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. […]
Zai Bennett, the ITV director of digital channels and acquisitions, ahs been appointed the controller of BBC3. Bennett succeeds Danny Cohen, who became the controller of BBC1 in October. His BBC start date is yet to be confirmed. Bennett will inherit a channel that had an £88 million budget in the year to the end […]
Platform the specialist PR and marketing agency for the broadcast, digital media and mobile industry, has strengthened its core management team with a number of new hires and promotions. The expansion comes off the back of a number of client wins and a growing demand for PR and communications from the industry. Gay Bell, CEO […]
The Board of mirada, the audiovisual content interaction specialist, has announced that Richard Alden, previously a Non Executive Director of the Company, has been appointed as Non Executive Chairman of the Board with immediate effect. Alden is an internationally experienced Executive Officer, spending 11 years at ONO in Madrid, the largest alternative telecoms (broadband/telephone/TV) operator […]
ioko’s User Experience division, iokointeractive, recruits new Creative Director, Art Director, and User Experience Architect to meet growing client demand ioko, the digital media systems integrator behind the world’s leading media platforms, today announced the appointment of three senior hires to its User Experience division, iokointeractive. Reflecting the company’s continued growth, ioko brings on board […]
Anthony Rose, CTO of YouView on demand service, is to leave six months after his move over from project leader the BBC. Rose, who had been controller of online media for the BBC for three years before going to YouView in May, will continue as an advisor on product development. In a reshuffle at YouView, […]