Alexandre Delpérier appointed Head of Yahoo! Sport France

Alexandre Delpérier has been appointed Head of Yahoo! Sport France, said the French subsidiary of the American Internet company on the 02/12/2013. He will work under Martial Viudes, programme and audience director of Yahoo! France.

A broadcast media journalist for more than 20 years, Alexandre Delpérier has presented, edited and produced for various TV and radio stations, including TF1, D8 and RMC.

Presenter for the "Yahoo! Foot" show since 2012, Alexander Delpérier "will endeavor to develop the audience and the content of the Yahoo! Sports channel," one of the "major lines of supply of content, information, and entertainment" of Yahoo!, the company said in a statement. Yahoo! Sport offer live sports news and original programming.

The appointment of Alexander Delpérier occurs in a context where Yahoo! are seeking to strengthen their news services and offer original content internationally, in order to attract new users and more advertising revenue. "Yahoo! are producing more and more original content, especially in sport. This content represents a growing share of our turnover," said…