The Murdochs, Rupert and James, spent Tuesday afternoon appearing before the Department of Media Culture and Sport Select Committee, answering questions about the phone hacking scandal at News International. At one point late in the session it had to be suspended when a protester tried to attack Rupert Murdoch – with a custard pie. The […]
The boss of Everything Everywhere, the parent group of UK mobile phone networks Orange and T-Mobile, is standing down for “personal reasons”. Tom Alexander, who will leave the chief executive role on 31 August, said he wished “to pursue other interests”. He will be replaced by Olaf Swantee, who is currently executive vice president at […]
Rupert and James Murdoch dramatically changed their minds and dropped their resistance to appearing before the Media Select Committee next Tuesday. The Committee had taken the very unusual step of issuing a Parliamentary Summons. Meanwhile, on Friday morning after two weeks of support from the Murdochs, Rebekah Brooks, CEO News International has resigned. She said: “I […]
Leo Kirch the once all powerful mogul of German media, has died aged 84. At the height of his success in the 1990s, Kirch headed Germany’s second-largest media company, after Bertelsmann. Kirch created a $5 billion empire that included television channels, movie rights and a stake in Formula 1 car racing. But the group unravelled […]
Jonathan Drazin, founder of Electra Entertainment, is leaving the company after eight years to form a new venture Simple Matters. While at Electra, Drazin designed and developed Trove, the world’s first interactive TV service platform for retailers, launched on Freeview and sold by Tesco in the United Kingdom. Prior to founding Electra, he served as […]
GlobeCast has appointed Philippe Rouxel as chief marketing officer. His principal assignment will be to develop GlobeCast’s global product strategy for all business units in France, UK, Italy, South Africa, Asia, and the Americas. He will lead the implementation of a strategy focused on value-added products in the broadcast market. Since 2007, Rouxel has held […]
GlobeCast has announced the arrival of Philippe Rouxel as chief marketing officer. His principal assignment will be to develop GlobeCast’s global product strategy for all business units in France, U.K., Italy, South Africa, Asia, and the Americas. He will lead the implementation of a strategy focused on value-added products in the broadcast market. Rouxel will […]
HBO Central Europe has appointed Peter Koltai as Vice President of Business Development. Based in the Budapest offices, and reporting to Linda Jensen, CEO of HBO Central Europe, he will be overseeing the roll out of HBO GO and assisting the company in its assessment of new business. The founder of Basewalk Kft, Koltai was […]
Almost on the eve of the UK government giving News Corp permission to start a bargaining process to acquire the 61 per cent of BSkyB that it doesn’t already own, James Murdoch says that News Corp isn’t by any measure big enough to really compete on the world stage. Speaking at the Cannes International Festival […]
Facebook has announced that Reed Hastings, the Netflix chief executive, is joining its board as its sixth member, as the company prepares an IPO for next year. It could also be a sign of Netflix moving to incorporate more social networking. It is also another bridge to Microsoft, a Facebook shareholder, where Hastings is also […]