Nancy Dubuc, president and CEO of A+E Networks, has left the company and is replacing Shane Smith as CEO of VICE Media. Smith is to move to Executive Chairman to focus on strategic deals and content development. VICE has been under pressure over its corporate culture towards women and badly missed its financial targets last year. […]
In a move designed to ensure better audience engagement, the BBC has confirmed that Kerris Bright, currently Chief Marketing Officer at Virgin Media, will take up the new role of Chief Customer Officer. The role will take responsibility for developing a closer, more personal relationship with BBC consumers, licence fee payers and those signing in […]
ThinkAnalytics has boosted its executive team with the appointment of Simon McGrath as COO and SVP of the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions. McGrath joins newly appointed ThinkAnalytics CEO Gabe Berger at a time when the firm continues to grow its market share and cement its leadership in the pay-TV/OTT content discovery and viewer analytics […]
Disney has revealed that Jon Favreau has been appointed to write and executively produce a new live-action Star Wars TV series. The director of The Iron Man and Jungle Book – who has also portrated the character ‘Happy Hogan’ in a number of Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, as well as once having a key role […]
Karim Michel Sabbagh, who is stepping down from his CEO role at satellite operator SES, has taken on another CEO role at Abu Dhabii-based cyber security firm DarkMatter. Faisal Al Bannai, the founder and MD of DarkMatter, says the appointment will be effective from April 2018 when Sabbagh’s SES obligations wrap up. Sabbagh spent 4 […]
James Pitaro has been appointed the new president of ESPN and the co-chair of Disney Media Networks. Pitaro had been the chairman of Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media since 2016. He was formerly a vice president and head of Yahoo! Media, including leading Yahoo! Sports. His appointment is effective immediately. “As a passionate and […]
TVPlayer has announced record growth for its live-TV streaming service in the UK. The platform has added more than 40,000 net customers to its premium pay-TV service in the last quarter, positioning TVPlayer as the fastest growing complete pay-TV platform in the UK. TVPlayer now has almost 2 million monthly active users in the UK, […]
Discovery Communications has announced the senior leadership appointments for the combined company, which will be effective upon close of the transaction with Scripps Networks Interactive. “Today’s announcement is another major milestone in combining these two fantastic companies into a new kind of media company with the most trusted portfolio of real life entertainment brands in […]
Ebiquity, an independent, tech-enabled marketing analytics consultancy, has announced the appointment of Rob Woodward as non-executive director and Chairman Designate, with effect from March 1st. He will succeed Michael Higgins who has been Chairman for the past 12 years and will step down from the Board following the AGM on May 9th 2018. Woodward was […]
Avid Technology, a global media technology provider for the creation, distribution and monetisation of media assets has announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has appointed Jeff Rosica as Chief Executive Officer of Avid, effective immediately. The Company’s Board of Directors has terminated the employment of Louis Hernandez, Jr., former Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, […]