It has been confirmed James Murdoch is to step down as Chairman of BSkyB. Following earlier media reports that he had decided to stand down, the BSkyB board confirmed mid-afternoon that Murdoch had resigned as Chairman and would continue to serve in his capacity as a Non-Executive Director of the Company. Murdoch is succeeded as […]
smartclip, the online video advertising specialist, announced the appointment of Andrew Ferrer who will become Agency Group Head in the UK. Ferrer brings to smartclip seven years experience in the advertising, production and sales industry, including five years in Channel 4’s Future and Digital Media Advertising team. In his new role at smartclip, he will […]
Shane McCarthy has replaced Mark Loughran with immediate effect and will assume responsibility for Pace International’s business in EMEA, APAC and Brazil. As President, McCarthy will lead a team of over 700 people, delivering revenues of around $1 billion Pace CEO, Mike Pulli, said, “Shane has been with the Company for over seven years in […]
Sony has announced that Michael Lynton will become CEO of Sony Corporation of America (SCA) and Nicole Seligman will take the role of president on June 27. The moves are part of a number of other management changes at Sony as it changes its top leadership. Kazuo Hirai, currently executive deputy president will become CEO […]
Rupert Murdoch has hit back at reports that a News Corporation subsidiary was allegedly involved in piracy, undermining competitors within the nascent Australian pay-TV industry. The News Corp chief has used Twitter, accusing rival publications of “lies and libels” after the Australian Financial Review reported that Operational Security, established within News subsidiary NDS in the […]
New Sony Corp CEO Kazuo Hirai signalled his determination to turn around the group’s TV business by keeping direct charge of the division, as the company fights to regain ground against rivals. Hirai, who formally takes over as chief executive from Howard Stringer next week, inherits a company that has been outgunned by rivals like […]
Andrew Wallace is leaving Eutelsat as CCO. He is being replaced by Jean-François Leprince-Ringuet on April 16th. Leprince-Ringuet is a 30-year veteran in IT and telecoms, having held commercial strategy, sales and marketing positions in Europe and North America at IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Cap Gemini and Bull, and has also been President of the IDATE Foundation. […]
In a riposte to C4’s Jonathan Allan’s assertions that TV advertising was all about data and connectivity, ITV’s group commercial director Simon Daglish told a Carat advertising event that connectivity and evolving technologies will not end the role of traditional TV channels, they will only make them stronger. Daglish warned against overestimating the effect evolving […]
AirTies Wireless Networks, the innovative wireless home networking and Set-top box vendor, has announced the appointment of Nadeem Ullah as Director of Hardware Engineering. Nadeem Ullah is promoted to the position, Director of Hardware Engineering, where he will manage AirTies’ growing Hardware Engineering Team that works to deliver next generation Hybrid Set-Top Boxes and wireless […]
The BBC’s director general, Mark Thompson, has told staff he will leave the corporation this autumn. With nearly eight years in the job, he has been the BBC’s longest-serving director general since the 1970s. His departure was not unexpected. In January, Lord Patten, who runs the BBC Trust, said the corporation was engaged in “sensible […]