Tim Davie, the head of BBC’s director of audio and music and passed over candidate for DG, has been appointed as the new chief executive of BBC Worldwide. The appointment brings an end to John Smith’s 23-year career with the corporation. Davie, a former Pepsi marketer who has been running the BBC’s music division since […]
Cato Halsaa, CEO of Telenor Satellite Broadcasting, has assumed the position of Chairman of the Board of the European Satellite Operators Association (ESOA), taking over from Eric Béranger, former CEO of Astrium Services and now CEO of Astrium Satellites. During its quarterly board meeting, ESOA board representatives formally elected Cato Halsaa as Chairman of the […]
BT has appointed Simon Green, the chief executive of the Boxnation boxing channel, to run its new sports channel. Green, who has previously worked at BSkyB and Setanta, is leaving Boxnation, which launched on TV in the UK in September last year, just weeks after it announced the launch of the UK channel on Sky […]
Former KIT digital executive Fearghal Kelly appointed CEO of Digisoft.tv Move comes in anticipation of record growth in licence sales in 2013. The Board of Directors of Digisoft.tv, a leading global provider of set top box middleware for the cable, satellite, terrestrial and telecommunications industry, have announced the immediate appointment of Fearghal Kelly to the […]
The Board of Directors of Digisoft.tv, a global provider of set top box middleware for the cable, satellite, terrestrial and telecommunications industry, today announced the immediate appointment of Fearghal Kelly to the position of Chief Executive Officer. Fearghal Kelly is an established industry expert with over 18 years at the forefront of the OTT revolution. […]
Modern Times Group (MTG) has announced the appointment of Anna Settman to the new role of Executive Vice President of the Group’s Nordic pay-TV broadcasting operations with effect from March 1st 2013, as well as the promotion of Joseph Hundah to the new role of Executive Vice President of the Group’s African operations with effect […]
The EBU’s Dr Hans Hoffman told MIPCOM delegates at the 3D Content Trends session, that the introduction of what he described as UHD-1, the near 4,000-line broadcasting standard, “would help 3D, and UHD-1 and 3D would benefit each other. But these new formats are going to require new skills, and a new grammar for programme […]
UK media law firm Wiggin is opening its first international office in Brussels. The office will be headed up by Ted Shapiro, the Motion Picture Association’s current head of legal for Europe in Brussels. According to Simon Baggs, Wiggin’s head of content protection, the world of copyright is borderless and rapidly changing. “Our clients need […]
Ute Biernat, CEO of Grundy Light Entertainment, is to step down as chair of FRAPA on January 1st, handing over the baton to Patty Geneste, founder, CEO and president of the Amsterdam-based format specialist Absolutely Independent. Under Biernat’s tenure, FRAPA has undergone a rebranding and restructuring programming, launching several new initiatives and expanding its suite […]
Scripps Networks International used the MIPCOM programming market to introduce its new MD for EMEA, Jon Sichel, just 3 weeks into the job and clearly finding his feet. Sichel said that Travel Channel was attracting 3.8 million unique viewers per month and had achieved the No 1 spot in Lifestyle programming in the UK. He […]