Rupert Murdoch is to increase his influence on the German pay-TV operator Premiere by appointing Mark Williams and Tom Mockridge to the supervisory board, according to the German news magazine Focus.
The appointments have to be confirmed by the Premiere general assembly on June 12. For the moment, Premiere has declined to comment on the news. Williams is responsible at News Corp for finance in Europe and Asia, while Mockridge is CEO of Sky Italia.
