The departure of News Corporation's long serving COO Peter Chernin could lead to James Murdoch moving to join his father in the US sooner than many expected.Chernin, who has run New Corp’s Fox film and TV studios and broadcasting business for the past 12 years has been the counterweight in the Murdoch family-controlled business empire. […]

Former BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has been appointed as the director of programmes at Sky1. Murphy, who is currently creative director at independent production house Twofour, maker of Sky1’s Noel’s HQ, will replace Richard Woolfe, who is moving to head Channel Five.

Discovery Communications UK has lost its ad chief, Andrew Grieve, just weeks after the departure of its managing director Dan Brooke Grieve’s departure date is being negotiated, although he is due to start a new job at pay-TV broadcaster the Travel Channel, where he will head commercial activity, on 16 March. Previously, Grieve worked for […]

YouTube has appointed ITV director of viewer marketing Anna Bateson as its European marketing director. She will join the video-sharing site in May to grow the YouTube brand across Europe, as well as develop commercial opportunities Bateson – who joined ITV in 2006 having previously been VP of marketing at MTV- arrives at YouTube a […]

Sky has announced that Chase Carey, CEO of DirecTV, has resigned as a non-executive director to be replaced by Tom Mockridge. Mockridge is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Sky Italia and Chief Executive, European Television of News Corporation where he oversees News Corporation’s television operations in Europe, outside the UK.

Carlo Salvatori, CEO of the Italian insurance and banking conglomerate Unipol Gruppo Finanziario, has joined the board of SeaChange International."Carlo is an exceptional addition to our team and the Board is enthusiastic to start working with him immediately," said Bill Styslinger, SeaChange President & CEO. Salvatori has been CEO of Unipol Gruppo Finanziario since 2006 […]

STAR, a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corporation and Asia's leading media and entertainment company, has confirmed the appointment of Yeshpal Sharma as its Vice President of Distribution and Advertising Sales for the UK and continental Distribution and Sales and head of STAR's North American and European offices.

Alix Pryde is to become the new Controller, BBC Distribution. She replaces Richard Waghorn who has left the BBC to become Chief Technology Officer for SABC, the South African public service broadcaster. …………..

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) Worldwide Television operation has named Ian Hogg Senior Vice President and Managing Director for the Asia-Pacific territory. In his new role, Hogg will oversee the distribution of MGM film and television properties on a variety of platforms including pay-TV, basic, free TV and digital media in the Asia- Pacific region.

Internap Network Services, a global provider of end-to-end Internet business solutions, has announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Eric Cooney president and chief executive officer, effective March 16th, 2009. Cooney was most recently president and chief executive officer of Tandberg Television, part of the Ericsson Group.