Congratulations to Sam Sniderman who joins Blue Ant Media as their Global Head of Commercial Affairs. He will oversee the commercial aspects of their growing number of international production businesses, particularly in territories outside the Americas. He will play a key part in evaluating and financing new projects, as well as generating pre-sales and partnerships
2017 truly marks a significant year for the upper crust of British TV broadcasting. After a tumultuous tenure spent protecting Channel 4 from the threat of privatisation and defending its controversial poaching of a flagship BBC format, its leader David Abraham announced in March that he was moving on. Barely a month later, on the
Channel 4’s iconic headquarters on Horseferry Road provided the venue for a ever-prescient debate within the media industry. Where Have All the Disabled People Gone? was title of the Royal Television Society’s latest panel discussion, featuring the expertise of comedian and host of The Last Leg, Adam Hills; TV researcher and stand-up comic Rosie Jones;
The Lumina team would like to congratulate Sean Carey for joining iflix as Global Chief Content Officer, based in Los Angeles. The fast-growing streaming service is now available in 10 markets across Southeast Asia, following recent launches in Pakistan, Vietnam and Myanmar. It has also entered into a joint-venture partnership with Middle East telco Zain
On Wednesday 29th March, Lumina was pleased to attend TV Connect, one of the most innovative industry conventions in the media calendar. Featuring debates and panel discussions with some of the most respected innovators in the media sector, attendees found themselves on the pulse of emerging developments within this rapidly-evolving market. Companies exhibiting at
Congratulations to Vince Petersen on his new role at Love Nature as Director of Partnerships. He will focus on driving subscription growth in the SVOD space, and take the territory lead for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France. Vince joins the factual SVOD service from TV tech company Netgem, where he was head of international content
It was as recently as January 22nd this year that White House correspondent KellyAnne Conway uttered the phrase “Alternative Facts”, but already it has become a staple in the heated discourse around social media, its potential effects on the distortion of facts and, most controversially, the outcome of referendums and elections. To address the ongoing
Lumina would like to congratulate John Bozza on landing the role of Chief Executive at Racecourse Technical Services Limited (RaceTech). Formerly Commercial Director at SIS Live, John has a wealth of experience in the broadcast and engineering sector. RaceTech is the leading technical facilities company providing innovative solutions to the horse racing industry since 1946.
2016 has been a seismic year in modern history. Full of highs and lows, we have witnessed political earthquakes, new world leaders, digital crazes and box office record-breakers. All will help to shape our expectations for 2017. For the media industry in particular, it has also been an unpredictable year, full of huge company shake-ups,
On the first week of December, the TV industry’s top talent – both old and new – ushered in the festive season with RTS Futures’ 2016 Christmas Quiz. The London Studios on the Southbank were dutifully decked out as nine teams, headed by some of the industry’s finest execs (including Channel 5’s Ben Frow and