UK telco BT has said that its BT Vision pay-TV operation has become a credible market player following its acquisition of Premier League football rights. BT Vision chief executive Marc Watson told Reuters that winning 38 live matches per season would bring more customers to its fledgling TV base and also to its new faster […]
The annual gathering of the world’s top media and technology moguls at Allen & Co’s Sun Valley, Idaho, event is a ‘must attend’ if you want to stay abreast of the latest thinking – and gossip – from the VIPs present. Now Bloomberg TV (and Bloomberg’s TV+ app) saves you the bother of pressing that […]
Liberty Global has revealed that Niall Curran has been appointed as President of its international content company Chellomedia. Curran has been Chellomedia’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) since 2003 and has been instrumental in the division’s considerable growth over the 10 year period; the group is a leading producer and distributor of television channels and a […]
A New Zealand court has delayed an extradition hearing for Internet tycoon and Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom until March 2013 because of questions about the search and seizure of evidence by the US where he faces charges of Internet piracy and fraud. William Akel, one of Dotcom’s lawyers, said at a hearing scheduled for August […]
The CEO of Australia’s pay-TV body has revealed she is leaving the organisation. Petra Buchanan has been the head of the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association since 2009. Buchanan’s contract ends in September but at the request of the ASTRA Board she will stay in the role for another six months to assist with […]
GlobeCast Australia has announced the retirement of its Chief Executive Officer, Mike Lattin, who will continue with the company in an important advisory role. The company also announced the appointment of Simon Farnsworth as Chief Executive Officer. The changes have immediate effect. Farnsworth has worked for 10 years with the GlobeCast Group, most recently as […]
GlobeCast Australia has announced the retirement of its Chief Executive Officer, Mike Lattin, who will continue with the company in an important advisory role. The company also announced the appointment of Simon Farnsworth as Chief Executive Officer. The changes have immediate effect. Farnsworth has worked for 10 years with the GlobeCast Group, most recently as […]
ITV’s managing director of online and on-demand Robin Pembrooke, is leaving the commercial broadcaster. He will be replaced by Julian March who will take up the new position of director of online. March, who helped lead the relaunch of ITV.com’s news and sport sites earlier this year in his role as head of digital media […]
French Authorities have placed the former head of France Telecom Didier Lombard under formal investigation for harassment. The investigation relates to the suicides of over 30 employees in 2008 and 2009 when Lombard was in charge. The launching of a formal investigation is the last stage before charges are brought in the French legal system. […]
The BBC has gone for the ‘safe option’ of appointing from within and named George Entwistle as the next Director-General. Entwistle is currently head of Vision (TV services). He will take over from Mark Thompson after the Olympics and will be paid £450,000 a year, a little over half his predecessor’s package. Announcing the appointment, […]