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 […]
Sky Studios, Sky’s original programming arm across Europe, has announced two new appointments to its drama team as the Studio targets a significant increase in the investment and scale of Sky Original drama. Making her first appointments since joining Sky Studios earlier this year, Meghan Lyvers, Sky Studios’ Director of Original Drama, UK&I, has announced […]
Vodafone Group has announced that Nick Read has agreed with the Board that he will step down as Group Chief Executive and as a Director of Vodafone on December 31st, following which he will be available as an adviser to the Board until March 31st 2023. Margherita Della Valle has been appointed interim Group Chief […]
Tomasz Kamiński has been nominated to the Board of Redge Technologies as CFO. The board member will support the leader of OTT technology in the CEE region in the strategic and operational areas. Kamiński is an experienced expert in strategic consulting and private equity funds. He joined Redge Technologies in 2021 as CFO. Previously, he […]
John Ryley has announced he is stepping down as head of Sky News after 17 years. Ryley, who has been with Sky for 28 years, began his career as a BBC graduate news trainee and went on to programme edit ITV’s News at Ten before joining Sky in 1995 as an output editor. He was […]
Michel Azibert has retired from his deputy-CEO role at Eutelsat. He has been in the role since 2019 and his departure was effective on November 10th following Eutelsat’s AGM. The news was not made public until an official notification was issued on December 2nd. The notification concerned his final compensation and salary entitlements along with […]
Michelle Donelan, the UK Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, will appear before the DCMS Committee for the first time since her September 2022 appointment. In a wide-ranging session, MPs are expected to examine her priorities as well as key areas of Committee focus. Questions in the December 6th Evidence Session on […]