Disney has announced the appointment of new CTO, Jeremy Doig, for the Disney streaming business division including ESPN Plus, Disney Plus, Star Plus, Hulu. He will be reporting directly to Michael Paull, the Disney Streaming President.
Doig is a former Google executive having worked there for the past 18 years and has experience of working for Microsoft and BBC.
He will replace Joe Inzerillo who has joined SiriusXM.
Doig had been leading the efforts of Google in Android VR activities, also working on spatial experiences.
He has the experience of working on the streaming protocols used for Chrome and Youtube and the compression technology for video and audio.
On the appointment of Doig, Paull said, “Jeremy is an inspirational leader who has made video streaming possible online in his 30 years career at the convergence of media and technology and we are very happy to welcome him to our team”.
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