Henning Tewes will take over as chief executive of Greece’s Antenna Group on January 1, 2025.
The former RTL Group executive replaces Linda Jensen who left the company after a year in charge.
Tewes will oversee Antenna’s wide-ranging existing portfolio, which includes free and pay TV, streaming, news, cinemas, live events, education, content, production, publishing, digital media, e-commerce, radio and music. The Antenna Group owns and operates 32 channels in Europe, North America, and Australia.
Tewes will work alongside Antenna’s Advisory Board, which comprises Jim Gianopulos – formerly Chairman and CEO of 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures; Hans Holger Albrecht – currently Chairman of the Board of Superbet, formerly CEO and Member of the Board of Directors of Deezer, and formerly President and CEO of Millicom; Marc DeBevoise – currently CEO of Brightcove, and formerly CEO of CBS Interactive (currently Paramount Streaming); Mike Lang – currently President of Lang Media Group, formerly CEO of Pixel United, and Media Executive at Fox, Disney, Discovery and Universal Music Group; Patrick Steel – formerly CEO of Politico; Athan Stephanopoulos – formerly Chief Digital Officer of CNN and Darren Childs – formerly CEO of Premiership Rugby and CEO of UKTV.
