The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced the appointment of BT’s Tony Singh as its new Chief Commercial Officer. Singh, who is currently Content and Business Development Director at BT, joins the ECB’s senior management team at Lord’s and will oversee all revenue generation and its key commercial relationships as well as customer-facing […]
Anne Bulford, the BBC’s Deputy Director-General, has decided to leave the Corporation in the spring of 2019 to pursue a portfolio of non-executive roles. BBC Director-General, Tony Hall and the BBC Board thanked her for her work since 2013, which they say has helped transform the BBC and set it up for further success. “Anne […]
Lars Torstensson is to take up position as MTG EVP, Head of Communications & Investor Relations from June 19th. David Boyd has been appointed interim Head of Investor Relations at MTG from January 28th. Jette Nygaard-Andersen, MTG EVP, CEO of MTG International Entertainment & MTG Digital Video Content, has announced he will be leaving MTG […]
Trade bodies the Digital Entertainment Group Europe (DEGE) and the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) are launching Mega Movie Week, a category-wide campaign to drive consumer engagement with the growing digital transactional market, running for the week commencing January 21st, 2019. During Mega Movie Week, BASE and DEGE members, including BBC Studios, Entertainment One, […]
Independent non-profit and non-governmental organisation tthe International Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR) has launched its web based IOHRTV channel on the netgem.tv platform – bringing human rights programming to a mainstream audience. According to IOHR Director Valerie Peay, the aim of IOHRTV is “to put human rights into the front line of mainstream media”. New […]
Policy makers, broadcasters and car makers are gathering at the Brussels Motor Show this evening to raise awareness of new EU rules requiring all new car radios to be capable of receiving digital terrestrial radio within two years. The European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) entered into force on December 20th 2018. EU Member States have […]
US live streaming service fuboTV has announced the addition of Tennis Channel to its Extra tier and Sports Plus add-on package. Tennis Channel is airing 30 live hours and nearly 200 total hours of Australian Open tournament coverage from Melbourne. Coverage includes men’s and women’s singles play from the first day through the quarterfinals. The […]
Streamroot, a provider of distributed delivery for OTT video, has been selected to become a principal member of the Streaming Video Alliance, an industry forum comprised of leading companies from the online video ecosystem. Streamroot was selected for a one-year principal membership, as part of the Alliance Membership Grant Program, which invites innovative companies to […]
Two new international versions of ITV Studios’ (ITVS) and Motion Content Group’s award-winning, record-breaking format Love Island are to air in 2019, taking the total number of original commissions to 11 countries. In Belgium, SBS has licensed the format, which will be a co-production with RTL in the Netherlands. This version will feature Islanders from […]
DHX Media, a global children’s content and brands company, has announced the appointment of Lara Ilie to the position of Vice President of Rights Strategy, reporting to Anne Loi, Chief Commercial Officer. In this newly created position, Ilie will develop and help implement integrated strategies to monetise the Company’s portfolio of intellectual property rights across […]