ITV has announced that Simon Farnsworth has been named the company’s new Chief Technology Officer, responsible for leading the group-wide technology strategy, overseeing infrastructure, tech architecture and innovation as part of ITV’s digital transformation, and will sit on the Management Board. Farnsworth will start at ITV in early 2024 and report into the Chief Financial […]
SkyShowtime CEO Monty Sarhan has announced that Mark Neil, currently the Chief Financial Officer for A+E Networks EMEA, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of SkyShowtime. He will join the company and begin his role in January 2024. Based in London, Neil will report to Sarhan. The announcement follows current CFO Francesca Pierce’s appointment as […]
Nielsen, the audience measurement, data and analytics specialist, has announced that Karthik Rao has been named CEO, effective immediately. David Kenny, who has served as CEO since 2018, will assume the role of Executive Chairman. “Nielsen has been my home for most of my career, and I could not be more excited for this new […]
Starz President of Domestic Networks, Alison Hoffman, has announced that Sofia Chang has been hired as Executive Vice President, Chief Distribution Officer, Starz. Based in New York and reporting to Hoffman, Chang will oversee all of the streaming platform’s sales activities with multichannel video and digital distributors in the US. “Sofia is a well-respected entertainment executive […]
Yospace, a specialist in server-side ad insertion (SSAI), has appointed Paul Davies as Head of Marketing. He will be responsible for the company’s marketing activity around the globe. Yospace has long-term partnerships with the likes of DirecTV and Fox in the US; Sky Media, ITV, BT Sport, Channel 4 and STV in the UK; Telia […]
OTT SaaS Platform provider Green Streams has strengthened its senior leadership team in taking on board two highly experienced professionals with a proven track record in the telecommunications and TV industry. Khushvant Kundi (former VP at Synmamedia and Ericsson) and Mounir Djouaher (former CEO Algérie Télécom) will bring in their vast expertise to drive and […]
BBC Studios, the commercial subsidiary of the BBC, has announced the appointment of Nat Poulter, former Co-CEO of global social publisher Jungle Creations, as Vice President of Digital – Commercial, effective immediately. Based in London, Poulter will be responsible for building a cross-platform digital consumer proposition across a portfolio of new and expanding brands with […]
SkyShowtime CEO Monty Sarhan has announced that former Netflix executive Kai Finke has been appointed Chief Content Officer. Based in Amsterdam and reporting to Sarhan, Finke will lead the programming team. In this new role, Finke will be responsible for programming strategy, overseeing the service’s pipeline of partner studio entertainment, merchandising and scheduling, and SkyShowtime’s […]
The Board of Directors of Netflix has reappointed Ambassador Susan E. Rice as a member of the Board, which she previously served on from 2018 to 2020. “We are excited to welcome back Ambassador Rice to Netflix’s Board of Directors,” said Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters, co-CEOs. “Susan made many valuable contributions when she first […]
ITV Studios Australia has announcesda number of changes to its senior creative and production teams. In the editorial team, Beth Hart has been promoted from Head of Content to Chief Content Officer. In her elevated role, Hart will oversee the creative process across the entire production slate, including some of ITV’s biggest formats I’m A […]