Cable Europe has confirmed the appointment of Peter Percosan, as Managing Director to oversee the pan-European operation of Cable Europe Labs (CEL). The position will have direct management responsibility for the technology development and coordination throughout CEL. Percosan will succeed Malcolm Taylor who successfully served the association for many years, and who will remain as […]
YouTube co-founder, Chad Hurley, is stepping aside as chief executive and taking an advisory role. Hurley, who launched YouTube in February 2005 with Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, said he was moving to the role of adviser and had handed over to Salar Kamangar, the former vice president of web applications at parent company Google. […]
Sogecable, Spain’s largest pay-TV group and owner of Cuatro, has been re-branded as Prisa TV. It will hold all Prisa’s TV assets: Digital DTH platform, Digital Plus, Cuatro, the Portuguese channel TV1, the production company Plural with offices in Madrid, Lisbon, Miami and Rio de Janerio and the US New York-based channel Vme. Prisa TV […]
The BBC has finally appointed a new digital media director to run BBC Online, BBC iPlayer, BBC Mobile and BBC Red Button . Ralph Rivera moves from New York and from being online president of Major League Gaming, previously he had been head of games at AOL for 10 years. He will report to the […]
Danny Cohen has been appointed as controller of BBC1. Cohen has been in charge of BBC3 since May 2007, and will now be in charge of the country’s most popular TV channel with a budget of £1.13 billion (E1.288bn). He takes over the role immediately and also joins the BBC Vision board. Prior to joining […]
Jazeera Network has announced that Al Anstey has been appointed as managing director of Al Jazeera English. “As Al Jazeera continues to grow, Al’s achievements within the Network and his proven leadership style will help to ensure that Al Jazeera English solidifies its place as one of the world’s most influential international news outlets,” said […]
Mark Byford, the BBC’s deputy director general, has been made redundant, as the corporation looks to deliver on a promise to cut back senior management numbers and rein in its much-criticised executive salary bill. Byford, who has always worked with the BBC, will reportedly receive £800-900,000 pay-off . Mark Thompson, the director general, is expected […]
RGB Networks, an expert in network video processing, has announced the hiring of Simone Sassoli as Vice President, International. In this position he will be responsible for RGB’s sales throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region. “As video service providers around the world begin their trials and deployments of multi-screen services, we […]
The Walt Disney Company has split up its underperforming Internet and gaming division bringing in two outsiders to lead the businesses. James A. Pitaro, vice president of Yahoo Media, and John Pleasants, chief executive of Playdom, the social gaming company that Disney bought in July, were named co-presidents of the Disney Interactive Media Group. Pitaro, […]
Comcast and General Electric said that Steve Burke, Comcast’s chief operating officer, would become chief executive of NBC Universal after the close of Comcast’s proposed purchase of a majority stake in NBCU. The news follows the announcement last week that Jeff Zucker, NBCU’s current chief executive, would step down after the expected closing of the […]