ViewCast has confirmed the appointment of Kevin Dowd as Managing Director of ViewCast’s Hong Kong office. In this role, he will be responsible for defining technology solutions for customers in China and the Asia-Pacific region, supporting sales initiatives to deliver ViewCast products to new and existing customers, and training distribution partners. “Expansion in the Asian […]
National Cable & Telecommunications Association President Kyle McSlarrow will join Comcast as president, Comcast/NBCU, Washington, the company announced. “Mr McSlarrow will have dual responsibilities in business operations and public policy in Washington, D.C. On the operations side, Mr McSlarrow will help lead the company’s efforts in the Washington metropolitan area around the customer experience and […]
smartclip, the European digital video ad network, has appointed Yahoo’s Shirlene Chandrapal as VP Connected TV. Chandrapal joins smartclip from Yahoo Europe where she was Director of Yahoo Connected TV, a platform that delivers Internet content to TV sets. In her role, she covered all major European markets and was responsible for strategy implementation, partnership […]
3D Storm, distributor of NewTek products in Europe, Africa and the Middle-East, is pleased to announce that Joshua S. Th Schneeloch has joined the NewTek Europe team as Sales Representative for Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH). “Our presence in the field started with Roberto Musso, based in Milan (sales representative for Italy, Adria, Greece, Cyrus […]
The CEO of SeeSaw, the catch-up TV service run by transmission infrastructure company Arqiva, is leaving. Pierre-Jean Sebert’s exit comes as Arqiva recently merged its three divisions into two. SeeSaw was created when Arqiva bought Kangaroo, the commercial VOD project of BBC, ITV and C4, which was forced to shut down by the UK’s Competition […]
YouView, the much-delayed VOD system proposed for the UK, is to get Lord (Alan) Sugar as its new chairman. YouView, formerly known as Project Canvas, is not likely to launch fully until next year. Delegates to the Digital TV Group’s (DTG) annual summit in London on March 4th heard that a ‘beta’ test version of […]
The Digital Entertainment Group Europe, the non-profit corporation that represents the home entertainment sector in Europe, has announced two leadership changes. Don Hunton, Executive Vice President, Europe at Paramount Home Entertainment International, has been named as the group’s new Chair; Jonathan Beardsworth, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Europe, Technicolor, will serve as Vice […]
ITV has appointed previous Head of E4 Angela Jain to Director of Digital Channels and Acquisitions. Peter Fincham, Director of Television said: “Angela has a very impressive background in finding hot new talent, having an eye for acquisitions that create a real buzz and delivering returning favourites time and time again. She is also one […]
The Motion Picture Association of America has named former US Senator Christopher J. Dodd as its new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Senator Dodd, who completed five terms in the US Senate in January, will assume his new role on March 17th. The MPAA serves as the voice and advocate of the American motion picture, […]
ITV has appointed Richard Williams to the newly created position of controller of multi-platform commissioning and digital content. He’ll be responsible for implementing a collaborative approach to commissioning ITV digital content across platforms as part of the broadcaster’s stated transformation strategy. The company recently appointed BBC digtal strategist James Micklethwait to the newly created role […]