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AudioUK appoints Baughen as CEO

AudioUK, the body dedicated to advancing the podcast and audio industry, has announced the appointment of Chris Baughen as its new Chief Executive Officer. He will take up the role from March 30th. Baughen brings industry expertise with more than 20 years’ experience in spanning radio, streaming, digital audio and podcasting. He has held senior […]

February 25, 2026

Wowza appoints Corley as CTO

Wowza, a specialist in real-time video streaming technology, has appointed Jon Corley as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). The appointment comes as Wowza advances its AI-driven streaming capabilities. Corley will oversee Wowza’s technology vision, engineering roadmap, and product innovation strategy, driving the integration of AI across the company’s streaming platform. He will focus on enabling more […]

February 24, 2026

MPA appoints Disney’s Limouzin-Lamothe

The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has announced the appointment of Thomas Limouzin-Lamothe as Vice President, Content Protection EMEA, effective from March 9th. He will report to Larissa Knapp, Executive Vice President and Chief Content Protection Officer for the MPA. In his new role, Limouzin-Lamothe will lead the MPA’s content protection strategy across the EMEA region. He will […]

February 23, 2026

BBC names new Directors of Entertainment and Factual

BBC Chief Content Officer Kate Phillips has introduced changes to the division’s senior leadership team: Fiona Campbell has been appointed Director of Factual and Ed Havard has been appointed Director of Entertainment. BBC’s Chief Content Officer, Kate Phillips, commented: “In Fiona Campbell and Ed Havard we have two inspirational leaders who will ensure that Entertainment […]

February 19, 2026

AMC Networks names Keaveney as EVP & MD of UK business

AMC Networks International has announced that Tom Keaveney has joined the company as its EVP and MD of AMCNI-UK. In this role, Keaveney will lead the company’s business operations in the region, overseeing programming, marketing as well as its FAST offerings and working in collaboration with the company’s global commercial revenue, content licensing, finance and […]

February 17, 2026By Nik Roseveare

New appointments at Canal+ Benelux & Central Europe

Canal+ Benelux & Central Europe is evolving its Executive Committee under the leadership of Yassine Bouzoubaa, CEO Canal+ Benelux & Central Europe, who has announced several new appointments. Myriam Rakib is appointed EVP Business – Canal+ Benelux & Central Europe. She will report to Bouzoubaa and her mission will be to strengthen commercial impact, develop […]

February 16, 2026

Kantar Media names Petra Chief Operations & Technology Officer

Kantar Media has appointed Toni Petra as Chief Operations and Technology Officer with effect from April 1st. “I am delighted to welcome Toni to our leadership team. She is a trusted leader in our industry and will be an invaluable shaper of Kantar Media’s transformation journey. Bringing together our amazing Operations and Technology teams, two […]

February 16, 2026

BBC Studios promotes Schildhouse to CEO, Direct to Consumer

Robert Schildhouse has been promoted to CEO, of the newly renamed Direct to Consumer business comprising BritBox in North America and BBC Select. Schildhouse previously served as President of BritBox. BBC Select, the documentary streaming service from BBC Studios, was brought under Schildhouse’s leadership in 2025. BBC Studios said this has allowed it “to deliver […]

February 13, 2026

LFP Media chief quits as beIN swoops on World Cup rights

Nicolas de Tavernost has resigned from his position at the head of LFP Media, the French football league commercial arm which manages the Ligue1+ streaming platform, just nine months into the role. De Tavernost’s resignation comes in response to the fact that beIN Sports has acquired the the pay-TV rights to the 2026 and 2030 […]

February 12, 2026From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

CIMM makes new Board appointments

The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM) has announced its strategic priorities for 2026, which it says reinforces its commitment to advancing improvements, best practices, innovations and collaboration across the media and advertising industries. To support delivery of CIMM’s agenda, Dana McGraw (Disney) and Ben Hovaness (OMD) have joined Kate Sirkin (Epsilon) and Larry Allen (Comcast […]

February 12, 2026