Aleksander Myszka has been appointed to the board of directors at the Polish national commercial station Polsat. At the same time, Miroslaw Blaszczyk has assumed the position of chairman, held by Myszka since 1995. Myszka is one of the founder members of Polsat, which made its debut as a satellite-delivered service, before securing a national [...]

France 24 has appointed Frank Melloul as its strategy and international development director. 33-year old Melloul will be responsible for worldwide research, target analysis, funding strategy and analysis of the international environment and new media technology at the international news network. Melloul will report to France 24 CEO Alain de Pouzilhac. He has previously held [...]

French IPTV specialist Anevia has hired Patrick Rabu as its international sales director. The industry veteran was the founder of Xcom Multimedia Communication. Pace Micro Technology later acquired the company and Rabu went on to hold various positions within the UK technology company, most recently as EMEA new business director.

Disney Channel has announced a series of promotions within its UK management team. Casper Bjorner is promoted to VP marketing, UK, Scandinavia and emerging markets; Jonathan Boseley is promoted to VP, programming, UK, Scandinavia and emerging markets and Nick Fuggle is promoted to executive director, business operations and finance, UK Scandinavia and Emerging Markets. All [...]

MIP-TV – CANNES. Philippe Rouxel has been appointed Worldwide Distribution Vice President of France 24, the French international news channel. Rouxel had been Deputy Managing Director of Lagardere Networks. Rouxel will be responsible for the news channel’s international distribution across cable, satellite and IP platforms. His brief also includes international hotel chains and airlines. A [...]

The BBC has confirmed Danny Cohen as the new controller of BBC Three. Cohen joins the BBC’s digital channel after seven years at Channel 4 including a recent spell as head of BBC Three competitor E4 and as head of Channel 4 Factual Entertainment. He was responsible for the commission of Skins, Supernanny and The [...]

Tony Maddox has been named as the new head of CNN International, replacing Chris Cramer, and reporting to Jim Walton, president of CNN Worldwide. In his new role as executive vice president and managing director CNN International, Maddox will be responsible for five English language services; CNN en Español; CNNj; CNN.com International; CNNArabic.com; the joint [...]

Setanta Sports has hired its first UK marketing director as the premium channel prepares to launch a £15 million marketing drive. AOL UK’s former director of brand marketing Timothy Ryan has been charged with taking Setanta’s subscriber levels from the present 250,000 to breakeven at one million. Setanta this week added coverage of the FA [...]

Nina Terentiew has been appointed the programming director at the Polish national commercial station Polsat. In her new role, she will be principally responsible for domestic productions. Terentiew has been with Polsat since October 2006, prior to which she was head of the public broadcaster’s second channel TVP2. Also at Polsat, Waldemar Dziki has resigned [...]