Staellite provider EchoStar has appointed Dean Olmstead as President of Satellite Services. Until recently, Olmstead served as an advisor to Loral Space Communications on strategic and growth opportunities for Loral’s satellite service businesses.

Red Bee Media has appointed former Miva European MD Adam Poulter as its executive commercial director. Poulter, who left the performance network last year, had previously been CEO at digital content distribution specialist IMD

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has appointed Stephen Carter, the former chief executive of Ofcom, as his key strategy adviser. The 43-year-old, who is currently chief executive of corporate communications company Brunswick Group will be the principal special adviser in No10 and will be in charge of political strategy, communications and research. He will attend […]

Rupert Murdoch has effectively confirmed son James Murdoch is his choice to take over News Corp. For now, James moves up at Sky to become non-exec chairman, while becoming CEO for News Corp outside the US. Meantime, Rupert Murdoch leaves the board of Sky – where News Corp owns 39 per cent – after 18 […]

Channel Five’s director of programmes, Jay Hunt, is the new controller of BBC1. The former controller of BBC daytime will replace Peter Fincham, who resigned following the “Crowngate” scandal.

Virgin Media's head of strategy is the latest executive to leave the group amid a wider restructuring. Ernie Cormier, its managing director of strategy, would leave in the new year. Steve Stewart, the group's head of customer care, will leave at about the same time. The future of Jacques Kerrest, the group's finance head, also […]

Discovery and Science Channel president and general manager Jane Root is out at the company, Discovery Communications president and CEO David Zaslav confirmed. She is being let her out of her contract effective immediately to return to her native United Kingdom, and Discovery veteran John Ford — who rejoined the company in September after years […]

Ford Ennals, chief executive of Digital UK, the body overseeing the digital switchover, is stepping down. Ennals is leaving to become president of Cole Hann, the footwear and leather-goods division of Nike. The move is a return to the US for Ennals, who was previously a senior vice-president of worldwide marketing at Reebok. Ennals sought […]

Channel 4 has confirmed former Yahoo! executive John Gisby as its first dedicated director of new media and technology. Gisby will be responsible for expanding Channel 4’s presence in online digital media and growing revenue. In the new role, which now incorporates technology, Gisby will report direct to Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan and […]

UDcast, provider of IP over broadcast and satellite, has announced that David Richardson has joined the company as vice president of corporate and business development. Richardson was previously the Director of Business Development for NDS in North America.