UKTV has hired Keith Porritt as executive director for commercial operations. Porritt, who will start his job in the new year, will have responsibility for managing UKTV’s relationships with programme suppliers, handle legal and business affairs and lead all commercial activity outside advertising sales. This will include handling the relationship with BBC Worldwide, the corporation’s […]

NDS has announced that Caroline Le Bigot has taken on responsibility for its business in Latin America in addition to her senior role in EMEA. In recognition of her contribution to NDS and reflecting her expanded responsibility, Le Bigot has been promoted to NDS Senior Vice President, EMEA and Latin America, and General Manager, NDS […]

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) has promoted Bruce Tuchman to President, of MGM Networks. In this newly created position, Tuchman will continue to oversee MGM Networks, the division of MGM which manages and develops the company's interests in both MGM and non-MGM branded international television channels and services distributed via cable, satellite, IPTV, SVOD, Mobile and other […]

BBC Future Media & Technology director Erik Huggers and chief operating officer Kerstin Mogull are shuffling personell, in what looks like further multimedia integration and a response to BBC.co.uk overspending. Anthony Rose, who was brought in from KaZaA last year as head of media technology, becomes controller of the Vision & Online Media Group. User […]

Sky1 controller Richard Woolfe is leaving to join Channel Five in a senior programming role. The new Five chief executive, Dawn Airey, has persuaded Woolfe to join the terrestrial broadcaster as channel controller. Woolfe will be in charge of commissioning, scheduling and strategy for Five’s main terrestrial channel.

Project Kangaroo's set back continue as CEO Ashley Highfield leaves the online venture before launch to become managing director for Microsoft UK’s online operation. He will be replaced on an interim basis by Rod Henwood, the former Channel 4 business director responsible for launching 4oD, the channel’s on-demand service, while a search for a replacement […]

Irish pay-TV operator Setanta has called in headhunters to find a chief executive for its Great Britain operation following the departure of Mark O’Meara. O’Meara and commercial director Mark Mohan, who have run the GB business while being primarily based in Ireland, stepped down in September. …..

Erik Huggers, Director of BBC Future Media and Technology, has appointed Matthew Postgate Controller of BBC Research & Innovation. In his new role, Postgate will be responsible for shaping and leading all research and innovation activities to ensure value is delivered to the BBC, wider industry and academia. His duties will include creating and delivering […]

Pace, developer of digital TV technologies, has announced the appointment of Mathias Hautefort as the new President of Pace France. Mathias joins Pace from Atari, the gaming company, where he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, responsible for Worldwide Distribution and Operations.

Irish telco Eircom is hiring former BT Vision technology director Richard Griffiths to lead VOD and IPTV strategy as TV and entertainment director. Eircom is examining multi-platform delivery via streaming and progressive download and it is in the middle of a E1 billion broadband network upgrade that will see fibre-to-the-kerb delivery of 25Mbps speeds that […]