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Kudelski names executive board members
15 Dec 08 - Alex Osadzinski and Yves Pitton have been named as members of the executive board of conditional access and TV technology specialist Kudelski...
Hefner to step down from Playboy
11 Dec 08 - Christie Hefner is to step down as chairman and CEO of Playboy Enterprises. She will remain as CEO until the end of January, and will remain on the board until a new CEO is appointed...
Ebeling named ProSeibenSat.1 CEO
10 Dec 08 - German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has appointed Thomas Ebeling as CEO. Ebeling will take his position from March 1, taking over from current CEO Guillaume de Posch...
Cablecom’s Fischer to quit
09 Dec 08 - UPC-owned Swiss cable operator Cablecom’s managing director Rudolf Fischer has decided to leave the company. Fischer, who has headed the operator for seven years, will continue in his post until a successor is named, liaising closely with UPC president and chief operating officer Gene Musselman...
UKTV names Porritt as executive director
03 Dec 08 - UK pay-TV channel provider UKTV has named Keith Porritt as executive director, commercial, effective from January 5. Porritt, who will report to CEO David Abraham, was previously general counsel for the Sparrowhawk Medi...
RTL names central and eastern Europe chief
03 Dec 08 - Broadcaster RTL Group has appointed Andreas Rudas as exective vice-president, regional operations and business development, central and eastern Europe. Rudas, who will be a member of the RGL Group executive committee, is currently executive director of...
Deutsche Telekom CFO resigns
03 Dec 08 - Deutsche Telekom’s chief financial officer Karl-Gerhard Eick has resigned to take on a new role outside the company. Eick will remain at Telekom until the end of February to facilitate a smooth transition...
SPTI promotes Le Goy
02 Dec 08 - Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Keith Le Goy to president, distribution, overseeing the distribution of Sony Pictures’ content to all media platforms internationally. Le Goy was previously executive vice-president, distribution...
Bloomberg TV reorganises management tea
28 Nov 08 - News service provider Bloomberg Television has reorganised its management team. David Rhodes has been named as head of television, Americas, while Brian Martinez, former managing editor, EMEA, becomes head of television, EMEA, responsible for the group’s English, Italian, Spanish, French and German-language...
Premiere appoints Ensslin to management board
28 Nov 08 - German pay-TV operator Premiere has appointed Holger Ensslin as a member of its management board responsible for legal and regulatory affairs, effective from December 1. He is currently vice-president of legal and regulatory affairs.
