The House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee is to question BBC Chair Richard Sharp following media reports about his appointment. Sharp appeared before the Committee in January 2021 for a pre-appointment hearing in which he faced questions about his political independence and suitability for the role. The Committee subsequently approved his appointment. […]
DoubleVerify (DV), a software platform for digital media measurement, data and analytics, has announced the appointment of four strategic commercial hires in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Brandon Whitelock, Steve Sargent, Jonathan Lucas, and Taha Crorie, all join DV to take on enterprise sales roles, each focussing on areas across product, agencies, […]
Edutainment specialist Sandbox Group has appointed Shan Eisenberg as the company’s Chief Revenue Officer working across the learning, gaming and kids divisions. Building on his telco and content tech background, Eisenberg’s focus will be on accelerating growth of the Sandbox group through its existing partners and new collaborations amongst global Service Providers and Telcos in […]
A+E Networks has announced that Deborah K. Bradley has joined the company as Executive Vice President of Global Content Sales. The announcement was made by Mark Garner, EVP of Content Sales and Business Development, to whom she will report. In this newly formed role, Bradley will oversee the team responsible for licensing original and existing […]
TV presenter duo Ant & Dec will celebrate 25 years with ITV by extending their current exclusive deal with the broadcaster for a further three years. The new contract comes at the start of a busy year for the duo, who will host brand new series of Ant & Dec’s Limitless Win (currently airing on […]
24i, the end-to-end video streaming expert, has promoted David Brown to Chief Technology Officer. As the newest member of the executive team, Brown is focused on developing the right technology and products to advance the video streaming user experience, increase engagement and reduce costs for customers. Before establishing his expertise as Senior Scientist at 24i, […]
Friend MTS, a provider of content protection and anti-piracy services, has announced the appointment of Daniel Harris as Chair of its board of directors. Harris takes over the position from Michael Joseph, who had been fulfilling the role of interim Chair following the investment by private equity firm NorthEdge in Friend MTS in September 2022. […]
Technetix has hired Tony Werner as a strategic advisor. He will support Paul Broadhurst, Founder and CEO of Technetix Group with the continuing strategic development of the broadband solutions company.Werner recently retired from Comcast Cable, where his 15-year legacy as Chief Technology Officer and then President, Technology, Product, Xperience, accelerated the pace of innovation within […]
Rupert Murdoch is to be questioned under oath in the defamation lawsuit against his Fox News’ coverage of unfounded vote-rigging allegations in the 2020 US presidential election. Vote machine company, Dominion Voting Systems, claims Fox News ran false claims about its machines being used to rig the election against Donald Trump. Dominion is seeking $1.6 […]
Conor Grant has been appointed incoming Chairman of Racecourse Media Group (RMG), the umbrella organisation for 35 British racecourse shareholders and parent company of Racing TV. Grant will initially join as a Non-Executive Director on April 1st and then succeed Roger Lewis as Chairman on October 1st. Grant brings to the role 24 years of […]