The Tom Hall Award, given by the SCTE (Society of Cable Telecommunication Engineers) to mark outstanding service to the cable industry, has been presented to Italian-born Prof Franco Mussino at […]
Polsat executives change roles
Aleksander Myszka has been appointed to the board of directors at the Polish national commercial station Polsat. At the same time, Miroslaw Blaszczyk has assumed the position of chairman, held […]
France 24 hires strategy director
France 24 has appointed Frank Melloul as its strategy and international development director. 33-year old Melloul will be responsible for worldwide research, target analysis, funding strategy and analysis of the […]
Anevia hires veteran Rabu
French IPTV specialist Anevia has hired Patrick Rabu as its international sales director. The industry veteran was the founder of Xcom Multimedia Communication. Pace Micro Technology later acquired the company […]
Disney promotes UK staff
Disney Channel has announced a series of promotions within its UK management team. Casper Bjorner is promoted to VP marketing, UK, Scandinavia and emerging markets; Jonathan Boseley is promoted to […]
Sky’s Eccles to head Ofcom communications
Ofcom has appointed Julian Eccles as its new director of communications. The former director of communications and corporate affairs at BSkyB will replace Matt Peacock who left the regulator earlier […]
Philippe Rouxel joins France 24
MIP-TV – CANNES. Philippe Rouxel has been appointed Worldwide Distribution Vice President of France 24, the French international news channel. Rouxel had been Deputy Managing Director of Lagardere Networks. Rouxel […]
Cohen named BBC Three controller
The BBC has confirmed Danny Cohen as the new controller of BBC Three. Cohen joins the BBC’s digital channel after seven years at Channel 4 including a recent spell as […]
Maddox replaces Cramer at CNN
Tony Maddox has been named as the new head of CNN International, replacing Chris Cramer, and reporting to Jim Walton, president of CNN Worldwide. In his new role as executive […]
Setanta appoints UK marketing director
Setanta Sports has hired its first UK marketing director as the premium channel prepares to launch a £15 million marketing drive. AOL UK’s former director of brand marketing Timothy Ryan […]