International cable operator Liberty Global has completed the previously announced E3.5 billion deal to acquire Unitymedia, Germany's second largest cable operator. Gene Musselman, President and Chief Operating Officer of UPC Broadband, will serve as acting Managing Director of Unitymedia in addition to his European role. The move sees Parm Sandhu, current Chief Executive Officer of […]

Red Bee Media has appointed Brian Levy as Director and Chief Technology Officer reporting directly to CEO Bill Patrizio. Patrizio said: “Brian's extensive experience across both the media and IT sectors will be instrumental to Red Bee Media's growth as we continue to connect viewers with the content they want to watch on whatever platform […]

Liberty Global's John Malone has denied reports in Germany's Handelsblatt newspaper that the company will make further cable acquisitions in Germany. The newspaper, quoting company sources, said Malone was looking at Kabel Baden-Wuerttemberg and ultimately the goal is to have a countrywide cable offering. The owners of both Kabel Baden- Wuerttemberg and Kabel Deutschland are […]

Jerry Levin, who sold Time Warner for AOL shares inflated by the dotcom boom, has marked the 10th anniversary of the disastrous $164 billion deal with a call for today's corporate titans to accept responsibility for the recent financial crisis. The former Time Warner chief executive, who had avoided apologising for the billions of dollars […]

Richard Branson has launched a 'geek squad' to help consumers with problems like computers that crash, wireless networks that won’t connect or games consoles that refuse to connect with other gear. The group’s first new company in Britain for three years will offer free online self-help guides for common problems and a range of automated […]

SeeSaw, the online TV service owned by broadcaster Arqiva, has appointed Dan Watt-Smith as managing editor. He was previously chief mobile editor at online video-on-demand broadcaster Babelgum. Watt-Smith said, “The SeeSaw team is dedicated to presenting TV lovers with a unique and exciting way to watch their favourite shows. I'm very excited to be joining […]

Virgin Media's strategy head Andrew Barron has been named chief operating officer.Barron joined Virgin Media in March 2008 and since then has led the company’s strategy development and, more recently, overseen a reorganisation of the company’s customer operations and network teams. Before joining Virgin, he was previously chief executive of pan-Scandinavia pay-TV broadcaster Viasat, and […]

Discovery Communications has turned to a Hollywood marketing executive to lead its joint ventures with Oprah Winfrey and Hasbro. Peter Liguori, the former Fox Broadcasting chairman, will take over as Discovery's chief operating officer, replacing Mark Hollinger, who took over the group's international networks last week. The former HBO and FX Networks executive confirmed he […]

DirecTV has named Michael White as its new President and CEO. White announced in September that he will retire later this year from his current position as vice chairman of PepsiCo. He will assume his new role at DirecTV beginning January 1st, 2010.

Targeted ad firm Phorm has lost its UK managing director Nick Barnett. With none of Phorm's initially-announced three interested UK ISPs having gone ahead with rollout it seems the company has chosen to focus on international opportunities. South Korea's KT has begun a trial. European potential customers have been put off by privacy concerns and […]