Now TV Hires Universal Pictures Marketing Man Jamie Schwartz
By Jonathan Easton Sky-owned OTT business Now TV has announced the hiring of Jamie Schwartz as director of brand, marketing...
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Harmeen Mehta Joins BT As Chief Digital And Innovation Officer
BT has announced the creation of a new technology unit – Digital – to lead its digital innovation agenda and...
DAZN Poaches Ladbrokes-owner’s CEO In Senior Reshuffle
By Jonathan Easton Sports streamer DAZN has announced a change at the top of the company as it finalises a...
US: FDIC Announces Personnel Changes
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has made several personnel changes in its Division of Risk Management Supervision (RMS) and...
Amino’s 24i Names Operator Sales Director
By DTVE Reporter Video technology outfit and Amino subsidiary 24i has named Lennart Broers as sales director operator solutions, responsible for driving the growth and momentum of the company. Broers was previously part of Amino’s sales team from 2006 to 2014. He has over 20 years’ experience, holding senior sales roles for several key industry players. Dutch service provider Youfone, a joint Amino and 24i customer, recently deployed the company’s end-to-end architecture platform, including Smart Apps and Smart Video, to launch the Netherlands’ first Android TV service. This deployment spanned...
UK To Miss Boris Johnson’s ‘Turbocharged’ Broadband Pledge
By Jonathan Easton The UK Parliament’s spending watchdog has warned that the country will miss its 2025 full-fibre rollout plan....
Tory Donor Richard Sharp Selected As Next BBC Chair
By Jonathan Easton Richard Sharp, a former Goldman Sachs banker and advisor to Tory chancellor Rishi Sunak, has been named...
IBM Names Former Financial Chief Martin Schroeter As Head Of New IT Infrastructure Services Company
IBM will list its unit, which provides technical support for 4,600 clients in 115 countries, as a separate company with...
Former Intel, Tesla Chip Exec Jim Keller Joins Artificial Intelligence Startup Tenstorrent
Jim Keller, a prominent computing chip architect who left Intel Corp last year, has joined a Toronto-based startup developing artificial...
Trell Appoints Dina D’Souza As VP Monetisation
Trell, a lifestyle, vlogging and social commerce platform has appointed Dina D'Souza as vice president of Monetisation. D'Souza will be...
