International Datacasting Corporation, a global expert in digital content distribution for the world’s premiere broadcasters, has appointed Rick Clements to the position of Chief Financial Officer and has appointed Karlton Burn to the position of Managing Director, APAC. Mr. Clements is a Chartered Accountant and has 30 years of experience in senior financial and operational […]
Roly Keating, currently Director of Archive Content at the BBC, and a former Controller of BBC Two and BBC Four, is to leave the broadcaster to take up a new position as Chief Executive Officer at the British Library Board. Keating will take up his new role on 12 September 2012 Baroness Blackstone, Chairman of […]
Turner Broadcasting has appointed Marcos Milanez as Business Development and Distribution Manager, UK & Ireland, across its entertainment brands Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Cartoonito, CNToo, TCM and Adult Swim. Reporting into Renaud Ploquin, Director of Business Development and Distribution, UK and Ireland, Marcos will be responsible for managing a range of Turner’s existing distribution relationships and […]
Kelvin MacKenzie, former editor of The Sun and MD of BSkyB, has dismissed the tender process announced by the Premier League last week as a “racket” that would do nothing to reduce what he claims are anti-competitive conditions that disadvantage broadcasters such as his own new Sports Tonight business. The founder of the small sport-focused […]
Intelsat S.A., the world’s leading provider of satellite services, has announced that Peter Ostapiuk has been appointed Vice President of Media Product Management, and Mark Rasmussen has been named Regional Vice President of North American Sales. In his new role, Ostapiuk will be responsible for implementing product strategies for Intelsat’s media business. He has more […]
SeaChange, the global multi-screen video software company, has confirmed that Raghu Rau has been appointed permanent Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. First appointed interim CEO of SeaChange in November 2011, Rau has led an aggressive strategy to focus the Company on its core software business, delivering software solutions for video service providers globally in cable, […]
Sky has confirmed that Stuart Murphy, currently Director of Sky 1 HD, and Director of Commissioning, will be promoted with immediate effect to Director, Sky Entertainment Channels. Alongside his existing role, Murphy will assume responsibility for shaping the future strategy of the Entertainment portfolio channels: Sky Atlantic HD, Sky Arts HD and Sky Living HD […]
UK culture secretary Jeremy Hunt’s special adviser is quitting, in the row over contact between his office and News Corp over the BSkyB bid. Emails released in the Leveson inquiry showed Adam Smith had been in contact with the company about its takeover bid. The Opposition has called for Hunt to quit, saying he fell […]
Richard Ross, the highly successful head of Disney Channel who became chairman of Disney Studios in 2009, has stepped down because of the record flop movie John Carter. He announced in an email: “I no longer believe that the chairman role is the right professional fit for me.” At the movie division, Ross, 50, approved […]
Bruce Rosenblum, president, Warner Bros TV, in a wide-ranging interview with trade mag Broadcasting & Cable at the NAB show in Las Vegas, says the TV industry is in a new golden age, both in terms of the creativity of the shows being produced for broadcast and cable, and in terms of the business generally. […]