OpenTV’s board of directors has confirmed the appointment of Ben Bennett as the middleware company’s chief executive officer. Bennett has been acting CEO since August 2007.
Virgin Media confirms Berkett, loses CFO
Virgin Media has finally confirmed Neil Berkett in the role of chief executive officer. At the same time the resignation of chief financial officer Jacques Kerrest has also been confirmed.
Racing boss has €50m Setanta stake
Irish racing tycoon John Magnier has emerged as an investor in Setanta Sports.
New head of TV Puls
Dariusz Dabski has been appointed the new head of the Polish News Corp-backed regional station TV Puls, replacing Farrell Meisel.
Sarkozy appoints De Pouzilhac to create France Monde
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has appointed Alain de Pouzilhac, CEO France 24, to lead a new entity that will oversee all of the French government’s international TV and radio outlets.
Change at the top for STV
Applications for the post of general director of the Slovak public broadcaster STV close today.
Multichannel wins at RTS news awards
Sky News, BBC News 24 and Al Jazeera all featured in the Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards 2006/07 last night.
Disney six lead Euro re-org
Disney Channel has made no less than six senior appointments in Europe, following the channel’s transition from premium to basic distribution.
Steve Maine to head Solaris
Steve Maine will be the CEO of the SES-Astra and Eutelsat jointly-owned venture offering Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) in S-Band.
New CEO at Com Hem
Tomas Franzén has been named as the new CEO of Swedish cablenet Com Hem.