Clayton Mowry has left Jeff Bezos and his Blue Origin operation to join Voyager Space as Chief Revenue Officer. Mowry’s credentials include a 15-year spell at Arianespace as chairman and President of the US division. Most recently, he served as VP/Global Sales at Blue Origin where he led global sales, marketing and customer experience for […]
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has announced that Muriel Gray has been appointed as a non-executive director on the BBC Board. Gray will be the Scotland member on the Board and serve a term of four years. Gray is the former Chair of the Board of Governors at The Glasgow School Of […]
Eva Berneke is Eutelsat’s new Chief Executive Officer, with effect from January 1st 2022. She joins Eutelsat from KMD, the Danish IT and software company that is part of the NEC Group. During her tenure, she oversaw the transformation of KMD from a mainly government service provider to a modern, digital company competing in both the […]
Laura Kuenssberg will step down as the BBC’s political editor at Easter 2022 after seven years in the position, to take up a senior presenting and reporting role across the BBC. Kuenssberg will take on a range of news and current affairs projects across TV, radio and online – with further details to be announced […]
Banijay has announced the appointment of Patrick Holland, as Banijay UK’s Executive Chairman. Taking the role at the beginning of Q2, he joins from the BBC, where he most recently served as Director, Factual, Arts & Classical Music. In his new post, he will lead Banijay UK’s burgeoning portfolio of 20 premium unscripted and scripted […]
Industry research body MoffettNathanson (MN) has been acquired by SVB Financial Group, the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank. MN, in a statement, said: “At the heart of our combination is Silicon Valley Bank’s unique position as the premier banker to the innovation economy. Gaining a deeper understanding of the innovators in TMT will help […]
The Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA), the body that represents companies involved in the provision of protected audiovisual services, security technology for such services, and the manufacturing of products which facilitate the delivery of such services, has appointed Oliver Pribramsky, Head of Rights Management, Technologies and Archives at Deutsche Fussball Liga as Co-President. Pribramsky also plays […]
BAFTA Chief Executive Amanda Berry OBE has announced that she intends to step down from her role in the autumn of 2023 – after 25 years at the arts charity. BAFTA Chief Operating Officer Kevin Price will leave in September 2022, after 20 years working alongside Berry. Berry OBE said: “In 2023 I will have […]
BBC Studios has announced the appointment of Martyn Freeman as its new Chief Operating Officer. Freeman is currently the company’s General Counsel, overseeing the company’s business and legal affairs, global operations, compliance and risk. His new appointment will see him extend his portfolio to take on responsibility over technology, transformation and property. Two months after […]
RTL Group has announced that Christophe Goossens has been appointed CEO of the Group’s Luxembourg-based technical service provider, Broadcasting Center Europe (BCE), effective immediately. He will take over the leadership of BCE in addition to his role as CEO of RTL Luxembourg. Fred Lemaire, currently CEO of BCE, will become Chief Operating Officer (COO) of […]