed as Head of Video, Nicola Oakley as Head of Audience Development and Graham Smith as Homepage Editor. The new hires highlight Yahoo’s increased focus to expand its original, quality journalism and further investment into building the […]
Mega-satellite operator OneWeb is creating 150 new jobs at its London offices. The jobs are based at OneWeb’s Global Operations Centre in White City, a few miles West of central London but near the BBC and other broadcasters. OneWeb is looking to launch its global broadband service by 2021. OneWeb is tapping into some backing […]
Netflix has announced that Matthew Aldrich has come on board to oversee the development and creative live-action adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia series. He will work across both series and film and serve as a creative architect on all projects under the deal. Aldrich most recently co-wrote Coco for Disney and Pixar […]
The Kudelski Group, an independent provider of media content protection and value-added service technology, has announced the appointment of Nancy Goldberg as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), in charge of the sales and marketing of the Kudelski Group’s Digital TV division. She is joining the Group as Executive Vice President and member of the Group’s Executive […]
The Ofcom Board has revealed that Sharon White is stepping down from her role as Chief Executive of the media regulator. White joined Ofcom in March 2015 from HM Treasury. She is leaving to become Chairman of retail group The John Lewis Partnership, and is expected to leave Ofcom around the turn of the year. […]
The Euskaltel Group’s Board of Directors has unanimously agreed to appoint José Miguel García as the Group’s new CEO, following a favourable report from the Appointments and Remunerations Committee. The Board said it regards García as the right professional to update and invigorate the Euskaltel Group’s Business and Action Plan in the coming years and […]
ITV Studios has announced that Lars Finnland has been appointed as the new Managing Director of its Nordic label, ITV Studios Norway. Finnland, who joins from events company 6.Sans Event where he was CEO, spent six years prior to that managing Nordisk Film TV, having also been Chief of Entertainment and initially a producer in […]