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.
Jetix makes senior appointment
Jetix Europe has appointed Dan Frugtniet as its regional licensing manager for the Central and Eastern European (CEE) markets.
Latens expands bizdev team
Conditional access specialist Latens has announced two new appointments to its business development team.