Tricolor makes new management appointments

Russian pay TV leader Tricolor TV has made a series of new management appointments. 

Former MTS executive Mikhail Goryachev has been named as content director, replacing Julia Shakhmanova, who left the company in July.

Elizaveta Kapralova, formerly with airline Rosavia, has meanwhile replaced Anna Sopova as director of public relations.

Tricolor TV has also named Alexey Karpov, previously with the St Petersburg unit of Summa Telecom, to the new post of director of sales and customer service.