Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to change his own family trust to leave his eldest son Lachlan in control of News Corp has been blocked by a Nevada court. A Nevada court commissioner found Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch had acted in “bad faith” by trying to change the trust to leave Lachlan in control rather than his […]
Deltatre, the tech company behind the media and sporting moments that matter, has announced the appointment of Peter Bellamy as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). He will oversee new business, customer management, strategic partnerships, growth services, and marketing. Bellamy brings two decades of proven success in the ever-changing media landscape, including key roles at Sky, NeuLion, […]
EBU members have elected a new Executive Board, made up of eleven senior executives of public service media from throughout Europe. Nine Executive Board members were elected on December 5th at the EBU’s 93rd General Assembly in Lausanne. The Board is responsible for ensuring the implementation of the EBU’s strategy and policies. Six current board […]
Ofcom has announced the appointment of Oliver Griffiths as its new Group Director, Online Safety. Griffiths joins from the Trade Remedies Authority, which defends UK economic interests against unfair international trade practices, where he has been Chief Executive since 2021. He was previously a Director in the Department of International Trade, responsible for UK-US trade […]
Gracenote, the content solutions business unit of Nielsen, has announced the appointment of Bill Michels as Chief Product Officer. In this role, Michels is responsible for leading Gracenote’s global Product team as the company looks to grow its suite of video, sports and music products and accelerate key market expansion initiatives. “As Gracenote redefines the […]
Media Excel, a specialist in video encoding, transcoding and packaging, has announced that Joel Derrico has joined its Technical Advisory Board. A leader in video compression, processing, and distribution, Derrico brings over three decades of expertise to the table. Derrico is currently serving as Principal Engineer at Cox Communications, where he has spent nearly 16 […]
Eutelsat Group has exercised the put option signed with EQT Infrastructure VI fund on August 9th regarding a majority stake in a newly created entity that will hold Eutelsat’s passive ground infrastructure assets. This decision follows the completion of the consultation processes with relevant employee representative bodies of Eutelsat.The exercise of the put option led […]
The European Commission’s new head of its Defence & Space (DG DEFIX) portfolio has started work. Andrius Kubilius, the former prime minister of Lithuania, assumed office on December 1st. He will work under Ursula von der Leyen who is the continuing president of the Commission. Commissioner Kubilius held a staff meeting on Dec 1 and […]
Benedicte Schilbred Fasmer has officially taken up the role as CEO of Telenor. Until recently, Fasmer has been CEO of Sparebank1 Sør-Norge, and she has spent the last few weeks meeting new colleagues in Telenor. “Telenor has a strong footprint in both the Nordics and Asia. I will now use some time to listen, learn […]
Electric Entertainment, the US-based production and distribution company, has announced the promotion of Ben Kim to Head of Development and Acquisitions. In his new role, Kim will continue to lead the development of all scripted TV and feature films, while overseeing the company’s global acquisitions and co-productions. Dean Devlin, CEO of Electric Entertainment, commented: “Since […]