SeaChange’s founder and CEO Bill Styslinger has left the company “effective immediately”, with SeaChange citing a “leadership transition”. Board member Raghu Rau has been named interim CEO pending a wider search for a new CEO. SeaChange said that the changes come about as part of an evaluation of strategic alternatives. “After an extensive review of […]
Norbert Hölzle, SVP/Commercial, is leaving SES’ Betzdorf headquarters. He is being replaced by Ferenc Szelényi, most recently at Dell Services, but with experience at IBM, T-Systems and PwC. Hölzle “has decided to leave SES” said a statement. Ferenc will be heading the European sales force of SES, which includes the Western and Central European key […]
Wowza Media Systems, the media server software company, announced the appointment of Chris Knowlton as vice president of product management. Named “2011 Streaming Media All-Star” by Streaming Media Magazine, Knowlton is a recognized expert who recently served as senior technical product manager for the Microsoft Media Platform. Knowlton will drive Wowza’s product roadmap, focused on […]
GlobeCast 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 OTT business streams, Brackett will report directly to GlobeCast Americas CEO Lisa Coelho. Joining GlobeCast from a position as Director of Content at AT&T U-verse where she was responsible for […]
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. […]