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Conax announced that Morten Solbakken, COO of Telenor Broadcast Holding, will take over as CEO of Conax. He has been the company’s acting CEO since Sept. 14. Solbakken follows Berit Svendsen, who became EVP and CEO of Telenor Norway in … Continue reading
Just days after announcing his resignation as COO at Cablevision, Tom Rutledge has been named president and CEO of Charter Communications. Rutledge joins Charter immediately and will become the president and CEO effective Feb. 13. He will also become a … Continue reading
Trilithic has announced three staff promotions in its broadband instruments group. John Bush has been promoted to senior systems sales engineer within the broadband instruments group. In his new expanded role, Bush will be responsible for working directly with customers … Continue reading
Tom Rutledge, chief operating officer of Cablevision Systems, has informed the company that he will resign. Rutledge joined Cablevision in 2002 as the company’s president of cable and communications. He became COO in 2004. Earlier this year, Rutledge was presented … Continue reading
Amino Technologies announced that Andrew Burke, CEO of Amino, will be leaving the company with immediate effect to pursue other opportunities and that Donald McGarva, who is currently Amino’s COO, will become CEO of the company. The Amino corporate strategy … Continue reading
Mike Pulli, president of Pace Americas for seven years, has been appointed CEO of Pace and has joined its board of directors effective immediately. He succeeds Neil Gaydon, who, after 16 years with Pace, has decided to step down to … Continue reading
ARRIS announced the appointment of Andrew T. Heller to the company’s board of directors. Heller is vice chairman of Turner Broadcasting System and focuses on the industry-wide “TV Everywhere” initiative, coordinating with senior executives of Time Warner to develop a … Continue reading
Charter Communications Vice President of Field Operations Tom Gorman will be leaving the company on Dec. 31. He tells BTR that he’s not retiring any time soon, but has no immediate plans beyond some skiing in January. Gorman, a 35-year … Continue reading
Comcast has named Neil Smit CEO of Comcast Cable Communications. Smit, who also serves as president of Comcast Cable and is responsible for all aspects of the company’s cable business, joined Comcast in March 2010. He reports to Brian L. … Continue reading
Michael Gallagher will join IBBS as the company’s new CEO and member of its board of directors. Gallagher takes over the role from Dave Keil, who will officially step down on Jan. 1. Keil and Gallagher will work together through … Continue reading
SeaChange International announced the appointment of technology executive and SeaChange board member Raghu Rau as interim CEO, effective immediately. Rau’s appoinment follows the retirement of the company founder, chairman, and CEO Bill Styslinger. Thomas Olson, former CEO of Katz Media … Continue reading
Wowza Media Systems announced the appointment of Chris Knowlton as vice president of product management. Knowlton will drive Wowza’s product roadmap, focused on the continued creation of technologies that advance streaming media for customers worldwide. Knowlton recently served as senior … Continue reading
Huawei has added two cable veterans, Ron Pitcock and Frank Miller, to its U.S. offices. Pitcock recently joined Huawei as the vice president and general manager of its MSO business organization. Pitcock has more than 20 years of experience within … Continue reading
