The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM), the US-based collaboration of companies focused on promoting improvements, best practices and innovations in measurement and currency development, metrics and data, has announced the appointment of Chrissie Hanson, CEO at OMD USA, to its Board of Directors. With over two decades in the advertising space collaborating with global, […]
Racecourse Media Group (RMG) has announced that its Chief Executive, Martin Stevenson, has asked the Board to start the process of finding his successor. It is anticipated that Stevenson will step down from the role at the end of the year. Stevenson, who joined RMG in 2007, has led the business since 2020 overseeing the […]
Hyperoptic, the UK’s alternative full fibre broadband provider, has announced the appointment of Kathryn Bowden as the new Director of Regulation, Policy, Risk, and Compliance. With an impressive background spanning 15 years in the telecommunications sector, Kathryn will bolster the experience and expertise of the Hyperoptic team. Bowden’s career began at BT, where she contributed […]
Deltatre, a specialist in streaming and digital technology, has appointed Marco Frigerio as Vice President of Media Sales EMEA. Reporting to Oliver Botti, Head of Media Sales EMEA, Frigerio – who joins Deltatre after holding senior commercial roles at companies including Fast Channels Network, Piksel and TXT Group – will play a key part in […]
ITV has announced that Stefan Hoejmose will join the company as its new Group Chief Data and AI Officer, starting on July 8th. Hoejmose joins ITV from Roku, the US streaming platform, where he led the Data Science and Machine Learning team. He has previously also held senior data roles at Dyson, Sky, MediaCom and […]
The World Broadcasting Unions (WBU) has announced two new incoming chairpersons for its committees. Bassil Zoubi is the 2024/2025 Chair of the WBU Technical Committee, from the Arab States Broadcasting Union. Zoubi began his career as a transmission engineer for Jordan Radio & Television before joining the Arab States Broadcasting Union in 1994. Since 2016, […]
HBO, in association with Warner Bros Television, has named Francesca Gardiner (Succession, His Dark Materials, Killing Eve) as writer, showrunner and executive producer, and Mark Mylod (Succession, Game of Thrones, The Last of Us) as executive producer and director of multiple episodes of the upcoming original Harry Potter series. The series, coming to Max, will […]
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has announced that Larissa Knapp, the fourth-highest ranking official at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), will lead its content protection mission, strengthening the fight against online piracy worldwide. Knapp joins the MPA after 27 years with the FBI, most recently leading the Bureau’s National Security Branch where she managed […]
The Members of the Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe (ACT) elected the new ACT Board following the Association’s annual General Assembly that took place in Brussels on 19 June 2024. The new Board Members are elected for a period of two years. They are: Carolina Lorenzon (Mediaset) – Chair […]
Bob Gold & Associates, a boutique PR & Marketing services agency, focused on Technology, Media and Telecom, is expanding its core PR practice areas with the establishment of a streaming media and pay TV communications group to be led by Eric Becker in Denver. Becker, a former SVP at Starz and strategic communication agency, ICR, […]