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Harald, the Flow ends after eight years as chief of TV Norge and Discovery Networks. Digitalsjef Sindre capital economics ends at the same time, after a short time in the company.
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After the DN experience is the background for Flow and capital economics leave the company that they experience that they were attempted to overrun and detaljstyrt of the Discovery system.
Discovery should have been more concerned about cost-cutting than strategic focus on digital content.
Flow and capital economics shall, after the DN understand have had the same opinion and views on what was needed to succeed digitally, and therefore chose to leave the company together.
- Sad that he now stops
According to the press release from Discovery Networks believes Michael Long, who is the president of international development, digital and Discovery Nordics Harald Flow has done an outstanding job for the company, both as the leader of the Norwegian and the Swedish activities.
” We think it is sad that he is now ending, at the same time, we respect the decision. Harald together with the rest of the organization taken TVNorge and Discovery from being a small player in the Norwegian tv-market, to now to be among the largest, sharpest and most offensive. We owe him a big thanks and wish him good luck for the future, ” says Long, according to the press release.
- Discovery Networks Norway is a Norwegian mediegruppe.
- the Group’s turnover was 1.6 billion in 2015.
- the Owner is the american TV network Discovery Communications.
- TV-house consists mainly of eight channels: the Flagship TVNorge and the seven sekundærkanalene FIVE, MAX, VOX, TLC, Discovery Channel, Eurosport and Eurosport Uk. And strømmetjenesten Dplay.
- Managing director and editor in chief of Discovery Networks Norway has since 2009 been Harald Flow.
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Different views on the way to success
Harald Flow believes the Discovery is well positioned for the future.
But the owners and I have different views on what steps are now necessary to achieve success. Therefore, I choose to leave the company. We separated as friends, and I have great respect for the Discovery and the people here. After eight years at the helm, it can still be refreshing to shift the focus, ” says Harald Flow.
He says the tv company has doubled seerandelene and quadrupled both revenue and profits. Discovery has under his management also invested heavily in sportsrettigheter as the top division in football and the OLYMPICS.
That Sindre capital economics chose to stop at the same time as him, commenting on the Stream as follows:
I picked up the inn Sindre because I thought he was the best in the Nordic countries to be with and change company. The fact that he is also leaving the company now, after such a short time, due to the fact that we share perception of what was needed to rig the Discovery of the future, ” says Stream.
Long “garden leave”
What should you do now?
I have pleasurable, specific plans on the drawing board, together with clever people, but it is too early to say anything more than that, ” says Stream.
As chief, he gets probably a long so-called “garden leave” – the English term for that one ending without having to work during the notice period.
In addition, the Flow probably signed an agreement that he could not start a competing business in a certain period after his retirement.
- You get a pretty long “garden leave”?
- There will be plenty of time to read the stacks of books that have accumulated during the up on your bedside table these eight years. The agreement contains slightly different items, so I will not go in the details, ” says Stream.
- the Outgoing managing director and editor in chief of Discovery Networks Norway.
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Colorado, MBA from BI Norwegian business school.
- Has been a journalist in VG, the director of communications at TV 2, adf.dir. in Port, adf.dir. and partner, Try advertising agency.
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- Different views
Sindre capital economics joined the company in august of 2016. He has had the role as Nordic director for the digital services and development.
In the press release from Discovery Networks, he explains the takeoff with that he and the owners have “different views” on the way forward.
– Discovery have muscles that to succeed with the transformation this industry is facing, but the owners and I have different views on what the appropriate steps should be. Therefore, I choose to leave the company, ” says Sindre capital economics.
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