“Vodafone Group has appointed Vittorio Colao as European CEO“, he will start in October. Colao is currently CEO at Italian media company RCS Media Group, and replaces Bill Morrow. He will also become deputy CEO, replacing Julian Horn-Smith who stepped down recently. Vodafone has had a pretty high turn-over of top-level CEOs recently, amid speculation there are differences of opinion as to how the company should proceed.
British mobile media company PlayerX has hired Scott Meyer as Senior VP Americas, in a bid to expand its presence in North America. “Meyer has more than 20 years of sales and operational experience and previously had senior roles with Packet Video, Real Networks and In-Fusio. He will be responsible for pushing Player X’s already successful roadmap of quality mobile games, mobile TV and video to North American carriers.”
London-based I-play has appointed Leighton Webb as Senior Vice President of Content Strategy and Licensing for the company’s global business. “Webb’s core role will be to drive the company’s overall content strategy as well as leading the licensing and publishing businesses.” Webb was most recently Vice President International Wireless for Fox Mobile Entertainment.
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