The BBC has confirmed two new appointments to the Executive Committee. Alan Dickson has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Alan joined the BBC in 1995 and has most recently been the Chief Financial and Operations Officer for BBC News. He will take up his new role later this year. Dickson says: “Starting off in BBC […]
Tim Davie, the BBC’s Director-General, has acknowledged that the Licence Fee is the ‘least bad’ option for funding the Corporation, an observation made by current BBC Chairman Richard Sharp before taking up his post and repeated by former Broadcast Minister John Whittingdale earlier in 2022. “If you believe in universal broadcasting, the pressure is on […]
José Manuel Pérez Tornero, president of RTVE, has resigned following strong criticism from within the company on the grounds that his plan for RTVE is “not viable right now”. Tornero has been at the helm of RTVE since March 2021 when he was appointed by Parliament. Over the last few months, his management has been […]
Stephane Courbit, the chair of Banijay, has emerged as the frontrunner bidding for M6 Group via his FL Entertainment investor, along with other, reports Bloomberg. M6 owner Bertelsmann put it on the block after the regulator stopped its TF1 merger, and has reportedly received three offers. The group led Courbit has offered €20 a share […]
Astro Malaysia, the satellite TV company, has announced that Euan Daryl Smith will succeed Henry Tan as group CEO. Tan will retire from his role on January 31st 2023 and Smith will assume the role the next day. Tan will continue as an advisor to Astro. Tan took on the CEO role in 2018, replacing […]
Rodolphe Belmer, formerly CEO at Canal+ and Eutelsat, is to join French commercial PSB TF1 as Director General. The move follows the failure of the attempted merger between TF1 and fellow PSB M6. Gilles Pélisson, currently Chairman and Director General, will propose Belmer’s appointment at the company’s Board meeting on October 27th. On this date, […]
Roku has announced that three senior executives have been named as presidents of the company’s media, devices, and consumer experience business areas. Media industry veteran Charlie Collier – currently serving as the CEO of Fox Entertainment Group – will be joining Roku as President, Roku Media, effective in late October, based in New York. Under […]
MFE-MediaForEurope has announced the appointment of Katharina Behrends as General Manager for the German speaking region (DACH). She will join the company on October 1st. Behrends will oversee MFE’s corporate engagement and activities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Over the past 15 years, Behrends has held several leadership positions at NBC Universal Networks, where, in […]
Channel 4 in-house creative agency, 4creative, has expanded its ranks with two new duos. Dan Warner and Andy Vasey join as a Creative Director team from AMV BBDO, and Stuart Gittings and Reuben Dangoor, formerly at BBC Creative, come in as a creative team. Both new creative teams will report into Deputy Executive Creative Director […]
Albert Cheng has been promoted to vice president of Amazon Prime Video US. He previously served as chief operating officer of Amazon Studios. The news came via a staff memo composed by Mike Hopkins, senior vice president of Prime Video and Amazon Studios. Cheng enters the newly created position effective immediately and will report to […]