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Tom Mockridge is somebody with immense background experience in pay-TV, and European pay-TV through Sky Italia, and he obviously knows News Corp extremely well ... He has a reputation for being very direct and he has a clear vision.
I have 22 years of experience in News Corp, across multiple markets, but it's not like I'm taking a box of secrets out from News International that is going to be relevant here
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Liberty Global Announces Additional Senior Management Appointments
the last 13 years, including MD, UPC Ireland for five years, and CFO of Liberty's European cable division. He will report to Tom Mockridge, who was announced as Virgin Media's incoming CEO last week. Baptiest Coopmans, former Member of the Board of Management from WalletPop Read more »
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Calm after the NI storm
far removed they were from the day-to-day events at the 'News of the World' and the like. The Punt notes with interest then that Tom Mockridge has been chosen as the new head of Virgin Media when UPC owner Liberty Global completes its takeover of Virgin later from Irish Independent Read more »
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Former News International boss Mockridge to run Virgin Media
on: New Zealand-born Thomas Mockridge (pictured) will replace Neil Berkett Former News International boss Tom Mockridge has been named chief executive of Virgin Media, pitting him against erstwhile paymaster Rupert Murdoch. US firm Liberty Global, which bought from This Is Money Read more »
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Ex-Murdoch stalwart Mockridge to run rival Virgin Media
Mockridge, who worked closely with Rupert Murdoch in more than 20 years at News Corp., is to take over at Virgin Media, pitting the two men against each other in a battle for British pay-TV viewers. Mockridge will take his in-depth knowledge of Europe’s media from Globe and Mail Read more »
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Virgin Media Names New CEO
Global, Inc. (âLiberty Global,â or the âCompanyâ) (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) is pleased to announce that it has selected Tom Mockridge to become CEO of Virgin Media Inc. (âVirgin Mediaâ) (NASDAQ: VMED; LSE: VMED) upon the closing of its proposed acquisition from LightReading.com Read more »