Roger Feiner new Vice President Content Strategy at UPC Austria and UPC Cablecom
As of October 1, 2015, Roger Feiner will take over the newly created position of Vice President Content Strategy at UPC Austria and UPC Cablecom as a member of the Executive Board.
At Teleclub, the 51-year-old Swiss has been responsible for the company's sports programming since 2006 as a member of the Executive Board and Head of Sports. In this role, he successfully drove the expansion of the sports offering and opened up additional markets and target groups for the company through the acquisition of various sports portfolios.
Before joining Teleclub, Feiner held various management positions for more than ten years at Fifa and SRG SSR Sport, among others. As Director Broadcasting at FIFA, he was responsible for global TV rights and TV broadcasts of the FIFA World Cup in Japan/Korea and the Confederation Cup in Mexico, among other things. As Head of Sports Rights and Marketing at SRG SSR Sport, he was responsible for the acquisition and marketing of Formula 1 and the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. Feiner has an education in law and a degree in sports management.
In his new role as Vice President Content Strategy at UPC Austria and UPC Cablecom, Roger Feiner reports directly to CEO Eric Tveter and joins the Executive Board. In this role, he will also contribute to the further development of Liberty Global's content strategy. "I am delighted that we have been able to recruit Roger Feiner, a top executive with an outstanding track record in sports content, for this important role," says CEO Eric Tveter. He adds: "His experience and expertise in these areas will be of great benefit to us in the future direction of the company to become the number one entertainment partner. Equally valuable is his proven knowledge in the area of broadcasting rights for Swiss soccer and Swiss ice hockey. I wish him every success in his new role."
