Chris Shaw, executive vice president of sales and marketing for Cobalt Digital, manufacturer of award-winning 3G/HD/SD-SDI conversion gear for broadcast environments, has announced the appointment of Gencom Technology as Master Distributor for the Southeast Asia region. “As our customer base expands in Souteast Asia, we recogniwe the need for a strong, local presence,” states Shaw. […]
Mark Thompson, the outgoing director-general of the BBC, is said to have held talks with the New York Times Company with a view to becoming the US publisher’s next CEO. Thompson is due to step down from the BBC after the Olympic and Paralympic Games end in London this summer. The job of chief executive […]
Despite an upbeat note being sounded by an earlier panel debate at the Future of Entertainment Summit in London, Rob Salter, Category Director of Entertainment for UK supermarket giant Tesco, has suggested that the UltraViolet digital locker ecosystem will not be implemented any time soon by his company, describing the ecosystem as “too complicated” for […]
Founded in December of 2011, the Connected TV Marketing Association (CTVMA) was established to serve as the trade body of the Connected TV industry, helping facilitate the emerging commercial opportunities of the platform. With business initiatives flourishing in the space, the CTVMA has been rapidly setting forth their planned and future endeavors along with a […]
Mike Fries, President and CEO of Liberty Global, has said that German cable needs scale if it is to compete against other market players, many of whom are “twenty times larger”. “Cable is small,” Fries told ANGA Cable TV Summit delegates, when asked to comment on redundancies arising following the Unity Media/KBW merger. “Pulling companies […]
Dame Gail Rebuck is to stand down as a director of BSkyB, the latest change to the satellite broadcaster’s board after criticism from investors about its independence. Rebuck is to be replaced by Tracy Clarke, the group head of human resources and communications at Standard Chartered Bank, who has been appointed to the Sky board […]
Samsung Electronics has named a new chief executive officer. Kwon Oh-hyun was head of the firm’s component business and is credited with turning it around. Choi Gee-sung, the current chief executive, will become head of corporate strategy at the parent company Samsung Group. Under Choi, Samsung rose to become the world’s top maker of smartphones […]
Chris Dodd, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, has used the occasion of the 79th anniversary of the opening of the first drive-in movie theatre by renewing his call for the technology and creative communities to co-operate in the fight against copyright theft. Noting that Wednesday June 6, Google was celebrating […]
The chief digital product officer at Rupert Murdoch’s Australian media outfit, News Ltd, has resigned – with immediate effect. Sigrid Kirk had spent eight years with the company Stuart Spiteri, who was recently hired from Google to be chief operating office of News digital media, will step into her shoes. Kirk, who started her career […]
A+E Networks has announced the promotion of Sean Cohan to Executive Vice President, International. t. Cohan oversees the International Division of A+E Networks, managing the company’s brands, content, and services outside the U.S., and a staff based in New York, London and Singapore. The division’s activities include branded channels, content sales, and digital media distribution. […]