Digital rights management business Base79, backed by Peter Bazalgette and Kelvin MacKenzie, is expanding. It has made two high-profile hirings: Gulliver Smithers joins from ITV as Base79’s CTO while Gideon Summerfield joins from the BBC as Head of Project Management. Base79 gets its name from the atomic number for gold. The pair will join Base79 […]
Prime Focus Technologies (PFT) has appointed industry veteran Aine Healy as Vice President and Head of UK. Based at PFT’s London facility, Aine will lead the Sales, Operations, Technology and Strategic Business development efforts in the UK for the global digital content services provider. Aine comes to PFT with more than 20 years experience in […]
Netflix has hired former Playtone exec Peter Friedlander ready for a move into original programming.. Netflix announced its first original series will be political drama House of Cards starring Kevin Spacey when it outbid broadcasters for the rights. Playtone is the production company run by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman
Stephen Alexander, the former chairman of EMI and Odeon cinemas, has been appointed as chairman of a new company that will be home to BBC Magazines’ 33 titles including Top Gear and Radio Times. Exponent, the private equity company that acquired BBC Worldwide’s magazines for £121 million in August, has created Immediate Media Co to […]
SES has confirmed that Niclas Friese-Greene has been appointed Senior Vice President Marketing and Corporate Communications at SES. In the newly created position, he reports to Ferdinand Kayser, Chief Commercial Officer, and Romain Bausch, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SES respectively. He will be responsible for the worldwide marketing activities including market communications as well […]
Google has undertaken a major restructure that sees UK MD Matt Brittin moved up to a European role, replaced by Google’s European marketing chief Dan Cobley. The reshuffle has been sparked by the London-based VP of Google Europe Philipp Schindler’s move to a global business role based in Google’s California office. Brittin, who joined Google […]
Following the advice of several heavyweight investor organisations, Calpers – which manages California public employee pensions – has declared it will vote against maintaining Rupert Murdoch on the board of News Corp at this week’s AGM. Calpers is concerned about the power held by Murdoch and other members of his family. The widespread scandal closed […]
Eutelsat Communications announces that Jean-François Bureau has been appointed Director of Institutional and International Affairs. Jean-François Bureau, a graduate of the Institut d’Etudes politiques de Paris, began his career in the private office of France’s Ministry of Defence where he was technical advisor from 1983 to 1985. He From 1991 to 1994 he worked in […]
Giuliano Berretta, now chairman at Eutelsat, but for all of the past 20 years a key figure at Eutelsat, is to retire next month. A Eutelsat board meeting recommended that its upcoming AGM elect Jean-Martin Folz to the position. Michel de Rosen, Eutelsat CEO, said: “The Board is delighted to propose Jean-Martin Folz to join […]
HBO Central Europe has appointed Antony Root as Executive Vice President, Original Programming and Production at HBO Central Europe, reporting to Chief Executive Linda Jensen. He will be responsible for drama, documentary and entertainment programming produced by HBO Central Europe. A senior production executive with wide international experience in the US and Europe, Root has […]