The new Premiere CEO Michael Börnicke promises a new strategy for the German pay TV operator, which will be radically different from his predecessor Georg Kofler. “He went for 100 […]
Zonemedia appoints global advertising sales director
Zonemedia has appointed Monica Chard as the thematic channel operator’s global advertising sales director. The Chellomedia company is looking to develop advertising packages that appeal to international advertisers, tying in […]
Kofler quits Premiere
UPDATE: Georg Kofler, the charismatic CEO of German pay-TV platform Premiere, is to leave the pay-TV company on August 31, 2007. Premiere confirmed that Kofler had asked the supervisory board […]
Key appointment in Romania
Iuliu Winkler has officially assumed the position of Romania’s minister of communications and IT. He takes over from Zsolt Nagy, who was removed from the post following allegations of economic […]
New DG for Comcor
Russia’s Comcor-TV, which trades under the name Akado, has appointed Sergey Alimbekov as its new DG. He replaces Mikhail Silin, who was at the post for several years before resigning. […]
Double move for Chellomedia
Chellomedia has announced the consolidation of its thematic channel ad sales business in Central Europe. It has also extended the role of Marcin Boroszko, the MD of its Warsaw-based ad […]
CacheLogic appoints CEO
Phill Robinson has been named as the chief executive officer of digital asset delivery network specialists CacheLogic replacing Pat Chapman-Pincher. He joins from salesforce.com having previously been a part of […]
Local management for Canal+ Finland
Canal+ is to shift the focus of its operations in the Nordic region, moving from a centralised management towards the development of the pay-TV channel in the individual countries, and […]
New head for TeliaSonera
Lars Nyberg has been appointed the new president and CEO of TeliaSonera. He currently holds either the chairmanship or directorship of several companies and will take up his new role […]
Ainscough named Ofcom COO
Ofcom has appointed Jill Ainscough as its new chief operating officer. The post has been left vacant since the appointment of Ed Richards as Ofcom’s chief executive in 2006. The […]