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ABS hires Eutelsat’s Karimbhai

Agility Beyond Space (ABS) has hired Sameer Karimbhai as its General Counsel. Karimbhai joins ABS following his tenure at Eutelsat, where he served as OneWeb General Counsel and Group Company Secretary. His experience includes leading significant corporate projects such as helping secure over $4 billion of equity and debt funding for OneWeb, guiding the company […]

February 5, 2025By Chris Forrester

Dauba-Pantanacce named Chief Comms & Brand Officer at TF1

Anne-Gabrielle Dauba-Pantanacce has been appointed Chief Communications & Brand Officer at TF1 Group with effect from April 1st. She succeeds Maylis Carçabal, who has been promoted to Chief Communications Officer at the Bouygues group. In her new role, Dauba-Pantanacce will develop and implement TF1 Group’s communication and brand strategy, supporting the French broadcasting group’s digital […]

February 5, 2025

Revry hires Schnider

Revry, a specialist in LGBTQ+ streaming entertainment, has announced the appointment of Daniel Schnider as Head of Business Development & Distribution Partnerships. With over 25 years of experience in media and entertainment, Schnider brings a wealth of expertise and strategic vision to Revry’s mission of amplifying diverse voices worldwide. Schnider most recently served as Director […]

February 5, 2025

EVS hires Gibson in EVP sales role

EVS, a specialist in live video technology for broadcast and new media productions, has announced the appointment of Bevan Gibson as Executive Vice President of Sales & Operations for North America, effective immediately. Originally from Australia, Gibson brings over 20 years of leadership experience in the broadcast industry, having held key positions in major broadcast […]

February 5, 2025

Iwan appointed S4C Chief Content Officer

Llion Iwan has been appointed as S4C’s Chief Content Officer. Iwan is currently the Managing Director of Cwmni Da – one of Wales’ leading independent production companies – which he joined in 2019 and, under his leadership, the company has increased turnover, was the first to place Welsh language content on Prime Video and developed […]

January 31, 2025

Telia announces changes to exec management; hits FY targets

Telia, the Swedish multinational telco, has announced the appointment of Bjørn Ivar Moen as Senior Vice President, Head of Telia Norway and member of the company’s Group Executive Management team, effective January 1st 2026 at the latest. Stein-Erik Vellan, currently Senior Vice President, Head of Telia Norway and member of the Group Executive Management team, […]

January 30, 2025

DEGI, BASE announce board changes

DEGI: The Digital Entertainment Group International (DEGI) has announced the appointment of Robert Marsh, Vice President, International Account Management & Sales, UK Home Entertainment at Sony Pictures Entertainment as Co-Chair of the DEGI, effective immediately. Marsh moves across to DEGI from the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) where he held the office of Chair, […]

January 29, 2025

New Sony chief will stick to entertainment

Sony Group president Hiroki Totoki will be elevated to the position of CEO in April. Chairman and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida will continue in the sole role of chairman. Sony said Totoki will continue to accelerate its recent strategy of focusing on entertainment and leveraging IP for growth. “My predecessors as CEO, Kazuo Hirai and Kenichiro […]

January 29, 2025

Senior hires at Aardman

independent animation studio Aardman has announced the appointment of Kenny England in the newly created role of Director of Digital, Social, and Communities, and Amy Pearson as Director of Marketing. Both will report to Executive Commercial and Brand Director, Emma Hardie. England will lead a new integrated digital strategy across Aardman’s social, YouTube and FAST […]

January 29, 2025

OpenX promotes Romasco

OpenX Technologies, the omnichannel supply-side platforms, has announced the promotion of Tyler Romasco to SVP, Global Publisher Development, from VP, US Publisher Development. Romasco, who joined OpenX in 2019, will be responsible for driving OpenX’s publisher growth throughout North America, EMEA, APAC, and LATAM. Romasco’s demonstrated success in scaling publisher partnerships, including CTV and OTT, […]

January 28, 2025