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 […]
Arqiva has appointed Wendy McMillan as Group Strategy & Business Development Director. Until 2010, McMillan was Director of Strategy & Business Development in BT’s retail division where she had spent five years in a range of senior roles including general manager of the residential telephony business and director of customer service operations. Her earlier career […]
Imagine, if you will, that some of our great tech companies are football (i.e. soccer) teams. Would Microsoft be Real Madrid perhaps? A great history – even if some of it, in both cases, remains shrouded in mystery – very rich and very powerful. But living a bit on past glories? A deserved reputation for […]
Malcolm Wall, the former Chief Executive for Content of Virgin Media, is to become Chief Executive Officer of Abu Dhabi Media with effect from September 1st. Abu Dhabi Media manages more than 20 market-leading brands and operates within Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates and the wider Arab community. Wall ran Virgin Media’s television business, […]
Patricia Hodgson is stepping down from the BBC Trust to join Ofcom, months after missing out on the chairman and vice-chairman roles at the corporation’s governing body. The Department for Culture Media and Sport has named Hodgson as a non-executive director of Ofcom. Hodgson will join the board on July 1st for a three-and-a-half year […]
Per Borgklint has been appointed Senior Vice President and head of Business Unit Multimedia at Ericsson effective immediately. Borgklint was previously CEO of the Swedish operator Net1. Established in 2007, Ericsson Business Unit Multimedia develops and delivers software-based solutions to support customer delivering high quality rich consumer services. With OSS/BSS, TV and enabling applications solutions, […]