MediaKind, a global player in media technology and services, has announced the appointment of Allen Broome as CEO. Broome has led MediaKind’s Research and Development organisation for the past two years as the company’s CTO. Before joining MediaKind, Broome led pivotal technology change in the media industry for over 20 years, including most recently as […]
BBC News has announced that Jess Brammar has been appointed as executive news editor at News channels, and Paul Danahar has been appointed as executive news editor, World story team. Brammar is an award-winning editor with wide-ranging experience in broadcasting. She has previously worked at the BBC, most recently as the acting editor of Newsnight, […]
Vodafone Spain has announced a new cut in its workforce of up to 515 people, around 12 per cent of its staff, due to tough market conditions. This is the second job reduction plan after the company shed 1,000 workers, 20 per cent of the staff, in 2019. The new redundancy plan will mainly affect […]
ITV has appointed Deep Bagchee as its first ever Chief Product Officer. He will lead the company’s future strategy across all of its digital products and services and will join later this year. Deep was previously Chief Product Officer at The Economist Group, where he led both the digital product and design teams across The […]
Two former HBO Europe production executives, Wayne Henry and Alina David, have launched EastWest Productions.eu to serve the growing need for production services in eastern Europe, and also to develop local talent in drama production. “Production services in Romania are among the best in the region; programme and film makers are discovering the great advantages […]
ViacomCBS has announced a leadership change at Paramount Pictures. Effective immediately, Jim Gianopulos, Chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures, will transition oversight of Paramount to Brian Robbins, who, as rumoured, has been appointed President and CEO of the studio in addition to maintaining his current responsibilities leading Nickelodeon. Gianopulos will serve in an advisory role […]
Brian Robbins, current Nickelodeon president, is reportedly set to be named head of Paramount Pictures in an inter-group move as ViacomCBS gears up to create more content for its Paramount+ streaming platform. Robbins would replace Jim Gianopulos, now chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures, and retain his oversight of the kids business, says the WSJ. […]
Chris Drake, who has driven adoption of innovative streaming products for more than 20 years, will spearhead the industry’s latest shift – to cloud-native platforms – as Senior Vice President, Global Head of Revenue for Firstlight Media. Drake will lead Firstlight Media’s global sales efforts to help Tier 1 content providers and distributors deploy world-class […]
3 Screen Solutions (3SS), a provider of software solutions for STB and multiscreen entertainment, has announced the appointment of Brian Jentz as Vice President Americas at 3SS. From his Midwest base in Indiana, Jentz will spearhead 3SS’ commercial growth strategy in the US, Canada and across Latin America. Jentz’ appointment sees him lead 3SS expansion […]
Ken Cordes has been named CEO of Triax. He takes on the role from September 20th. Cordes, previously MD at Emerson Climate Technologies, will lead the combined organisation formed following the merger between Triax and Klode Media, the former Multimedia business unit of Ikusi, whose shared vision is to be the preferred partner to professionals […]