Seesaw Managing Editor; Virgin Appoints COO; Government’s IP Office Chooses CEO

Seesaw: The forthcoming IPTV VOD service from Arqiva has appointed former Babelgum mobile editor Dan Watt-Smith as its managing editor, ahead of an expected launch “early” next year. He’ll be part of the service’s marketing and content team, reporting to platform controller John Keeling. Release.

Virgin Media: Andrew Barron has been promoted to be Virgin’s COO. He joined the company in March 2008 and has led a re-org of its networks and customer services operations. Release.

IP Office: The government’s Intellectual Property Office has made John Alty its new CEO and “comptroller-general”. He’s currently director general for fair markets in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. IP minister David Lammy says in the release that Alty’s experience will come in handy, “especially around our copyright strategy”.

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