appointments
Virtual Post appoints new head of post-production
Ben Churcher will oversee the management of all post projects and teams
Discovery appoints new direct-to-consumer CTO
Avi Saxena will oversee technology systems to serve such products as MotorTrend and Eurosport Player
MEDIAGENIX announces senior appointments
Filip Descamps succeeds Dirk Debraekeleer as the new CEO of the Belgian company
Andrew Bell named MD of Deluxe Distributor EMEA
Bell has been tasked with fully leveraging Deluxe’s global capability as a technology and platform company in delivering and servicing clients locally
Apple’s Ben King joins DAZN
Appointment expected to drive the sport streaming service's global expansion
Broadcast names remain in the frame for Premier League’s top job
Discovery's Susannah Dinnage decided not to take the role
Channel 4 begins MD hunt for Nations & Regions
Role will be based at the broadcaster's new Leeds HQ
Channel 4 appoints head of inclusion and diversity
Yasir Mirza will join the broadcaster in January
Peter Timmons appointed GatesAir EMEA business development director
Forms part of the company's strategy for international expansion
Stephan Heimbecher joins Imagine Communications
Takes up position of international director of consulting services
Vox MD becomes RTL Deutschland CEO
Bernd Reichart replaces Anke Schäferkordt who spent more than a decade in the role
Steve Plunkett joins Airbeem board of directors
Plunkett will advise the company on its technical growth and strategy
Couto appointed SVP and GM of Synamedia’s Asia Pacific division
Former TiVo sales exec will take on responsibility for sales, marketing, partners and delivery throughout the region
Patrick Griffis appointed SMPTE president
M2A Media's Marina Kalkanis elected governor for the United Kingdom region
AEQ appoints Iván Olmeda as new CEO
Takes over from Rogelio de la Fuente, who has led the company for 35 years
TF1 appoints Thomas Jacques as CTO
Jacques joins from Google where he has managed the Google AdExchange advertising marketplace for EMEA
Patricio Teubal appointed GM of A+E Networks Italy
Will oversee three channel brands History, Crime+Investigation, and Blaze
MultiDyne announces two key strategic appointments
Company appoints Jesse Foster and Bob McAlpine
GatesAir appoints managing director for EMEA
Andy McClelland has over 20 years experience within broadcast, cable and telecommunications
Wolf Hall colourist joins Technicolor London
Sam Chynoweth joins Technicolor's features team
Viacom names new general manager for the Nordics
Jesper Dahl will take up the position from the 1st October
Keith Underwood appointed Channel 4 COO
Underwood was previously director of strategy and technology
Presteigne Broadcast Hire appoints new CTO
Simon Atkinson will focus on strategic technology initiatives
RTL Interactive appoints head of VoD content
Moritz Pohl will take up the newly created role from the 1st of October
YouView’s Richard Halton to stand down
Comes a week after Freeview's CEO announced his departure
Former Comcast Technology Solutions VP joins Airbeem
Neil Berry joins as chief revenue officer
Pippa Harris appointed BAFTA Chair
Harris will serve a two-year term and succeeds Jane Lush
Thorsten Sauer joins OTT platform Airbeem
Sauer appointed executive chairman of the board of directors
Simon Fell joins Piksel board
Fell is the former director of technology and innovation at the European Broadcasting Union
Matt Stagg joins BT Sport as director of mobile strategy
Broadcaster also announces plans to launch a pay-per-view channel