HomeGrid Forum has revealed that AT&T has joined the organisation as a Promoter Member and been appointed to the HomeGrid Forum board of directors. Tom Starr, lead member of the Technical Staff at AT&T and a telecom industry expert, will serve as the AT&T representative on the board.
GlobeCast has announced that Lisa Coelho has been appointed acting CEO of GlobeCast America, based in New York. Coelho replaces David Justin, who has stepped down from this role to pursue other projects. Previously vice president of GlobeCast WorldTV, Coelho has held senior management positions at GlobeCast since 2003.
Richard Woolfe, the former Sky1 and Channel 5 channel controller, has re-emerged at post-production house Prime Focus. Woolfe has taken the newly created role of creative director to help spearhead the company’s push into TV production. Prime Focus, which was set up in Mumbai in 1997 and established a London presence in 2006, launched a […]
HBO Central Europe has launched HBO GO in Romania. HBO GO is the Internet streaming service available to HBO subscribers with a broadband connection. The service in Romania will be accessible to customers that have broadband Internet and an HBO Maxpak subscription. In Romania HBO GO will be available initially to iNES IPTV clients. iNES […]
Christine Ockrent has quit as the head of France 24 the government funded news channel broadcast in French, English and Arabic, amid accusations of espionage, harassment and incompetence. The network – intended to take in the BBC, CNN and al-Jazeera has struggled to make an impact and will losw about €7 million this year. Ockrent, […]
Charlie Ergen, founder of EchoStar, announced May 16 he was stepping aside from the president/CEO positions at Dish Network, and appointed industry veteran Joe Clayton to replace him. Ergen will stay on as chairman, and he will also chair EchoStar Corp., which looks after set-top box-making for the pay-TV platform. Clayton told journalists that he […]
Charlie Ergen has stepped aside from his position as president/CEO of Dish Network. He will stay on as the broadcaster’s chairman. In a stock exchange announcement early on May 16th, the company said Joseph P Clayton will assume the president/CEO job effective June 20th. Clayton was previously chairman of Sirius Satellite Radio from 2004 to […]
Eros International, the largest integrated Indian film studio, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ricky Ghai, 50, with effect from July 2011, as Chief Executive Officer of Eros Digital, the rapidly growing digital and new media arm of Eros International plc. Ricky will be based in Eros’ operating offices primarily in India, as well […]
FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker is leaving to join Comcast—only four months after she sat on the commission that approved its controversial merger with NBC. Baker, one of two Republicans on the five-member commission, will serve as the senior vice president of government affairs for NBC Universal when she departs the FCC in June, when […]
CASBAA has appointed Jill Grinda as Vice President, Operations based in Hong Kong. Reporting to CEO Simon Twiston Davies, Grinda is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Association, including oversight of finance and human resources as well as supervising the events and communications teams. Prior to joining CASBAA, Grinda was Worldwide Distribution Director for […]