Sky Italia picks Vodafone exec Duilio as new CEO

MILAN, July 26 (Reuters) – Comcast-owned (CMCSA.O) Sky Italia has appointed Vodafone govt director Andrea Duilio as its new chief govt efficient Sept. 6, the media enterprise stated on Monday.

Duilio, 47, who heads Vodafone’s shopper small business unit in Italy, emerged as a major contender among exterior candidates for the Sky work in Italy, two persons instructed Reuters past week.

He will triumph Maximo Ibarra who stepped down in April and will report to Stephen van Rooyen, CEO of Sky’s United kingdom and European operations.

“Duilio’s encounter will give an critical force to the innovation and development of Sky Italia, finishing the changeover in the direction of a leaner and built-in business enterprise design with the group,” van Rooyen mentioned in a take note.

Sky Italia, which is Italy’s top pay-Tv participant, before this 12 months suffered a blow when best-flight soccer league Serie A awarded the bulk of domestic screening rights to streaming providers DAZN, which sealed a distribution settlement with Italy’s greatest phone team Telecom Italia (TLIT.MI).

Reporting by Cristina Carlevaro, enhancing by Agnieszka Flak

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