Extreme E, the electric racing series which has just completed its second season, has appointed David Gillett joining as Head of Media Rights.    Gillett previously worked at Formula One Management from 2006 where he spent 11 years working in the media rights team. He then moved to Pitch International and worked on behalf of […]

Plume, the personalised communications services pioneer, has appointed and formed a new board of advisors comprising of highly-experienced telecoms industry and business leaders: Hannes Ametsreiter, former CEO of Vodafone Germany, Cody Sanford, former T-Mobile Executive VP, and Mike Doonan, Managing Partner at SPMB Executive Search will advise Plume’s executive team as global demand for its […]

Michelle Donelan, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), has revealed she is expecting a baby in 2023 and will be taking a short maternity leave from DCMS. Given her absence from parliament, it is unlikely that there will be any material progress in the meanwhile on issues such the privatisation of […]

RTL AdAlliance has appointed Iris Ostermaier global CFO of the newly created RTL AdAlliance, effective January 9th 2023. In this role, she will report to Stéphane Coruble, CEO of RTL AdAlliance. RTL AdAlliance was formed through the combination of RTL AdConnect, G+J iMS and Smartclip’s sales and media businesses to create an international total media […]

tvScientific, the connected TV performance advertising platform, has announced the appointment of Michael Bilow as its first head of data science, as well as the official launch of its Data Science Advisory Board. Together Bilow and the board will provide strategic guidance over tvScientific’s approach to television attribution. Bilow joins tvScientific as a seasoned data […]

Sports media company, Sunset+Vine, has announced that Raj Mannick will join the company as Head of Digital. Mannick will start the role in January 2023 with a remit to accelerate the growth of the digital side of the business. He will be responsible for building on the company’s track record in providing a range of […]

Haivision Systems, a provider of mission-critical, real-time video networking and visual collaboration solutions, has announced the appointment of Jean-Marc Racine as Chief Product Officer effective January 2nd 2023. Racine has extensive experience in product and marketing and has held leadership roles in the media and video technology domain. From his career start as a hardware […]

Richard Sharp, Chairman of the BBC, has announced the appointment of Sir Damon Buffini to the new role of Deputy Chair of the BBC Board, in his capacity as Chair of the BBC Commercial Board. Buffini was a Founding Partner of international investment firm Permira, where he was Managing Partner from 1997 to 2010.  He […]

Conservative MP Julian Knight, who chairs the UK House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, has had the party whip removed “with immediate effect” after a complaint was made to the Metropolitan Police, the party has said. Knight has represented Solihull in the West Midlands since 2015. A spokeswoman for Chief Whip Simon […]

UKTV has appointed Tim Bertioli as its new Director of Media Services, taking on responsibility for the Technology and Operations teams and leading a team of some 50 staff. Reporting to Nicola Greaves, BBC Studios’ Executive Vice President Global Operations, Bertioli will lead the UKTV Media Services function and sit on UKTV’s Executive Leadership Team […]