There are Boardroom changes taking place at troubled satellite operator Avanti Communications. Andy Green, currently the senior independent director will leave the Board on January 31st 2019. Paul Walsh (previously head of spirits business Diagio), and Avanti’s Chairman, will reportedly step down next year, and it is likely that he will be replaced by Alan […]
Susanna Dinnage has been named chief executive of the Premier League, replacing Richard Scudamore. Dinnage joins from Discovery where she is Global President for Animal Planet. She previously worked as President of Discovery Networks UK and Ireland. She reportedly narrowly missed out on the role of chief executive at Channel 4 last year. Dinnage commented: […]
Anne Mensah is joining Netflix as Vice President of Content, leading the scripted series content team focused on British productions. Mensah, who has most recently served as Director of Drama at Sky Studios and was formerly a longtime BBC executive, comes to Netflix as it continues to invest in local programming across the UK, Europe […]
South African regulator the Competition Commission has found that public broadcaster the South African Broadcasting Corporation and pay-TV operator MultiChoice have implemented a merger transaction, without notifying the Commission, in contravention of the Competition Act, and should now be investigated as such. On September 28th 2018, the Constitutional Court granted the Commission the right to […]
Synamedia, the independent video software and solutions company, has appointed Sue Couto as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Asia Pacific, effective immediately. The announcement follows the news that Synamedia is open for business after the completion of Permira funds’ acquisition of Cisco’s video business. With offices in India and China, Synamedia’s portfolio of […]
AMC Networks International has announced new leadership roles in its senior management team for its key regions. The announcement was made by Eduardo Zulueta, who was recently named President of AMC Networks International (AMCNI). The following will all report to Zulueta: Manuel Balsera has been named Executive Vice President/Managing Director for AMCNI Southern Europe. Ricardo […]
The GSMA has elected new members of the GSMA Board for the two-year period from January 2019 through December 2020. Stéphane Richard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Orange Group has been elected as its Chair, with Chua Sock Koong, Group Chief Executive Officer of SingTel Group as Deputy Chair. As GSMA Chair, Richard will […]
Ofcom has announced that Charles Gurassa has been reappointed as the Chair of Channel 4 for a further three years. Ofcom, the media regulator, is responsible for appointing non-executive members to the Channel 4 Board, subject to Government approval. Gurassa’s re-appointment by Ofcom has been approved by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media […]
Net Insight has announced that Henrik Sund has been appointed CEO of Net Insight. Sund has been interim CEO since June 1st 2018 and will assume the permanent CEO position as of December 1st. “As interim CEO Henrik has in short period of time taken several important steps towards increased growth rate,” commented Gunilla Fransson, […]
Sports and entertainment group beIN Media Group, owner of beIN Sports and Miramax, has appointed Yousef Al-Obaidly to the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the previous CEO & Chairman, will remain in the position of Chairman of the group. Over many years at beIN Media Group, Al-Obaidly has held a number of […]