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Sky’s Stephen van Rooyen to head European operations

January 31, 2020 11.05 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Sky has announced a reshuffle of its senior management, owner Comcast sending a signal that it is planning further international expansion.

“As we align the markets more closely, making sure our overall product development capability and roadmaps are closer to the market operations and more aligned will be extremely important,” said chief executive Jeremy Darroch in a memo to staff sent Thursday.

Stephen van Rooyen, who currently runs the broadcaster’s UK operations will also have Germany and Italy to his responsibilities. The bosses of of Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland will now report to Mr Van Royen.

Andrea Zappia, who currently runs the two continental businesses has been named as CEO, New Markets and Businesses.

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Julian Clover is a Media and Technology journalist based in Cambridge, UK. He works in online and printed media. Julian is also a voice on local radio. You can talk to Julian on X @julianclover, or by email at jclover@broadbandtvnews.com.

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