Indonesian billionaire Chairul Tanjung has agreed to buy an 80 per cent stake in the country’s second-biggest pay-TV operator, Telkomvision, heating up competition in the emerging pay television market currently controlled by another tycoon, Harry Tanoesoedibjo. Just 7 per cent of all Indonesia households have pay-TV, compared to India and China with 83 per cent […]
Digital UK, the body that led the successful implementation of digital TV switchover (DSO) from 2008-2012, has appointed Jonathan Thompson as its new Chief Executive. He succeeds David Scott, Digital UK’s current CEO, who announced in May 2013 that he was stepping down from the role. Thompson will oversee Digital UK’s transition to leading developments […]
Intraway Corporation, leading provider of advanced OSS/BSS solutions, today announced the appointment of Alejandro Cavaliere as VP of Operations of the EMEA region to strengthen Intraway’s position in this region and to provide state of the art services to new and current customers. “I am delighted to welcome Alex to Intraway,” said Leandro Rzezak, Intraway’s […]
Discovery Networks International (DNI) has named Arjan Hoekstra as the new head of the Asia-Pacific region, effective September 1st. As President and Managing Director of Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific (DNAP), Hoekstra will be responsible for developing the overall strategies for DNAP’s business to drive revenue across ad and affiliate sales, build the portfolio’s core brands and […]
Liberty Global has announced that effective July 1st, Dana Strong will become the Chief Operating Officer of Virgin Media. Strong is currently Managing Director of UPC Ireland, the country’s leading broadband, communications, and entertainment provider, where she will remain as Chairman. In her new COO role, Strong will report to Tom Mockridge, who was recently […]
Jana Bennett has joined A+E Networks as President of the bio and LMN channels. In her new position, Bennett will oversee the development, strategies, marketing, publicity and brand development for LMN and bio. channels, two networks that are already tracking strong growth. Prior to joining A+E Networks, Bennett was President, BBC Worldwide Networks & global […]
Mohamed Youssif, until last week CEO at YahLive, has joined Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) as its COO and president/MD of a newly formed Middle East division. A press statement from ABS says that Youssif will be responsible “for global sales and revenue for the company as well as directly managing business development for the Middle […]
Modern Times Group (MTG), the international entertainment broadcasting group, has announced the appointment of Jette Nygaard-Andersen as Executive Vice President of the Group´s Nordic pay-TV broadcasting operations with immediate effect. In addition, Peter Nørrelund has been appointed with immediate effect as MTG Head of Sport with overall responsibility for the Group’s sports production, broadcasting and […]
Veteran football broadcasters Danny Baker and Danny Kelly are to reform their broadcasting partnership to front an interactive football show for BT Sport. “Baker and Kelly’s Vaguely Sporting Phone-Out” will run on Friday evenings for 40 weeks throughout the 2013-2014 season on BT Sport. The first show will air on August 16th, the day before […]
Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai said that it was “premature” to “speculate one way or the other” on whether the company would accept or reject the proposal from the company’s largest shareholder to spin-off as much as 20 per cent of its entertainment assets, including Sony Pictures Entertainment and the music division. On CNBC, Hirai said […]