YouView has confirmed the appointment of Riccardo Balestiero as its new CEO.
Balestiero will join the hybrid platform, which forms the backbone of BT and TalkTalk’s TV platforms, in November. He has been Director of Products at BT Consumer for seven year and was BT’s representative on the YouView board.
“I am delighted Ric has accepted our offer to join YouView as CEO. After an extensive process using external search consultants, he emerged as clearly the strongest candidate,” said Simon Duffy, YouView Chairman. “As a long-standing director of YouView and representative of one of our shareholders, Ric has a deep and extensive knowledge of the venture. He knows our products and, most importantly, our people extremely well. I am looking forward to continuing our working relationship and am confident he will make an outstanding leader of YouView.”
Earlier this month, YouView enabled full-IP mode on the BT TV Box Pro, meaning that a terrestrial aerial was no longer required for the reception of Freeview channels.
YouView was also involved in the launch of BT’s new TV Box Mini.