SES has announced that Gerry Oberst will join SES in the position of Senior Vice President, Global Regulatory and Governmental Strategy. In this newly-created position, Oberst will have responsibility for overseeing the regulatory and advocacy work of SES. Oberst was a partner in the law firm Hogan Lovells. He is a member of the International […]
One of the co-founders of Swedish file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, who is on an international wanted list, has been arrested in Phnom Penh at Stockholm’s request. Gottfrid Svartholm Warg was given a one-year prison sentence by a Swedish court in 2009 for promoting copyright infringement. Each defendant was sentenced to one year in prison […]
Xstream, a provider of end-to-end video management and related services, has announced the appointment of Stefan Bengtsson as their new Global Director of Sales. Xstream is continuing the company’s global expansion and has appointed Bengtsson as their Global Director of Sales. Bengtsson comes from Pace, where he was Head of Sales Gateways EMEA. He has […]
Xstream, the leading provider of end-to-end video management and related services, has announced the appointment of Stefan Bengtsson as their new Global Director of Sales. Xstream is continuing the company’s global expansion and has appointed Stefan Bengtsson as their Global Director of Sales. Stefan Bengtsson comes from Pace, where he hold the position as Head […]
Turkish wireless modem and set-top specialist AirTies has appointed Philippe Alcaras as CEO. Bulent Celebi, the co-founder of AirTies, remains executive chairman. Alcaras was previously CEO of the Philips home networks and before that CEO of Nagra France and general manager of Thomson Digital TV STB. Celebi said, “The Internet is transforming the broadcast and […]
httv, the France and Singapore based solutions provider for digital TV, has announced the appointment of Régis Saint Girons as httv’s Chief Executive Officer. Saint Girons has been a central figure in the middleware and digital TV industry for over 20 years. He has previously served as Senior Vice President OpenTV for NAGRA, a Kudelski […]
Lis Murdoch has used her turn at the MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival to claim that profit for its own sake without a moral agenda is dangerous.”It is increasingly apparent that the absence of purpose — or of a moral language — within government, media, or business, could become one of the […]
Jonathan Miller, chief digital officer of News Corp, is leaving the company at the end of September. The announcement comes as News Corp prepares to split off its newspaper and publishing businesses into a separate company from its TV and movie assets. Miller, formerly chief executive of AOL, joined News Corp in April 2009. He […]
ESPN STAR Sports (ESS), has announced that controversial (former?) England star batsman Kevin Pietersen will be a part of ESPN STAR Sports’ presentation and analysis team for ICC World Twenty20 to be played in Sri Lanka. Pietersen will play an important role in the publicity and promotion of ESS’s broadcast of ICC World Twenty20. This […]
Some two weeks after broadcast networks, led by Fox, filed lawsuits against streaming site BarryDriller.com alleging copyright and trademark infringement, media mogul and IAC chairman Barry Diller – backer of the Aereo TV streaming service – has filed a lawsuit in California federal court against site creator Alki David for violating publicity rights and false […]