Former A&E Television VP Joins Connected TV Agency Capablue as Associate Director

written by: Richard Kastelein

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Published on Thursday, 18 November 2010 08:32

Leading UK digital product development company, Capablue, has recently appointed Will Harrison, formerly Vice President business development at A&E Television Networks International as its Associate Director for Connected. Connected is Capablue’s fully customisable portal platform for connected TVs.

Harrison, a broadcast industry veteran, has served on the boards of several companies, including HBO Central Europe, Super RTL, GMTV, and the video-on-demand service FilmFlex, which he established as a joint venture with Sony. He also led the EMEA Ventures and Business Development team at Walt Disney Television International and will now drive Capablue’s commercial development of Connected, focusing on growing existing client relationships, developing new ones and building the business’ strategic industry partnerships.

Harrison commented:

“I believe that Connected will shake up the broadcast industry where content owners look to provide a fast, immediate VoD service. I’m genuinely excited about its future and looking forward to helping it get the commercial success it deserves.”