Broadcast: Cindy Rose to leave Virgin Media

The following is thanks to Broadcastnow:

Cindy Rose, executive director of digital entertainment at the cable operator, will leave immediately.
She is mulling over opportunities elsewhere within John Malone’s Liberty Global but is not expected to take on a role in the short term.

Rose was responsible for Virgin Media’s tie-up with US set-top box manufacturer Tivo and also oversaw its TV Anywhere service.

She joined the company in November 2009 from The Walt Disney Company.

Jon James, director of broadband at Virgin Media, will take on the role on an interim basis before the company looks at its longer term options.

Separately, Virgin Media has brought in Stephane David as executive director of content.

He is currently vice president of programming at Liberty Global and will now be heading up Virgin Media’s relationships with channel operators and content providers.

He joined Liberty Global in 2005 and previously worked at the Canal+ Group, in the Netherlands and Belgium.

However, Virgin Media stressed that this new role does not signal a move back into content business, which it left when it sold its content and channels arm to Sky in 2010.