The BBC has appointed Yahoo’s senior VP of international engineering as its new CTO. John Linwood’s brief includes the maintenance of the technical infrastructure behind all BBC output, managing the […]
Singh takes up Viacom18 position
Bhavneet Singh has been appointed to the management team and board of directors of Viacom18, the Viacom and Network18 joint venture in India.
Oerlemans named VP ESPN channels
ESPN has appointed Jeroen Oerlemans as its vice president TV channels, EMEA. The former general manager of The Netherlands’ Sport 1 will focus on the programming and production of ESPN […]
Curle retires from Irdeto
Industry veteran Andrew Curle is retiring from Irdeto after 18 years with the conditional access company.
New hope for Slovak DTT
Ladislav Mikus has been appointed the new head of the Slovak Telecom Office (TUSR), one of the country’s leading regulators.
Mockridge becomes BSkyB non-exec
Tom Mockridge, the chief executive of News Corp’s European television operations, is to become a non-executive director of BSkyB.
NDS Dishington moves to India
NDS has appointed Alan Dishington as its new director of sales at NDS India. He will be based in New Delhi and report to Sue Taylor, SVP and general manager […]
Jetix appoints John Hardie as CEO
Jetix has announced that John Hardie has been appointed as CEO of Jetix Europe. Hardie will begin work immediately, succeeding Paul Taylor, who today announced his resignation from Jetix Europe […]
BBC taking Pryde in Distribution
The BBC has named Alix Pryde as the new controller of BBC Distribution. She replaces Richard Waghorn who has left the BBC to become chief technology officer for the South […]
Italian banker joins SeaChange board
Carlo Salvatori, CEO of the Italian insurance and banking conglomerate Unipol Gruppo Finanziario, has joined the board of SeaChange International.