Propeller PR has been chosen to help the makers of BBC TV series Cash in The Attic go digital and 'dust off the reputation of the antiques world'.
09 May 2013
| by Staff
BT has thrown down the gauntlet to Sky with the launch of its new BT Sport service, promising an "affordable and exciting" new service which will challenge the dominance of Sky Sports.
Liberty Global has appointed Tom Mockridge, the former chief executive of News International, as the chief executive of Virgin Media, ahead of its proposed £15bn acquisition of the company.
Channel 4 has promoted David Amodio, an agency principal, to the new role of digital and creative lead, following the departure of Carl Read.
Rupinder Downie, currently a partnership business manager at Channel 4, has been promoted to the new role of partnership controller, sponsorship, as part of changes to the broadcaster's partnerships team.
Freesat, the free-to-air digital satellite TV service, is in the early stages of reviewing its creative agency requirements as it looks to define its positioning in an increasingly competitive market.
The BBC has named the former editor of The Times, James Harding, as the next director, BBC News and Current Affairs.
Comedy Central UK has hired Penny Brough, Vodafone's head of consumer communications, in the role of vice-president, director of marketing.
Matt Baker, the former Channel 4 comms chief, has returned to the media industry as vice-president of corporate comms for Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN).
Thinkbox, the commercial TV marketing body, has hired Leila Travis, currently head of TV at Total Media, as its head of planning, while Zoe Fuller is returning from maternity leave to the new role of head of industry programmes.