Discovery Communications has appointed Ralph Rivera to the newly created position of Managing Director, Eurosport Digital. He will begin the role on 26 September, based in London, and will report to Michael Lang, Executive Vice President of International Development & Digital for Discovery Communications, as well as work closely with Peter Hutton, CEO of Eurosport and his leadership team.
Rivera is charged with leading the "aggressive expansion" of Eurosport’s digital businesses, which includes the news website Eurosport.com and the subscription OTT service Eurosport Player. Rivera comes from the BBC, where he spent six years as Director, BBC Digital and was responsible for all of the BBC’s digital media services, leading the implementation and operation of BBC iPlayer. Prior to the BBC, Rivera spent ten years at AOL, most recently as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Games.
