The deal, which includes all UKTV inventory, including UKTV Play, secures Channel 4’s position as the UK’s second largest sales house.

Barclays’ Josko Grljevic begins the newly-created role in February.

Hear from the likes of Jenny Biggam, Tess Alps, Simon Daglish and Craig Tuck in our video interview predicting what 2017 could have in store for media and advertising.

Former IAB boss Phillipson joins the agency on 1 February 2017 on a part-time basis.

Katie Ingram will work across the publisher’s brands – including The Independent, the London Evening Standard, and ES Magazine- driving bespoke insight projects and building partnerships with agencies and clients.

Now 2017’s tech-fest has drawn to a close, Newsline hears from Posterscope and Media iQ on what they think were the key take-outs for advertisers.

A slow month for commercial TV broadcasters meant that total revenue was down -5.6% in November; however, total satellite revenue was up a healthy 13.6%.

Mew succeeds Guy Phillipson who is stepping down after 12 years in the role.

Farringdon-based Factory Media runs 24 brands across sports and lifestyle, including Mpora, Road Cycling UK, and Dirt and claims it has 6.8m monthly unique users across its portfolio of digital sites.

There’s only way to kick-start the New Year in media – with Mediatel’s annual Year Ahead, the invite-only networking event for senior professionals.