Content security provider Conax has confirmed that its EVP, Products and Markets, has left the company. Bjørndal has played a major role in the development of the Telenor-owned security provider and has been a key figure in moving the technology company from a small Scandinavian company to a major global player. The Norway-based business ranks […]
Sky has hired BBC executive Anne Mensah as the new head of drama for its Sky entertainment channels. Mensah, BBC head of independent drama commissioning, replaces Elaine Pyke, who was promoted to director of programmes for Sky Atlantic earlier this month. She will oversee drama commissioning for Sky1, Sky Atlantic, Sky Arts and Sky Movies. […]
Sky Atlantic, the US-focused pay TV channel, has hired Elaine Pyke as channel director and has commissioned a raft of new series. Pyke was previously head of drama at Sky, where she has worked for the last seven years.
Discovery Networks International (DNI) has announced the appointment of Julian Bellamy to the newly created role Creative Director and Head of Production and Development for DNI, reporting to Luis Silberwasser, EVP and Chief Content Officer of the division. Overseeing the executive production and development of all local and international commissions across DNI’s portfolio of over […]
BBC Worldwide has appointed Jacek Koskowski as General Manager CEE, BBC Worldwide Channels. The appointment of a General Manager for the CEE is a new role for the EMEA business and is the first phase in BBC Worldwide Channels’ strategy to establish a local office in the market, underlining a long-term commitment to Poland as […]
Satellite operator SES has restructured its senior management. The decision was flagged some weeks ago at the company’s AGM, and sees the former subsidiary operating companies of SES Astra and SES World Skies come together under a streamlined management structure. A new executive committee of senior management emerges under the presidency/CEO position of Romain Bausch. […]
Video-sharing portal Dailymotion has appointed Daniel Adams to the newly created role of head of international content in a bid to accelerate its content offering. Adams will be responsible for managing and driving growth and relations with content partners in the UK and other markets outside of France and the US. Adams was previously MD […]
Former senior BSkyB executive Gerry O’Sullivan is to lead the global IPTV operations for German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom. O’Sullivan was previously Sky’s director of strategic product development, claiming responsibility for Sky+ HD and for pioneering 3DTV in the UK until he left the company in 2010. Prior to Sky, he was Vice President of […]
Sky has appointed John Cassy to the newly created role of Director of Sky 3D. Cassy, who was previously Director of Sky Arts, begins his new role immediately. The new, dedicated channel director role has been created to build on Sky’s plans to further expand its 3D offering across film, live sports, factual, music, kids […]
WRN Broadcast, the international broadcast services company, has announced the appointment of Tim Ashburner as Chairman. Ashburner, who is currently Technology Director, has been appointed following the opening of WRN Broadcast’s state-of-the-art Media Centre and the launch of its London-based Media Village aimed at like-minded broadcast clients. A former Senior Audio Supervisor at the BBC, […]