ITV Commercial has announced the appointment of marketing and media expert Mike Liall as Client Strategy & Planning Controller across ITV’s nine regional teams. Liall joins ITV with 15 years’ experience in marketing and media strategy across Dentsu North, Mediacom North and most recently McCann Manchester, working across a wide range of sectors and clients. […]
Blu Digital Group (BDG), a media and entertainment technology company, has announced the appointment of Tony Rizkallah as Chief Operations Officer, responsible for the operations and increased automation of business processes of Blu Digital Group. Rizkallah spent 15 years building and running digital media management facility Bitmax, where he was responsible for the technology and […]
Jesse Norman MP, a former government minister and Chair of the UK parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee in 2015-16, has criticised the proposed privatisation of publicly-owned broadcaster Channel 4. In a letter expressing no confidence in Prime Minister Boris Johnson, he said: “Privatisation of Channel 4 is an unnecessary and provocative attempt to address […]
Jan Frelek has been nominated to the Board of Redge Technologies. As board member he is responsible for marketing, sales and business development of the company. Redge Technologies delivers Redge Media – the leading OTT platform in CEE which powers a.o. TVN Warner Discovery player.pl, Illiad Play NOW, RASP VOD.PL, Canal+ Premiery and Go3 in […]
Sheikha Al Zain Al Sabah and Elie Habib have joined Dubai-based OSN under the leadership of KIPCO’s Sheikha Dana Al Sabah. The board also includes Michael Johnson from junior partner Mawarid Holding Co as well as OSN’s newly appointed CEO Joe Kawkabani. Sheikha Dana Al Sabah, Chairperson of the Board commented that the “deep experience […]
WWE has announced that Catherine Newman has been named Executive Vice President and Head of Marketing. Newman brings more than two decades of executive experience to WWE including her most recent role as Chief Marketing Officer of Manchester United Media. She has also held senior positions at The Times of London and Financial Times, leading […]
Toby Emmerich has announced that he is stepping down as chairman of Warner Bros Pictures Group and will launch his own production company at the studio, focused on film, television and streaming. As part of an exclusive 5-year agreement, Warner Bros Discovery will finance Emmerich’s venture and have distribution rights to films and series. Emmerich […]
Real-world concerns about women’s safety and wellbeing are mirrored in the online world, according to figures from Ofcom’sstudy into the nation’s online lives. Its findings reveal that women are less confident about their online safety than men, more negatively affected by discriminatory, hateful and trolling content, and feel less able to have a voice and […]
FuboTV, the US sports-first live TV streaming platform, has announced three executive appointments to bolster its strategic partnerships, content strategy and business development operations. All appointments are effective immediately. Ben Grad has been named senior vice president, head of strategic partnerships and operations, reporting to David Gandler, co-founder and CEO. In this newly created role, […]
DAZN Group, the global sports entertainment company, has announced that Roni Maman has joined the company as EVP, Customer Success Operations. DAZn says that Maman will be responsible for ensuring that customers get the maximum value from the DAZN service, at all touchpoints on- and off-platform, and that any issues are proactively resolved with the […]