Two of YouTube’s co-founders, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen have unveiled their new mobile app called MixBit. Launched as a free download for iPhone, MixBit is a video-sharing app that “helps people create dynamic videos together” according to its App Store listing. Users can shoot video clips between one second and an hour in length, […]
David Ginola is to join the BT Sport football team. The ex-Spurs and Newcastle winger Ginola, 46, who won also 17 caps for France, will co-present and be a football expert across the channels’ live football coverage, including the Barclays Premier League, FA Cup with Budweiser and European football, particularly French Ligue 1. Ginola’s experience […]
Jeff Bezos has bought The Washington Post. At $250 million it is a snip – when viewed as a fraction of his personal fortune – for one of the great remaining ego trips. That is what owning a big newspaper is all about; always has been, always will be. That doesn’t make it a bad […]
Normally it is billionaire EchoStar/Dish-owner Charlie Ergen who initiates billion-dollar lawsuits. But on August 6th a New York bankruptcy court was told that Ergen – and Dish Network – had allegedly “fraudulently schemed” to prevent Harbinger Capital Partners LLC from maintaining control of bankrupt wireless company LightSquared Inc. The complaint was filed in a $4 […]
ThinkAnalytics, developer of multiplatform TV search and recommendations engine, has announced that Christy Martin has joined the company as Chief Technical Advisor. Martin will be responsible for working with service provider customers on solutions architecture and system integration work, in addition to advising on product strategy. Martin has 20 years of experience spanning consumer applications […]
Liberty Global has announced an organisational change to its Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) operations. Betzalel Kenigsztein, currently Managing Director of UPC Hungary, has been appointed in the new role of Managing Director for the Central and Eastern European Region, reporting to Diederik Karsten, Executive Vice President of Liberty Global’s European Broadband Operations. In this […]
DirecTV CEO Mike White – not for the first time – has refused to rule out a merger with arch-rival DISH Network. He told analysts “I don’t think it’s productive for me to speculate what regulators may or may not do, but the competitive landscape is very different than it was 10 years ago” when […]
Chello Central Europe (CCE) has announced the appointment of Balázs Hajós as Director of Affiliate Sales. In his new position, Hajós will oversee the company’s sales responsibilities in the entire region including both CCE channels, as well as other channels represented by CCE in the region. Balázs Hajós has been Regional Sales Director of Chello […]
From the first of August the Swedish CAS and SMS provider, CryptoGuard, welcome Krzysztof Wieczorek as a new Area Sales Manager. Krzysztof Wieczorek will be responsible for selling CryptoGuard solutions on the Polish, Czech and Slovak markets. Krzysztof Wieczorek comes from an employment at the leading Polish system integrator Klonex-VCS where Krzysztof has been responsible […]
Bank of Queensland has appointed Neil Berkett, the former CEO of Virgin Media UK, to its board. In a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange, the bank said Berkett is the Virgin Group’s nominee to its board following the acquisition of Virgin Money Australia. He has previously worked at St George Bank, Citibank and Lloyds […]