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Oculus Founder Luckey Leaves the Company

by Alan Spencer

Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus, has left the company. Luckey was responsible for the company’s rise to prominence and its VR headset which went on sale in early 2016. No comment was available …

Schiffbauer Heads Up LG Germany’s Home Entertainment

by Alan Spencer

Daniel Schiffbauer has been appointed the new head of the home entertainment business for LG in Germany. The appointment is with effect from this month. Daniel Schiffbauer, is aged 46, is now responsible for …

Christian Schmalzl Becomes co-CEO at Stroer

by Alan Spencer

Christian Schmalzl has been appointed as co-CEO of Stroer Media joining current CEO and founder, Udo Muller. The appointment was unanimously agreed by the supervisory board earlier this month. The 43-year was previously the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Stroer| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Robert Shiao Becomes President of Innolux

by Alan Spencer

Robert Shiao (Chih-Hung Shiao) has become Innolux’s president and COO, and will assist chairman and CEO Jyh-Chau Wang in the day-to-day running of the company. Shiao was previously the CIO of Chimei Optoelectronics, which …

Lenovo Promotes Bornibus

by Yvette Raikes

François Bornibus has been promoted to president of EMEA at Lenovo from 1st April. He is currently VP and COO. His role will include strengthening Lenovo’s standing in EMEA as PC manufacturer and server …

Ingram Micro Appoints New EMEA CEO

by Alan Spencer

Ingram Micro Pan EMEA has appointed Mark Chlebek, as the new EMEA CEO. Mark Chlebek was previously senior director advanced solutions EMEA, and began his career at Ingram Micro ten years ago. In his …

DigitalEurope Appoints New Director General

by Alan Spencer

DigitalEurope has announced the appointment of Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl as Director General of the organisation. She is currently the CEO of Globit and previously held international positions with IBM and Oracle and helped other companies …

EBU DG to Leave in the Summer

by Alan Spencer

Ingrid Deltenre, the EBU director general, is leaving her post to focus on other board responsibilities. She has spent eight years in her role at the EBU and will be leaving in the summer. …

Tags:EBU| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Vol 24 - Issue 08

Fell to Head WBU Technical Committee

by Bob Raikes

Simon Fell has been elected as Chair of the Technical Committee of the World Broadcasting Unions (WBU) for two years (2017/18). The WBU coordinates the regional broadcasting organisations around the world. Fell is Director …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Apple Hires Amazon’s Former Head of Fire TV

by Alan Spencer

Apple has hired Timothy D. Twerdhal, the former head of Amazon’s Fire TV unit since 2013. His role will be VP in charge of Apple TV product marketing. The change has possibly been brought …

Tags:Amazon| Apple| Large Display Monitor| People| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Oculus CEO Moves Down to Lead Division

by Yvette Raikes

The CEO of Facebook-owned VR company Oculus, Brendan Iribe, has stepped down to lead the PC VR group within the firm. He said that he missed being involved in new technology and building leading-edge …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Bastani Joins CTT

by Yvette Raikes

Cambridge Touch technologies (CTT) has named Babak Bastani as VP of Product. He has over 25 years of experience in ICs and smartphones, having worked for Samsung Cambridge Solutions, Cambridge Silicon Radio, Motorola and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 23 - Issue 49