Nordic telco TeliaSonera has picked Johan Dennelind, the current chief executive of Vodacom International, as its new CEO. Telia, 37 per cent owned by the Swedish government and Europe’s sixth biggest operator by market value, has been headed by its CFO since former CEO Lars Nyberg resigned in February. His move followed an internal probe […]
Intraway Corporation, leading provider of advanced OSS/BSS solutions, today announced the appointment of industry veteran Hamid Qayyum as VP of North America Operations to strengthen Intraway’s position in the region and provide top-notch service to new and current customers. “It is a pleasure for us to welcome Hamid to Intraway,” said Leandro Rzezak, Intraway CEO. […]
The theme for the RTS Cambridge Convention 2013 – the UK’s pre-eminent high-level gathering of broadcasting executives – has been unveiled. The bi-annual event, which takes place in Cambridge from September 11th – 13th, will ask the question, Whose Side Are you on? Quality Content: Who Pays? Who Decides? Who Profits? This year, Channel 4 […]
Rupert Murdoch has filed for divorce from his third wife, Wendy Deng. The 82 year old says in New York court filing the relationship has irrevocably broken down. The pair have been married for 14 years and his wife gained notoriety in 2011 when she robustly defended her husband from a pie attack while he […]
Michael Lee has been appointed as Managing Director for UPC DTH, the satellite television provider in Central and Eastern Europe located in Luxembourg. UPC DTH delivers satellite television in Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania and is part of the Liberty Global group. Lee has been CFO of UPC DTH since 2010. He joined Liberty […]
Jean-Philippe Maheu, a Twitter executive, has said that he believes live-TV viewing for popular shows will increase as viewers increasingly fear that social media will yield more spoilers – although he concedes the evidence is “anecdotal”. Maheu, who was CEO of Bluefin Labs before Twitter acquired it, was speaking at the IAB Cross-Screen Afterfronts conference, […]
Ward Platt has been named Chief Operating Officer of FOX International Channels (FIC) and Chief Executive Officer of the unit’s National Geographic Channels International (NGCI). Platt, who previously served as President, Asia Pacific and the Middle East for FIC will relocate to Los Angeles and will work across areas in the execution of FIC’s continuing […]
Erik Huggers, who now runs Intel’s Media division, is reportedly offering a 50-75 per cent premium over average ‘Internet TV’ rates. Huggers, according to trade mag Variety, has already concluded MOU agreements with the likes of News Corp, CBS and Viacom for a planned broadband OTT service. Huggers ran the BBC’s future media and technology […]
The date for Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom’s extradition hearing has been put off from August until at least November, and may not be until April next year. That means the extradition hearing could be potentially held more than two years after Dotcom was first arrested after the police raid on his mansion north of Auckland. […]
Harmonic, the video delivery infrastructure expert, has confirmed that George Stromeyer has been appointed as the company’s new senior vice president of worldwide sales. Leading Harmonic’s global sales network, Stromeyer will develop and implement a clear-cut strategy for driving additional revenue opportunities within the broadcast, cable, satellite, telco, media, and post-production markets. “George brings a […]