Grass Valley, a provider of solutions for live productions, has announced the appointment of Tim Banks as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO); Marek Kielczewski as Chief Technology Officer (CTO); and Jim Kirkland as Senior Vice President Global Delivery and Support. Grass Valley said these appointments reinforce its accelerated transformation of the business and its long-term vision […]
Amagi, the global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has appointed Vijay NP as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Amagi, Vijay spent over 5 years at Amazon and was the CFO of Amazon Web Services (AWS) for India and ASEAN. Before Amazon, he had a 10+ year stint with […]
Crunchyroll, the specialist in anime fan experiences, has announced the new structure of its EMEA Consumer Products team. Waell Oueslati has been appointed as Director of Consumer Products EMEA, reporting into Anna Songco Adamian, Vice President, Consumer Products, Crunchyroll. Before Crunchyroll, Oueslati worked in licensing for VIZ Media Europe, France and Shogakukan-Shueisha Production (ShoPro) in […]
The UK’s leading public service broadcasters – the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 – have appointed Erik Huggers as the new Chairman of free TV platform operator, Everyone TV. Huggers is a highly respected senior executive with a wealth of international leadership experience gained across a variety of media and tech businesses. He […]
Intelsat, the satellite and terrestrial network operator, has announced the appointment of Gaurav Kharod as the regional Vice President for its Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Kharod comes from Intelsat’s India office, where he served as the managing sales director of South Asia and India. Kharod will assume the responsibilities from Terry Bleakley, who previously led […]
Technetix, the broadband technology provider, has announced that John Chapman has joined its Strategic Advisory Board. Chapman is currently CTO Broadband and Fellow at Cisco. He is a senior executive with decades of experience of leadership, strategy, innovation and execution. Chapman co-founded the cable business unit at Cisco as an internal startup. Chapman commented: “I […]
Global film and TV studio Fifth Season (formerly Endeavor Content) has made a raft of appointments and promotions across its expanding EMEA Television Distribution team. Led by the recently promoted President of Television Distribution, Prentiss Fraser, Fifth Season’s Television Distribution team is headquartered in London, with executives located in New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, […]
BT has reported revenue in the three quarters to the end of December was up slightly at £15.6 billion (€14.2bn), a 1 per cent decline on last year which the telco attributed to inflationary headwinds and legacy product declines. Profit after tax was at £1.3 billion, with capex spend of £3.8 billion. Philip Jansen, Chief […]
Rebecca Rørmark has been appointed to the newly created role of Senior Vice President, Head of Streaming Marketing for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Warner Bros Discovery (WBD). WBD is preparing for the launch of its enhanced, global streaming platform that will combine HBO Max content with content from discovery+ into a single user […]
Matthew Amroliwala, Christian Fraser, Yalda Hakim, Lucy Hockings and Maryam Moshiri will be chief presenters on the BBC’s news channel – BBC News – which will be broadcast in the UK and around the world. Deborah Turness, CEO of BBC News, commented: “I’m thrilled to announce the faces of our channel. This team’s editorial leadership, […]