Pete Thomas will join TNT Sports as its new Head of Football on March 1st. He joins from production house Whisper. In a broadcasting career spanning two decades, Thomas has worked across a host of sports and major sporting events including Premier League football, European football, rugby and NFL. He moved to Whisper from Noah […]

RTL AdAlliance, RTL Group’s international media sales house, has announced updates to its leadership and organisational sales structure. Following the departure of Simone Blei, Artur Kobryn has been appointed as Vice President International Sales with immediate effect. RTL AdAlliance says that his extensive experience and strategic vision position him to lead the company’s international sales […]

Marc Murtra has been named Executive Chairman of Spanish telco Telefónica, replacing José Álvarez-Pallete who held the role for nine years. Alvarez-Pallete was asked to resign as at a board meeting on January 18th and complied. The Spanish government had a key role in the decision, which came after an investor shake up that began […]

Nippon TV, the Japanese multiplatform entertainment powerhouse, has announced that Hiroyuki Fukuda, former Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, has been promoted to Representative Director, President and Chief Operating Officer of Nippon TV. He replaces Akira Ishizawa who will now serve as the Representative Director of the newly established Yomiuri Chukyo FS Broadcasting Holdings Corporation. […]

Telia Company, the Swedish multinational telco, has announced the appointment of Holger Haljand as Senior Vice President, Head of Telia Finland and member of the company’s Group Executive Management team, effective February 1st 2025. Holger has held a range of leadership positions since joining the Telia Estonia management team in 2014 and is currently Head […]

Henri de Fontaines will take over the operational management of French streaming platform M6+ in March. Julien Smadja, currently Deputy Managing Director in charge of streaming activities, will leave Groupe M6 on the same date. De Fontaines joined M6 Group as Strategy Policy Officer in 2003. Appointed Company Secretary of Studio 89 in late 2006, […]

Nielsen, the specialist in audience measurement, data and analytics, has announced the appointment of Inam Mahmood as its new General Manager, Audience Measurement, EMEA. Mahmood joins Nielsen from Revolut. He will report to Amilcar Perez, Chief Revenue Officer, Audience Measurement, and be based in London. At Revolut, Mahmood played a pivotal role in driving revenue […]

Friend MTS, a provider of content protection services, is expanding its business intelligence services with a new team headed by former KPMG anti-piracy expert, Dave Gilmore, who will become its new VP of Intelligence. Gilmore will spearhead a new team of data, cyber and intelligence analysts. This team will enhance FMTS’ ability to identify and […]

Utiq, the European adtech company, has announced the appointment of two adtech industry leaders into key business roles, with Pagel Colin joining as Director of Global Clients and Thomas Bailly as Director of Global Agencies. Following a year of exponential business growth, Utiq aims to accelerate continued adoption of its Authentic Consent Service by both […]

Stephen Nuttall has been appointed as the new Chair of IBC’s Partnership Board. Made up of representatives from each of the six partner organisations which own IBC (IABM, IEEE, IET, RTS, SCTE and SMPTE), the IBC Partnership Board provides the governance and strategic oversight of IBC. Nuttall has over thirty years’ leadership experience gained as […]