Incendo Chief Operating Officer, Jean-Philippe Normandeau has announced the appointment of Effi Eustace as SVP Sales, The Americas. Eustace will be responsible for the valorisation of Incendo’s catalogue as well as Quebecor Content’s French-language programming across all platforms. She will also work hand-in-hand with Incendo’s development and production teams to accelerate the commissioning of its […]
Riedel Communications has announced that Costa Nikols has joined the company as vice president of sales enablement for the global team. In his new role, Nikols will design, develop, and institute sales enablement programs to build the foundational and technical knowledge for the global sales team. Continuing to work with strategic leaders and customers across […]
A group of Vice’s lenders led by Fortress Investment Group looks set to take over Vice Media after the consortium’s $225 million (€206.9m) offer for the bankrupt company emerged as the only ‘qualified’ bid, according to a legal filing. An auction scheduled for June 22nd was cancelled and a hearing to approve the sale of […]
In March 2023, Teleste announced the appointment of Linda Kallas as the company’s Senior Vice President, Group Strategy. She started in her role and joined the company’s Management Group on June 1st. The aim of the new role of Senior Vice President, Group Strategy is to strengthen and develop the company’s long-term strategy work and […]
Vice Media Group is preparing to file for bankruptcy. Vice has already closed its Vice News Tonight, amidst a wave of closures including BuzzFeed News. Vice had already put itself up for sale and had interest from five companies, the NYT reports. It adds that in the event of a bankruptcy, Vice’s debt holder Fortress […]
Nancy Dubuc, CEO at Vice Media Group, has announced that she is leaving the media company after 5 years. Dubuc, who was previously CEO of A+E Networks, was appointed Vice Media CEO in March 2018, replacing Vice co-founder Shane Smith who became Executive Chairman. The news of her departure comes as the board has launched […]
VICE Distribution, the global distribution division of VICE Media Group, and BBC have partnered to bring The Dangerous Rise of Andrew Tate to UK audiences. The documentary, which details Tate’s alleged sexual abuse and assaults, is available immediately to stream on iPlayer and will premiere on BBC Three on February 21st. Produced by VICE World […]
UKTV has appointed Tim Bertioli as its new Director of Media Services, taking on responsibility for the Technology and Operations teams and leading a team of some 50 staff. Reporting to Nicola Greaves, BBC Studios’ Executive Vice President Global Operations, Bertioli will lead the UKTV Media Services function and sit on UKTV’s Executive Leadership Team […]
Kate Ward has been appointed to the role of MD Factual at BBC Studios Productions. Reporting to Ralph Lee, CEO BBC Studios Productions, she will oversee all BBC Studios’ Factual production units and partnerships, taking responsibility for the overall strategy, creative health, pipeline, and production capability across the genre. Ward will join from VICE Media […]
LucidLink, an innovative SaaS-based company, has been deployed across VICE Media Group to diversify its post-production model and move its production workflow to the cloud. VICE Media’s news team initially ran a 30-day trial of LucidLink during the pandemic, employing ‘cloud NAS’ technology to enable content to be stored in the cloud and dynamically streamed and cached to local […]