Fox International Channels (FIC) Europe has hired Ã…se Ytreland as the new MD for Nordic and Baltic regions. Ytreland will be based in the FIC Nordic's local offices in Copenhagen and Oslo and report directly to Jesús Perezagua, FIC Europe president. Over the last two years, she has been partly based in London as EMEA […]
Nickelodeon UK has appointed Turner Broadcasting's chief content officer to head its UK operation. Tina McCann becomes the new senior vice president and chief content officer for Nickelodeon UK replacing Howard Litton who left in January. She has previously been acting chief content officer for Turner's children's entertainment brands in EMEA, including Cartoon Network, Boomerang […]
Lynne Frank, the senior vice-president and managing director of ESPN for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, who oversaw the grab for Setanta’s Premier League rights, is leaving. Frank plans to return to her native California for family reasons, with a successor due to be appointed by September. She will stay on to oversee the […]
Telenor Group has confirmed that Jon Erik Haug has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Telenor in Denmark. Erik Haug will succeed Henrik Clausen, who is appointed CEO of DiGi, Telenor’s subsidiary in Malaysia. Erik Haug has held several positions within the Telenor Group, most recently as Marketing Director in Telenor in Sweden where he […]
Jeremy Philips, one of Rupert Murdoch's most senior Internet executives, has confirmed he is leaving News Corp, highlighting the media empire's reduced appetite for the digital deal-making he had been hired to oversee. Philips vetted possible deals, working on the group's on-off talks with Yahoo before the Internet company's search agreement with Microsoft.
Michel de Rosen, Chief Executive Officer of Eutelsat has announced the appointment of Yohann Leroy as Director of Strategy. Leroy joined Eutelsat from the office of the French Prime Minister, where he was technical advisor for Industry and Information Technology from 2007 to 2010. This followed four years as head of the industrial development department […]
BBC Vision's head of multiplatform products Lloyd Shepherd is leaving the corporation after nine months. He commented “It's probably worth saying this decision has nothing to do with the BBC Strategic Review.” Shepherd joined Channel 4 as future media solutions head in 2008, but left for the BBC in June 2009.
AOL Europe is demonstrates its commitment to video with the appointment of Kelly Sweeney to the new role of director of video. She will be responsible for commissioning original productions and managing relationships with production partners and advertisers. Sweeney served as head of original content at social network Bebo and was line producer on shows […]
Troubled record company EMI has named former ITV boss Charles Allen as its new chairman. Allen was already non-executive chairman at the firm. EMI also said chief executive Elio Leoni-Sceti would leave at the end of the month after two-and-a-half years. EMI had annual losses of £1.75 billion. Private equity house Terra Firma is seeking […]
Verimatrix has announced the appointment of Petr Peterka as its new Chief Technology Officer. Petr joins Verimatrix as his latest role in an impressive career at the forefront of the San Diego technology and global digital TV scenes. Prior to joining Verimatrix, Peterka was a member of the Technical Staff in the CTO’s office at […]