Sky Atlantic, the US-focused pay TV channel, has hired Elaine Pyke as channel director and has commissioned a raft of new series. Pyke was previously head of drama at Sky, where she has worked for the last seven years.
Discovery Networks International (DNI) has announced the appointment of Julian Bellamy to the newly created role Creative Director and Head of Production and Development for DNI, reporting to Luis Silberwasser, EVP and Chief Content Officer of the division. Overseeing the executive production and development of all local and international commissions across DNI’s portfolio of over […]
BBC Worldwide has appointed Jacek Koskowski as General Manager CEE, BBC Worldwide Channels. The appointment of a General Manager for the CEE is a new role for the EMEA business and is the first phase in BBC Worldwide Channels’ strategy to establish a local office in the market, underlining a long-term commitment to Poland as […]
Satellite operator SES has restructured its senior management. The decision was flagged some weeks ago at the company’s AGM, and sees the former subsidiary operating companies of SES Astra and SES World Skies come together under a streamlined management structure. A new executive committee of senior management emerges under the presidency/CEO position of Romain Bausch. […]
Video-sharing portal Dailymotion has appointed Daniel Adams to the newly created role of head of international content in a bid to accelerate its content offering. Adams will be responsible for managing and driving growth and relations with content partners in the UK and other markets outside of France and the US. Adams was previously MD […]
Former senior BSkyB executive Gerry O’Sullivan is to lead the global IPTV operations for German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom. O’Sullivan was previously Sky’s director of strategic product development, claiming responsibility for Sky+ HD and for pioneering 3DTV in the UK until he left the company in 2010. Prior to Sky, he was Vice President of […]
Sky has appointed John Cassy to the newly created role of Director of Sky 3D. Cassy, who was previously Director of Sky Arts, begins his new role immediately. The new, dedicated channel director role has been created to build on Sky’s plans to further expand its 3D offering across film, live sports, factual, music, kids […]
WRN Broadcast, the international broadcast services company, has announced the appointment of Tim Ashburner as Chairman. Ashburner, who is currently Technology Director, has been appointed following the opening of WRN Broadcast’s state-of-the-art Media Centre and the launch of its London-based Media Village aimed at like-minded broadcast clients. A former Senior Audio Supervisor at the BBC, […]
Arqiva has appointed Charles Constable to head up its digital platforms business unit. Constable is the former strategy director at Britain’s Channel 5. He starts on June 6th and will report to John Cresswell, Arqiva’s recently appointed CEO. Steve Holebrook, previously MD for Terrestrial Broadcast, then MD for Government, Mobile & Enterprise at Arqiva, will […]
Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Google, will give this year’s MacTaggart Lecture at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. Schmidt will be discussing the impact of the Internet revolution and how the television industry can engage with new technologies. Schmidt commented: “I have always been a profound optimist about the potential for technology to improve […]