KC Sullivan has been appointed President & Managing Director, CNBC International, effective May 8th 2013. He replaces Satpal Brainch, who is moving to become EVP & Managing Director, Universal Networks International. Sullivan will lead the CNBC International business operations across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa and will be based in London. He […]
England star Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is to feature in TV adverts for BT Sport, as well as appearing as a regular guest. Alex, 19, who has ten England caps, will also become a BT Ambassador. Alex, nicknamed The Ox, will be one of the current players at the forefront of BT’s marketing campaigns to promote BT […]
Viewster, a rapidly-growing ‘free on demand’ service for movies and TV shows, has bolstered its management team with the appointments of Helen Biggart as CFO, Tzvetan Horozov as SVP of Product Management and Philipp Rotermund as SVP Business Development. High demand for video advertising has also spurred new office openings in New York, London, Singapore […]
BBC One Controller, Danny Cohen has been appointed as Director, BBC Television. Cohen’s the final appointment to complete new Director-General Tony Hall’s senior management team. Cohen will sit on the BBC’s Executive and Management Boards and will oversee the BBC’s four main channels, BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four alongside BBC iPlayer and […]
Asia Ireton has been appointed General Manager for The History ChannelJapan Corp., a joint venture between A+E Networks and Super-Network, Inc. The announcement was made today by Alan Hodges, Managing Director, Asia Pacific for A+E Networks and Shoji Iwamoto, President, Super Network/Representative Director, The History Channel Japan Corp. Based in Tokyo, Ireton is responsible for […]
SprintNextel’s Board of Directors has formed a Special Committee of independent directors to review and carefully evaluate the proposal received from Dish. The Special Committee plans to evaluate the proposal and additional information that the committee has requested from Dish and provide its assessment to the full Board in due course whether the proposal is, […]
The Board of Directors of Arianespace has named Stéphane Israël Chairman and CEO of the company, effective April 22nd. Israël, 41, was appointed as a judge in the French Court of Auditors in 2001 after graduating from the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA). While in this position, he participated in studies concerning French space policy and […]
Telestream, a provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, has announced the expansion of the executive management team as industry veteran Paul Turner joins the company in a new role as Vice President of Enterprise Product Management. Turner brings more than 30 years of leadership in the broadcast and video technology industry in Europe […]
Sky has revealed that David Beckham is joining Sky as an ambassador. The long-term partnership will see Beckham play a leading role across the breadth of Sky’s work to support grassroots sport and encourage participation across Britain and Ireland. He will also feature in adverts to promote the range of sport and services offered by […]
AMC/Sundance Channel Global, the international division of AMC Networks has announced numerous personnel appointments and the acquisition of a wide array of award winning films and acclaimed series. Bruce Tuchman, President of AMC/Sundance Channel Global, made the announcement ahead of the company’s participation at next week’s Asia Pacific Pay-TV Operators Summit in Bali. The company […]