LTN Global, a specialist in transformative media technology and video transport solutions, has appointed Catherine Gonzalez Pack as Senior Vice President of Operations. Gonzalez Pack brings more than 20 years of broadcast operations experience to LTN. In her previous roles at DirecTV and AT&T, she successfully led sports and special events operations, driving excellence and […]
Following correspondence from the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on the appointment of a new Chair for Ofcom, DCMS Committee Chair Julian Knight MP criticised the continuing delays to the process. “Another week, another new instalment of suspense in the ridiculous soap opera that is the race to […]
S4C has appointed LLinos Griffin-Williams as its new Chief Content Officer. Her appointment will play a key part in the Welsh broadcaster’s wider strategy to make S4C more visible in the Global Market and drive the channel in a new direction in terms of talent and commercial opportunity. Griffin-Williams was formerly Creative Director of Cardiff based independent production […]
Jane English has been appointed Channel 4’s new Head of Inclusion and will work closely with the Head of Creative Diversity and the broadcaster’s People team to champion inclusion and diversity across the business. English is currently on maternity leave and will take up her new job in the autumn. She joins from 4Creative and […]
European broadcast service provider EMG has announced the appointment of Lucy O’Brien as Group CTO. She will lead EMG’s technical strategy, develop its technological roadmap, manage its country CTOs across Europe and the US and be responsible for recruiting the technical team at the group. O’Brien will have a particular focus on the continued drive […]
The Supervisory Board of Nemetschek SE has unanimously appointed Yves Padrines as Chief Executive Officer. In addition to leading the overall Nemetschek Group, he will be responsible for the fast-growing Media & Entertainment (M&E) and Nemetschek Venture Investments business units while overseeing merger and acquisition activities. Prior to joining Nemetschek as CEO, Padrines was most […]
JW Player, the video software and data insights platform, has announced two appointments to its senior leadership team — Matt Malanga has joined as the company’s Chief Marketing Officer, and Konstantin Olegovich Baikov as Vice President, Global Partnerships. The announcement comes in the wake of one of the company’s most successful years to date. In […]
Sports streaming platform DAZN is already preparing for the next football season following the acquisition of La Liga rights and a potential shared content deal with Telefónica giving access to all matches. The company has appointed former Vodafone executive, Bosco Aranguren, as CEO in Spain (effective April 18th) as it hedges its bets on the […]
Discovery has announced its plans to appoint Chris Licht as the new chairman and chief executive officer of CNN Global. The appointment will be effective following the completion of Discovery’s acquisition of WarnerMedia, expected in early Q2. Licht has spent more than 20 years in broadcast news and currently serves as executive vice president of […]
Martin Krapf, Non-Executive Board member of Screenforce Germany, has been appointed as the new President of the Global TV Group, the grouping of TV broadcasters and sales houses’ trade bodies in Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia and Latin America. He will work together with Catherine MacLeod, President and CEO of thinktv Canada, who will serve […]