Karl Holmes has been named SVP, Direct to Consumer & General Manager, Disney+, EMEA and will be taking up the role in January 2025. Joining from Sky, Holmes brings a wealth of direct-to-consumer experience from his career in media businesses with roles at Sky, 21st Century Fox and Tata Sky. Holmes will assume responsibility for […]
Telstra Broadcast Services (TBS), a division of Telstra, one of Australia’s largest telcos, has announced the appointment of Karen Clark as its Chief Executive Officer. Clark brings more than 25 years of experience in the media, telco and technology industry, having served most recently as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at TBS. Clark has been pivotal […]
Zattoo, a streaming TV provider in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, has appointed Paul Fournier as Vice President of Strategy & Projects starting December 1st. In his new position, Fournier will focus on the future development and implementation of Zattoo’s strategic goals and the management of various projects. His tasks include the identification of market opportunities […]
BT Group has announced that Marc Allera has decided to step down as CEO of its Consumer division, with Claire Gillies to become CEO-Designate and a member of its Executive Committee on December 10th 2024, kicking-off an orderly transition process with Allera. After nine years with BT Group, Allera will be stepping down as CEO […]
Louise Donald has been confirmed as the new Commissioning Executive for Channel 4 Drama, Hollyoaks, Donald is an experienced script and story editor with over fifteen years of script development experience in the UK drama industry. She started her career in Independent Drama Commissioning at the BBC working her way up from Team Assistant to […]
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) Nordics has appointed Allan Sperling as the new Group Vice President, Programming, Networks & Streaming for the Nordic region, effective December 2nd. Sperling will be based out of Stockholm, overseeing strategic programme planning and operations for the company’s channel portfolios across Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. With over two decades of […]
MultiChoice CEO, Marc Jury, has announced he will leave the South African pay-TV operator at the end of March 2025. Jury has been in post for some 18 months and he transferred to the top job from being CEO at MultiChoice-owned SuperSport. He was also responsible for MultiChoice’s Showmax service. In a letter to staff, […]
Baroness Shriti Vadera has been appointed by the Culture Secretary as the new co-chair of the Creative Industries Council – a key forum that brings together government and the businesses and public bodies of the UK’s creative industries. Baroness Vadera is the first female and person of colour to chair the Royal Shakespeare Company and […]
At the end of the year, Bjørn Ivar Moen has announce he will leave the position as CEO of Telenor Sweden. Recruitment of a new CEO will be announced shortly. “It has been three intense, fun, and of course also sometimes challenging years. We have pushed forward and accomplished great things together. It is with […]
ITV has announced that Editor of ITV Network News, Andrew Dagnell, has been promoted to lead news and current affairs content across the whole of ITV, reporting to Kevin Lygo. He succeeds long-standing Director of News and Current Affairs Michael Jermey, who will leave ITV at the end of the year. Lygo commented: “I am […]