GlobeCast Americas CEO Lisa Coelho has announced that Emma L. Brackett has been appointed Vice President, WorldTV. Responsible for driving development of the company’s WorldTV Direct to Home satellite (DTH) and Over-The-Top (OTT) business streams, Brackett will report directly to Coelho. Joining GlobeCast from a position as Director of Content at AT&T U-verse where she […]
Paul Robinson, managing director of the KidsCo kids channel, has left the company according to reports. The channel is a joint venture between NBC Universal, Cookie Jar and Corus; Robinson and other founding execs have small stakes. Apparently Hendrik McDermott, head of business development, will be interim MD. There has been speculation NBCU is manoeuvring […]
Pressure continued to mount on James Murdoch before next week’s AGM of BSkyB, with major investors being lobbied to vote against his continued chairmanship. Labour MP Chris Bryant had written to 40 major shareholders urging them to vote against his re-election as chairman. Bryant says he is “deeply concerned that the re-election of James Murdoch […]
James Murdoch resigned from the boards of News Group Newspapers – publisher of The Sun – and Times Newspapers Limited – which publishes The Times and Sunday Times in September, papers filed at Companies House reveal. NGN was the publisher of the now-defunct News of the World, which is at the centre of allegations over […]
George Bodenheimer is stepping down as president of ESPN after 13 years at the top of the sports cable network, which is owned by Walt Disney. He will be replaced by John Skipper, his deputy. Bodenheimer, who will become executive chairman of ESPN, will relinquish day-to-day operating responsibilities after turning the network into one of […]
Business Secretary Vince Cable has confirmed the appointment of Richard Hooper to lead a feasibility study on developing a Digital Copyright Exchange (DCE) in the UK. A DCE has the potential to boost economic growth in the creative sector by lowering the costs of licensing and giving businesses and consumers easier access to copyrighted material. […]
Walt Disney President and Chief Executive Robert Iger is joinning the Apple board. At the same time, Genentech Chairman Arthur Levinson, an Apple board member since 2005, will become the company’s non-executive chairman of the board, filling the role Jobs occupied briefly after his resignation as Apple’s chief executive in August. Apple has long ties […]
BT has hired Virgin Media’s Executive Director, Commercial, TV and Online Alex Green to help drive the telco’s next-generation TV offering. He will be focused on building on the success of BT Vision and developing the company’s involvement in the YouView IPTV service, which is scheduled for launch in 2012. At Virgin Media, Green was […]
Fox International Channels (FIC) has confirmed the appointment of Alberto Rossini to Vice President, Head of Entertainment of Fox Channels Italy. Rossini will join the group in January 2012. In his role, Rossini will oversee all aspects of Programming, Production, On Air, Broadcast Design and Acquisitions for the group’s pay-TV entertainment channels: Fox, Fox Life, […]
AMC Networks has confirmed that Bruce Tuchman is joining the company as President, AMC/Sundance Channel Global, the company’s international division. Tuchman joins AMC Networks from MGM Worldwide Networks, where he served as President since 2001. In his new role, Tuchman will lead the strategic expansion of the company’s global business, including the distribution, programming and […]