The CASBAA Board of Directors has confirmed the appointment of a new leadership team, as the Asia Pacific multichannel TV industry enters a time of unprecedented change. With the appointment of Christopher Slaughter as Chief Executive Officer designate, John Medeiros will be promoted to the new role of Chief Policy Officer and will become Senior […]
The BBC’s Olympics director Roger Mosey has been appointed acting director of BBC Vision, one of the corporation’s most senior roles. Mosey, a former head of BBC Sport, controller of Radio 5 Live and editor of iconic radio programme Today, will fill the post vacated by George Entwistle, who will succeed Thompson as director general. […]
Time Warner Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes has attempted to allay a key concern about the pay-TV industry by predicting healthy subscription revenue for the TV channels that generate the bulk of the media conglomerate’s profits. Bewkes said he has “every confidence” that the company’s Turner division will generate double-digit percentage increases in subscription fees between […]
KIT digital, a video management software and services company, has confirmed the appointment of Mark Christie to the position of Chief Technology Officer. Christie has over fifteen years of experience in engineering and technology roles, with expertise designing IP video platforms and managed services for network operator and telecom companies. Christie co-founded the IP video […]
In a surprise move, international entertainment broadcasting group Modern Times Group has announced that its long-standing President and CEO Hans-Holger Albrecht is to leave the company. Albrecht will leave MTG in September to become President and CEO of Millicom International Cellular, the Nasdaq OMX listed global telecommunications group. He will be replaced by Jørgen Madsen. […]
Jim Walton, the worldwide president at CNN – and a 30-year veteran of the news broadcaster – says he will leave at the end of the year. Phil Kent, Turner Broadcasting’s president and CEO as well as Jeff Bewkes, Time-Warner’s chairman/CEO both praised Walton for his efforts at CNN in an exchange of notes. However, […]
BlackArrow, a worldwide provider of advanced advertising solutions for New TV platforms, has announced that Michael Pohl has been named chairman of the company’s board of directors. Pohl, who joined the BlackArrow board in 2011, replaces Larry Kramer, who was recently appointed president and publisher of USA TODAY, aschairman. Kramer will remain a member of […]
Some major shareholders have renewed their call for Rupert Murdoch to resign as News Corp chairman at the company’s annual meeting later this year. Eighteen major shareholders including Connecticut’s state pension fund and the UK’s Legal & General have now signed a letter calling for Murdoch to step down from the company he has spent […]
Federico de Mojana de Cologna is the new Managing Director of the Italian office of Eurosport, the European sport entertainment Media Group. Born in 1972, de Mojana graduated in Law in 1996 at University of Milan. After de Mojana moved to Paris to work at Canal+, where he was in charge of the Spanish market, […]
Xytech, a global expert in facility management software for the broadcast and media services industries, has announced that veteran sales leader Barry Lyne has joined the company as Director of Sales, EMEA. Lyne brings over 30 years of successful business experience, with a focus on growing revenues in the information technology and asset management sectors. […]