[SatBroadcasting(tm)] Panther Media Group (PMG), the company operating OSN, the Orbit Showtime Network, announced today the immediate appointment of Mr. David Butorac as its new Chief Executive Officer.
An international television industry veteran, Mr. Butorac brings a wealth of experience to OSN gained over a 30 year career in some of the world’s most successful broadcasting and multi-channel Television companies.
His career to date has included the positions of Head of Operations and Station Manager at BSkyB, the UK’s largest media company, Group Chief Operating Officer at Astro, Malaysia’s largest broadcasting and cross-media company, as well as President at the News Corporation‘s Star TV in Hong Kong. Most recently, Mr. Butorac was Managing Director of WIN Corporation, Australia’s largest regional cross-media company. At the same time OSN announced that its CEO, Marc-Antoine d’Halluin, will step down from his role at the end of September 2010, just more than one year after the merger between Showtime Arabia and Orbit Communications Company was closed in August 2009. As initially agreed with the shareholders, Mr. d’Halluin led the first phase of integration of the two companies resulting into substantial synergies, the launch of the OSN brand and platform on February 1st and the successful launch of the region’s first bouquet of HD channels and HD decoders on May 1st.
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