The UK House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has agreed that Damian Green MP will act as Chair during the absence of Julian Knight. Knight announced December 2022 that he would be recusing himself from Parliament until a complaint made about him to the Metropolitan Police has been resolved. Green has been […]
Red Bee Media, the media services provider, has appointed James Arnold as Chief Executive Officer. Arnold steps into the role from his previous position as Chief Commercial Officer. As CEO, Arnold will lead the next phase of growth, building on the company’s expertise supporting some of the world’s leading broadcasters, streaming services, sports leagues and […]
Hilary Rosen, UKTV’s Director of Commissioning has that Helen Nightingale and Mark Iddon have been promoted to Head of Factual and Factual Entertainment and Senior Commissioner for Comedy Entertainment respectively. Nightingale and Iddon will report to Rosen, with Nightingale overseeing all factual and factual entertainment commissions across the network, and Iddon leading on the comedy […]
Quay Street Productions, (part of ITV Studios), the Manchester-based production company founded by Nicola Shindler OBE, has appointed Samantha McMillon in the role of Chief Operating Officer. McMillon will work alongside Shindler as the new production company continues to see huge growth since its launch in 2021. McMillon previously built a relationship with Shindler while […]
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels told Citi’s 2023 media conference “the [streaming] industry had gone overboard and went on a spending frenzy. There was a lot of thinking of, ‘Let’s do more, more, more,’ not necessarily, ‘Let’s do the exact right things, let’s do what works’.’” Wiedenfels said the company was focusing on […]
Vince McMahon is officially back with WWE, rejoining the company’s Board of Directors “Today, we announce that the founder of WWE, Vince McMahon, will be returning to the Board,” said his daughter, Chairwoman & Co-CEO Stephanie McMahon, Co-CEO Nick Khan and Chief Content Officer Paul Levesque in a joint statement. “We also welcome back Michelle […]
Nokia has announced that Rolf Werner has joined the company as the Senior Vice President of its European region, reporting directly to Chief Customer Experience Officer, Ricky Corker. Bringing more than 25 years’ business and industry experience, Werner joins Nokia from Cognizant Technology Solutions, where he was the CEO of Germany, with responsibility for the […]
Future Today, a specialist in ad-supported streaming, has announced the appointment of Mark Smith to Vice President of Ad Products, Operations and Strategy. Bringing over 17 years of experience to the role, Smith will lead Future Today’s Ad Products and Operations efforts. In his role, Smith will report directly to Vikrant Mathur at Future Today […]
Starz President and CEO, Jeffrey Hirsch, has announced that global SVoD executive, Darren Nielson, has been promoted to Executive Vice President, International Networks, taking over from Superna Kalle. Reporting directly to Hirsch, Nielson will oversee the international division’s growth for its newly rebranded international service Lionsgate+ including P&L responsibility and all aspects of programming, distribution, […]
Having failed to attract sufficient votes to confirm her October 2021 nomination as an FCC Commissioner, US President Biden has renominated Gigi Sohn to fill the vacant fifth commissioner seat. The new appointment will be for a five year term retroactively starting on July 1st, 2021, filling the seat previously held by former FCC Chairman […]