The BBC’s Director of Future Media & Technology, Erik Huggers, is to leave the corporation at the end of February to become Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Intel’s Digital Home Group, based at its Silicon Valley headquarters in California. He replaces interim General Manager Brad Daniels. BBC Director General Mark Thompson said that […]
As commercial director of Virgin Media Digital Sales, Mark Brandon will be responsible for a 20-strong team selling ads across the company’s online, mobile and TV platforms. This will include its TiVo service, which rolled out before Christmas> Previously he was director of platforms at Virgin Media’s former external sales house IDS, which closed last […]
Apple’s Steve Jobs has revealed that he will be taking a medical leave of absence, but has said he will remain CEO of the company and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company. Current Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook takes on responsibility for Apple’s day-to-day operations. Jobs also took a leave in the […]
Following its acquisition by Francisco Partners, Grass Valley has announced a new executive team which will be headquartered in San Francisco, California. Leading the team as President and CEO will be Alain Andreoli. Alain was most recently an Operating Partner at Francisco Partners, and prior to that has held leadership positions at several technology companies […]
UK VC Index Ventures, home of Mike Volpi former CDEO of Joost, is opening an office in San Francisco. Volpi says Index has invested in more than 58 companies which started in the US and 35 European companies that conduct business in America. Index investments include OpenX, Flipboard, Last.fm, Stardoll, Mind Candy, Go Try It […]
John Cresswell, ITV pro tem chief executive prior to Adam Crozier’s appointment, and previously the broadcaster’s well-regarded COO, is joining UK transmission company Arqiva as CEO. Cresswell ran ITV following the departure of Michael Grade in 2009. Cresswell joins Arqiva January 17 and will replace Tom Bennie who is stepping down after 32 years with […]
TSL has announced the appointment of Ian Collinson as Systems Sales Manager with responsibility for developing Systems Integration business opportunities and managing key customer accounts. Ian has a proven track record in Business Development, Account Management and Project Management and was recently based in South Africa with Sony developing opportunities for the World Cup. He […]
Chris Kerwin, digital controller at Five, is leaving the broadcaster following three years at the company. He has been appointed MD of content agency Republic Publishing, starting the role in January. Previously, Kerwin spent two years as publisher at Future Publishing. Prior to that he was head of new media at BBC Magazines. Five, soon […]
Liberty Global has appointed to the position of Managing Director of Unitymedia, Liberty Global’s cable operations in Germany, effective January 1st 2011. Schüler succeeds Gene Musselman who has been serving as CEO and who is retiring from his role as President and COO of UPC Broadband at the end of 2010. Lutz Schüler has served […]
Virgin Media has confirmed the appointment of Nigel Gilbert to the newly created role of Chief Marketing Officer. He will join Virgin Media in January. Gilbert has held a number of senior management positions in Marketing and Advertising – most recently as Group Marketing Director and Member of the Retail Board for Lloyds Banking Group. […]