Make.TV announced TRICIA IBOSHI as COO. Based in San Francisco, Iboshi will report to Make.TV CEO ANDREAS JACOBI. Iboshi has spent more than 17 years in IP video technology (Make.TV). ... Activision Blizzard named World of Warcraft Senior VP & Exec Producer ALLEN BRACK president of Blizzard Entertainment. Brack will succeed MIKE MORHAIME, who will remain as a strategic adviser to the company (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 10/3).
COACHES/MANAGERS: GARETH SOUTHGATE signed a new four-year contract to remain England's manager through the 2022 World Cup. His assistant, STEVE HOLLAND, also agreed to a new deal "as reward" for England reaching the semifinals of the World Cup. Southgate’s contract includes a "significant pay increase," taking his salary to around £3M ($3.9M) a year (London TELEGRAPH, 10/4). ... La Liga side Espanyol named AGUSTÍN RODRÍGUEZ its director of communications, replacing XAVI SALVATELLA. The club also named AGUSTÍ FILOMENO its head of marketing & commercial (MUNDO DEPORTIVO, 10/4). ... PETER KEANE is set to take over as GAA side Kerry's senior football manager. Keane will be ratified at Monday's county board meeting after emerging as the preferred choice of Kerry Chair TIM MURPHY (IRISH TIMES, 10/4).
