Thursday, March 8, 2018

Chris Hitchings out as CEO of DStv Media Sales, ditches MultiChoice for senior position at outdoor advertising company, JCDeCaux.


MultiChoice's sales boss is ditching the satellite pay-TV service with Chris Hitchings that has resigned to join an advertising agency.

Chris Hitchings was the CEO of DStv Media Sales, MultiChoice's ad sales division, but has resigned to join JCDeCaux as a senior executive.

Chris Hitchings exiting MultiChoice and DStv Media Sales comes just three months after Naspers in mid-November 2017 said Chris Hitchings "will remain" as DStv Media Sales CEO following the latest top executives shake-up at the pay-TV provider.

Fahmeeda Cassim Surtee was upped as CEO of DStv Media Sales South Africa, while Chris Hitchings kept his title as overall CEO of DStv Media Sales, according to Naspers.

Now Chris Hitchings has jumped ship to JCDeCaux, an advertising company that specialises in outdoor advertising platforms.

No word yet from MultiChoice or DStv Media Sales as to who the new DStv Media Sales CEO will be, or about Chris Hitchings' departure.