Kelly Butler appointed Senior Vice President of Fox Sports Europe and Africa

News Tank Football - Paris - Appointment #12398 - Published on 05/12/13 at 13:14

Fox International Channels (FIC) Europe & Africa has appointed Kelly Butler as Senior Vice President of FOX Sports Europe & Africa, the international pay-TV group announced on the 02/12/2013. She will be based in London (UK).

The former CEO of sports pay-TV group Setanta Africa joins FIC Europe & Africa’s executive staff following the company’s acquisition of Setanta Africa, which was approved by the Irish Competition Authority on the 06/11/2013.

With years of experience in satellite, cable, broadcast television and new media, Kelly Butler brings a wealth of knowledge to FIC’s sports programming activities. She counts successful launches of sports TV networks in the US, Asia, United Kingdom and Africa among her main achievements.

Since 2001, she has worked in different positions at Setanta Sports, most recently as the CEO, Shareholder and Director of Setanta Africa, the sports channel bouquet broadcast to over one million homes throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to that, Kelly has held numerous high-profile posts, including Head of Programming at Setanta Sports, CEO of Setanta…


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