Marco Castellaneta takes over management of Ringier Entertainment
Marco Castellaneta has headed the new Ringier Entertainment division with a 60 percent workload since September 2009. As of September 1, 2010, he will move completely from the management of the Group's Corporate Communications to the Executive Board of Ringier Switzerland.
The position of Head of Corporate Communications is to be filled. The Ringier Entertainment division, which was created last year, has grown rapidly in recent months under the leadership of Marco Castellaneta, Ringier wrote in a press release on Thursday. This includes the entry into the ticketing sector and the founding of the concert agency "The Classical Company" as well as the acquisition of the rights to the international television festival Rose d'Or. Castellaneta, who has managed the division on a part-time basis since its launch, will therefore move fully into the operational business as of September 1. As a member of the Ringier Switzerland Executive Board, he will lead the newest business division with around 300 employees and a consolidated turnover of around CHF 105 million.
The Ringier Entertainment division combines the commitments to Energy Zürich, Radio BE1, SAT.1 (Switzerland), Presse TV, Teleclub, Good News, The Classical Company and the TV and film production services of Ringier TV as well as the DAB Plus commitment to SMC AG, the ticketing activities and Rose d'Or AG under one roof.
After working in print and radio journalism for around ten years, Marco Castellaneta from Lucerne joined Ringier in 1996 and until 2004 designed and produced the TV program Konsum.tv on SF2 and launched the channel Sat.1 (Switzerland) with live ran. In the years that followed, he built up and managed Ringier Group Communications. As delegate for the "175 years of Ringier" anniversary, he was responsible for over 30 events in nine countries in Europe and Asia as well as the development of the corporate social responsibility program. Castellaneta graduated from the University of Lugano with a Master's degree in Communications and an Executive Master of Business Administration after completing a journalism diploma and a professional PR examination.
The Ringier Entertainment division combines the commitments to Energy Zürich, Radio BE1, SAT.1 (Switzerland), Presse TV, Teleclub, Good News, The Classical Company and the TV and film production services of Ringier TV as well as the DAB Plus commitment to SMC AG, the ticketing activities and Rose d'Or AG under one roof.
After working in print and radio journalism for around ten years, Marco Castellaneta from Lucerne joined Ringier in 1996 and until 2004 designed and produced the TV program Konsum.tv on SF2 and launched the channel Sat.1 (Switzerland) with live ran. In the years that followed, he built up and managed Ringier Group Communications. As delegate for the "175 years of Ringier" anniversary, he was responsible for over 30 events in nine countries in Europe and Asia as well as the development of the corporate social responsibility program. Castellaneta graduated from the University of Lugano with a Master's degree in Communications and an Executive Master of Business Administration after completing a journalism diploma and a professional PR examination.
