Aleks Habdank
Aleks brings together a unique combination of disciplines from the international TV / Media arena – an experienced General Manager, understanding of broadcast technical & platform issues, content rights flow & acquisition, operational structure & delivery, all with a commercial perspective – business development, legal, strategy & corporate finance. He has particularly deep experience of new-media & On-demand development.
Aleks has the strategic vision to spot an opportunity, evaluate it, plan for it and then deliver it. This is demonstrated by his championing the Creative Services offshoot out of chellomedia, and more recently the changes and restructures driven through at Virgin Media TV product which helped the company establish itself as a real competitor to Sky, resulting in over 900% share price growth over his tenure there. He is well connected within the global TV Services sector, which has also resulted in non-executive advisor to the Board appointments.
Aleks, along with 2 partners, has also successfully raised finance from private equity for a start up venture in ipTV. Aleks was voted onto and invited to join the CTAM Europe Board in March 2008. Aleks sat on the Advisory Board of Anytime pte. as part of the restructure driven by new investment from SCSi, an Indian PE group.