Disguise has appointed former Ncam vice president of sports and broadcast Phil Ventre as its vice president of broadcast. In his new role, Ventre, who started earlier this month, will work closely with chief commercial officer (CCO) Tom Rockhill to lead disguise’s innovation and development within the sports, esports and broadcast sector. Discussing why he […] More
Sky Sports director of creative output Duncan East has left the pay-TV broadcaster in order to join independent sports production company Buzz 16 as its managing director, a role that will see him link up again with former Sky colleague Scott Melvin. East, who starts his new job today (Monday 1 March), had been at […] More
Former senior IMG executive Melissa Payne has been appointed as chief executive (media) for the two, historic, round-the-world sailing events, the Ocean Globe Race (OGR) and the Golden Globe Race (GGR). Payne, who left IMG last year after 20 years, was previously vice president, head of technical services and also head of sailing/nautical sports at IMG Media. […] More
Sunset+Vine head of broadcast David Tippett has been promoted to the role of managing director at the London-based sports production company, effective immediately. In his new role, Tippett will work alongside Sunset+Vine executive chairman Jeff Foulser, focussing on his strengths and experience in live production and major events and helping to oversee the day-to-day running […] More
Visual media storytelling tools specialist Vizrt has announced that Steve Wind-Mozley has been appointed to lead the organisation’s marketing functions. “As market leader, Vizrt has a clear role to play enabling today’s established media companies and the next wave of new media creators to tell their stories and reach their audiences as efficiently as possible,” […] More
The 146th AES Europe Pro Audio Convention comes to Dublin next week and with it the newly-elected president of the Society, Austrian audio engineer Nadja Wallaszkovits. In January the quarter-century association of Wallaszkovits with the AES entered a new phase with her ascension to president — the fourth female to hold the office. In this […] More
Sports virtual advertising technology company Supponor has welcomed Sir Martin Broughton as its new chairman, replacing Matthew Wheeler who is stepping down after almost seven years in the post. Broughton joins the board as the company brings in a new round of investment representing over €4.5m. He is a former chairman of British Airways, former […] More
Brave Bison CEO Claire Hungate has accepted the role of guest chair of the IBC2019 content steering group (CSG), a collection of industry experts and thought leaders including BBC Studios, Google, Endemol Shine Group and Discovery. Hungate’s successful broadcast career includes being managing director of UK production company Wall to Wall, and part of the […] More
ABSIS is a new company formed by two audio engineers, Frédéric Jakus and Gaëtan Crenier, who bring a combined 50-plus years of hands-on industry expertise working with companies including NEP Belgium , VTM, Videohouse, Alfacam, RTL and Canal +. The ABSIS team has worked extensively in live and sport events where creating a good communication […] More
Telestream has announced the appointment of Osman Salah as regional sales manager serving the Middle East, Africa and Turkey region. Based in Dubai, UAE, Salah brings a wealth of local market experience, commercial expertise and technical knowledge to Telestream’s MENA team. During a 13-year career in the media & broadcast industry, Osman Salah has worked […] More
