appointments

IP Migration

AIMS’ chair Mike Cronk steps down

Steve Reynolds of Imagine Communications steps up to lead the organisation

People

Former Hyperactive Broadcast MD joins Origin Film & Television

James Gander will take over from founder Liam Wife, who becomes Origin's operations director

Business

Major shake-up at Grass Valley as CEO Tim Shoulders leaves the company

The Grass Valley leadership team will now report to executive chairman, Louis Hernandez Jr

People

Marcus Box appointed M2A Media CEO in leadership team shake-up

Takes over from Marina Kalkanis, who is stepping into the role of chief operating officer

People

Former RTL Group CEO joins Antenna Group

He will oversee all of the company's free-to-air, pay-TV, and OTT products

Business

Deltatre appoints new CEO

Co-founder Giampiero Rinaudo to retire and move to non-executive chairman role

Business

Fiona Burton joins Gravity Media as head of post production in the UK

Burton previously held the position of head of post production and engineering for EMEA at A+E Networks

Business

Jon Roberts appointed director of technology at ITN

He will oversee the management and development of broadcast operations, technology, studios, media management and workflows

Production & Post

Paul Baaske joins Jellyfish Pictures as head of technical direction

Jellyfish Pictures is currently aiming to double its workforce over the next 12 months, and intends part of Baaske’s role to facilitate continuous growth...

Business

Allen Broome appointed MediaKind CEO

Broome has been with the company for the last two years leading the research and development team as CTO

Business

Nadine Dorries appointed UK culture secretary

Former I'm A Celebrity... contestant takes over DCMS top job, John Whittingdale out as minister for media and data

Business

David LaPalomento joins JW Player as chief technology officer

LaPalomento joins the company from Brightcove

Business

BT confirms Adam Crozier appointment

Crozier will officially take over as the company's chair on 1st December

Business

Broadcasters appoint Gopalakrishnan, Boswood to senior technology roles

Prasanna Gopalakrishnan joins Sky as group chief technology officer, Grace Boswood appointed Channel 4's new technology officer

Business

BT ‘set to appoint Adam Crozier as new chairman’

Former ITV chief executive is reported to have beaten three others to the role

Business

Search to begin for new Channel 4 chair

Charles Gurassa will step down in January at the end of his second three-year term

Business

Andrea Duilio appointed Sky Italia CEO

Will take up his new position in early September

Business

David Rhodes to lead international business development at Sky

Joins Comcast from News UK where he was exploring the idea of launching a TV news channel

Live Production

Rufus Hack appointed Hawk-Eye CEO

Hawk-Eye’s vision-processing, video replay and creative graphic technologies are used by numerous different sports for production and content management

Production & Post

Stuart Gilbert appointed head of technical operations at Evolutions

Gilbert will be tasked with overseeing the company's technical operations across both its sites in London and Bristol

Business

Derek Chang to lead Friend MTS

Company's founder Jonathan Friend will move to the role of chief product officer

Audio

Stephen Brownsill joins Ross Video

Brownsill has previously worked for both TSL Products and Grass Valley

Business

EBU appoints new head of digital, transformation and platforms

Wouter Quartier will play an important role as part of EBU's Media Management team, bringing into play his digital transformation and data management experience

Business

Oliver Dowden wants search for new Ofcom chair to begin again

Culture secretary wants the search to "start afresh"

Business

Steve Penney joins pixitmedia

Penney will lead the team in software development, delivery and customer support functions

Business

MediaKind pushes into DTC video market with two new appointments

Mark Ramberg, previously product management leader at Hulu, joins to the company to focus on its direct-to-consumer, streaming, and cloud-based media delivery solutions

Business

Shaun Gregory appointed EMG’s new Group CEO

Gregory succeeds co-CEOs Patrick van den Berg and François-Charles Bideaux

Business

Former Premier League boss Richard Scudamore joins Monterosa

Company is looking to scale up its global media and sport offering

Production & Post

Darren Rae joins Molinare to lead creative production services

He has been tasked with developing Molinare's production services division to focus on new areas of business that feed into the company's already existing...

Business

Boxer Systems appoints Marc Risby as managing director

Risby, who has worked for Boxer for 27 years, takes over as MD from Mike Heaney

Business

Stefan Nied to lead ScheduALL

Takes up his new position immediately

Business

Ed Vaizey ‘in the running’ for Ofcom chair

Former culture minister said to be on the shortlist to succeed Lord Burns

Business

Adam Hewes joins Take 1 as CTO

New position will involve overseeing the next stages of Take 1’s technology strategy, including the migration of internal workflows and client-facing services to the...