Mejlhede responsible for all of Viasat’s centralised programming acquisition and content development for its free-TV and pay-TV channels.

Viasat Broadcasting has appointed Jakob Mejlhede senior vice president of acquisitions and programming.

Mejlhede, who has worked at Viasat for five years, is based in London and will be responsible for all of Viasat’s centralised programming acquisition and content development for its free-TV and pay-TV channels across 35 countries.