James Kydd, Virgin Media’s managing director of brand and marketing, is to leave the cablenet at the end of September.
Guggenheim claims OpenTV severance left unpaid
Former OpenTV CEO Alan Guggenheim has claimed his former employer has withheld severance payments following his departure from the company in August 2007.
New factual heads ready for UKTV rebrand
UKTV has reshuffled the channel heads on its factual portfolio ahead of next year’s planned rebrands. Adrian Wills has been appointed head of UKTV People and Richard Kingsbury head of […]
Serbian Broadcasting Agency chief sacked
Nenad Cekic, the head of Serbia’s Broadcasting Agency (RRA), has together with his deputy, Aleksandar Vasic, been relieved of his duties.
New director for Russian VGTRK
Dimitry Kisilyov has been appointed the deputy director of the Russian public broadcaster VGTRK, according to ITAR-TASS.
New controller at BBC HD
Danielle Nagler has been named as the new head of BBC HD replacing Seetha Kumar who is moving to a new senior role within the BBC.
Huggers named BBC Future Media director
Erik Huggers has been appointed as the new director of BBC Future Media & Technology. The former Microsoft executive who is currently group controller of the division had been widely […]
Moreton on Watch, but Hornsey has Alibi
UKTV has appointed Paul Moreton as the channel head of Watch the broadcaster’s new entertainment channel. Steve Hornsey becomes channel head of Alibi, the crime channel that will replace UKTV […]
Virgin names 3 non-exec directors
Three new appointments, all with experience of the US cable market, have been appointed to the board of Virgin Media. James A. Chiddix, Andrew Cole and Steven J. Simmons have […]
New head for MTG Russia/CIS ops
Irina Gofman has been appointed the CEO of MTG Russia & CIS and a member of the Group’s executive management team.