Satellite operator Eutelsat has appointed Laurence Delpy as General Manager of the Video Business Unit and Cyril Dujardin as General Manager of the Connectivity Business Unit. These two appointments are at the core of Eutelsat’s telecom pivot, which will be further strengthened by the combination of Eutelsat and OneWeb announced in July 2022. The creation […]

YouView has confirmed the appointment of Riccardo Balestiero as its new CEO. Balestiero will be joining YouView in November 2022, having been associated with the venture for seven years in his current role as Director of Products at BT Consumer and as BT’s representative on the YouView board. Balestiero joins as YouView continues to play […]

Sandrine Téran, Eutelsat’s CFO, is to step down “by the end of November to pursue other opportunities” according to a company statement. Téran has been the Group’s CFO and a member of the Executive Committee since January 2017. During that time, Eutelsat says she has implemented a strategy of financial discipline that has allowed to […]

Three executives at Disney General Entertainment (DGE) have received expanded leadership roles, Dana Walden, chairman, Disney General Entertainment, has confirmed. The changes include the promotions of Craig Erwich to president, ABC Entertainment, Hulu & Disney Branded Television Streaming Originals; Shannon Ryan to president, Marketing, Disney General Entertainment; and Eric Schrier to the role of president, […]

iSpot, the real-time TV measurement company, has hired Will Waldron, a veteran US Census Bureau supervisory statistician, as vice president of research to oversee statistical quality standards and methodological practices of its television ratings and ad measurement products. In this role, Waldron will focus on data fidelity, measurement veracity and ratings reliability. He will have […]

RTL Group has appointed two new members of RTL Deutschland’s Management Board: Ingrid Heisserer, currently CFO Austria & Germany at the global cosmetics company L’Oréal, will become the new CFO of RTL Deutschland, effective December 1st. She will succeed Alexander Glatz, who will leave RTL Deutschland on August 31st as previously announced in July. Additionally […]

IBC has announced that its annual Conference and its new free Changemaker content programme will offer a full slate of industry specialist speaking on media and entertainment’s (M&E’s) most pressing technology issues, developments and innovations as it reconvenes live at the RAI Amsterdam on September 9th-12th. Bringing together some of M&Es most influential thought leaders […]

Grass Valley, the specialist in live production solutions, has announced the appointment of Sai Gopal as its Chief Financial Officer. “Sai is a great addition to the Grass Valley team – his tremendous experience combined with his great track record of delivering financial rigor and operational change in fast moving and complex environments will enable […]

Golfing greats Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, and veteran sports industry executive Mike McCarley have formed TMRW Sports, a company focused on building technology-focused ventures that feature progressive approaches to sports, media, and entertainment “I am excited to work with TMRW Sports in bringing people more access to sports,” declared Woods. “So many athletes, entertainers, and […]

The Council of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has announced the appointment of Nkhetheleni Norman Gidi as its Acting Chief Executive Officer, effective from September 1st to November 30th 2022, or until a permanent appointment has been made. The appointment of Gidi follows the announcement of the end of term of office […]