The news platform offering shorter form content has already made its way to Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and UK.
Under his elevated role, the executive will be tasked with overseeing all international Advertising Sales, Content Sales & Licensing and Commercial Distribution revenue, as well as related client solutions functions.
The service, offering HBO programs and 12 channels, including Warner TV, Eurosport, Discovery Channel, Cartoon Network and CNN, and their associated on-demand services, can soon be accessed €9.99 a month.
The founding partners include Channel Nine in Australia, TVNZ, RTL Deutschland, RTL in the Netherlands, TV2 in Denmark, Discovery in Italy, Movistar+ in Spain, DPG in Belgium, TVI-CNN in Portugal, ServusTV in Austria, Ceska TV in Czech Republic, and Hot8 in Israel.