Brightcove, the video streaming technology company, has announced Scott Levine as their Chief Product Officer. Reporting directly to the CEO, Levine will oversee product management, engineering, and programme management. He is responsible for leading, setting, and executing the engineering and product vision for the entire organisation. Promoted from senior vice president and head of product, […]

Former BBC and New York Times chief Mark Thompson is in talks to take over at CNN, Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD) troubled news network. Thompson is among several candidates according to a Semafor report. WBD has been searching for a news leader since sacking Chris Licht in June. Licht’s time at CNN was controversial, including […]

IMG, a specialist in sports, events and media, have announced Sally Brown and Steve Rudge have been appointed as Vice Presidents and Co-Heads of Multisport Content for its production business. In the newly created roles, Brown and Rudge will oversee IMG’s production relationships with the likes of UFC, EuroLeague, Super League Rugby, World’s Strongest Man, […]

Nordic media-tech platform Clipsource has reorganised and promoted Märta Rydbeck to Chief Commercial Officer., Simultaneously, Ola Scholander takes on the role of Business Development Director. Rydbeck commented: “I am excited by the opportunity to structure and scale the sales organisation and revenue for Clipsource. Now more than ever, media companies face the challenges of distributing […]

CNN news anchor Wolf Blitzer, a 33-year veteran on the news channel, is to receive a Lifetime EMMY Award. His award will be presented at a special ceremony on September 27th.  The EMMY citation says that Blitzer has made a deep impact in the world of television. Blitzer currently hosts The Situation Room on CNN. […]

ITN Productions has hired two new executive producers to join its production team: Emmy-nominated series producer and director Nadya Mahdi and BAFTA-nominated programme-maker Jeremy Daldry. Mahdi, a specialist in News, Current Affairs and Factual content for the last 20 years, will take on the Executive Producer role working across genres including true crime, talent-led series and topical programming. […]

UK comms regulator Ofcom has set out proposals to make more radio spectrum available for use by ‘earth station gateways’ – large dishes on the ground that connect a satellite network to the Internet. Gateways allow satellite operators to support a range of broadband services in the UK, such as helping to better connect homes […]

Janine Thomas, has been appointed as Commissioning Editor Current Affairs for the youth strand Untold and will directly report to Louisa Compton, Head of News and Current Affairs, Specialist Factual and Sport. Now in its second series, the youth programming has proved to be remit-defining, with noisy journalism with titles such as Inside the Shein […]

Hasbro, the toy and game company, has announced the newly appointed leadership team of Hasbro Entertainment, a division that will be dedicated to leveraging Hasbro’s most valuable brands to develop and produce premium content across platforms for audiences of all ages, following the close of Hasbro’s sale of eOne’s film & television business. The new […]

Ryan Thurburn has been appointed incoming Chief Product Officer of Racecourse Media Group (RMG), the umbrella organisation for 35 British racecourse shareholders and parent company of Racing TV. Thurburn joins from BoyleSports, where he is Director of Product, and will take up the position in October. RMG has created this new role as part of […]