New BBC director general George Entwistle used his first staff address to announce the closure of the operations division and the departure of the COO and one of his rivals for the job, Caroline Thomson. He also signalled a shake-up of the BBC Vision. Entwistle stated “in around two years’ time, my aim is to […]
BT has signed up BBC presenter Jake Humphrey to anchor its coverage of Premier League football, starting next season. Humphrey, who recently presented part of the BBC’s London 2012 Olympic coverage but is best known for fronting Formula One, has signed a four-year contract with BT starting in January. The 33-year old will be on […]
Izabela Lopuch has been appointed Head of Original Production at HBO Poland. She moves from TVN, where she was a Producer in the Drama and Features Department, having moved up from Head of Development and Deputy Head of the Department during more than four years at the broadcaster. Her producer credits include the hit Polish […]
Financial Times chief technology officer and chief information officer Michael Fleshman is joining BBC Worldwide in the new role of SVP for consumer digital technology. He will be supervising syndicating BBC shows through third parties such as iTunes Store and blinkbox, and will be developing the BBC online shop to do the same.
Nancy Dubuc has been appointed to a newly established role – President, Entertainment and Media, at A+E Networks. Dubuc will oversee all content creation, brand development and marketing for the entire A+E Networks’ portfolio including A&E Network, Lifetime and History and their affiliated brands. In addition, Dubuc will oversee A+E Networks’ International and Digital divisions. […]
News Corp has appointed Paul Cheesbrough to be its chief technology officer. Cheesbrough was CIO for News International, in the UK where he is credited with introducing paid subscriptions to the online Times and Sunday Times. In his new post, Cheesbrough will report directly to Mr Murdoch overseeing the company’s technology and digital strategy and […]
Dr Abe Peled, former president and CEO at NDS, insists he is now an ordinary member of Cisco Systems’ 72,000 employees and as such he needed to go through the new staff ‘onboard’ induction system. Now, six weeks into his new job as Cisco’s SVP/Strategy Video & Collaboration Group, was in good humour at his […]
Jean-Franois Fenech has joined Skylogic as CEO of Eutelsat’s broadband affiliate. Fenech joins Skylogic from Antenna Hungria (part of the TDF group) where he was CEO, notably launching subscriber broadcast services across Hungary and consolidating the market for satellite-based enterprise services. Prior to this, he steered the development of TDF’s international activities and its affiliates, […]
The top men at News Corporation have had their ‘qualitative bonuses’ cut by half because of the phone hacking scandal in the UK. The quantitative element remained intact, though, as the share price has risen 23 per cent. The businesses have certainly done well but, clearly, the main spur to the stock boost was the […]
Jeremy Hunt, whose tenure as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in the UK government was tainted by alleged close links with News Corporation companies during its proposed take-over of BSkyB, is to leave his post to take over as Health Secretary following a reshuffle by Prime Minister David Cameron of his Cabinet. […]