BT Sport: Delia Bushell to leaves position of managing director of BT TV and BT Sport in June 2017

Delia Bushell will leaves her position as the managing director of BT TV and BT Sport in "early June 2017", announced the British telecom group BT on 08/05/2017. She was appointed to this position on 07/04/2014, and took office in July 2014. She replaced Marc Watson, the managing of BT TV since 2009, and who resigned on 26/03/2014.

Delia Bushell, born in 1973, had spent most of her career working in the pay-TV group Sky. After 11 years with the British pay-TV group BSkyB (United Kingdom, now Sky plc in 2014), where she held the position of head of the broadband and telephony department between 2005 and 2011, she joined Sky Italia, where since July 2013 she has held the position of sales manager.

"This was a difficult decision as I am incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved over the past few years. But with the successful renewal of our UEFA Champions and Europa League rights (see below) and the launch of our new, improved BT TV YouView service, I can now confidently hand over the baton to the excellent team around me. I look forward to watching BT Sport and TV continue to lead the…