Meet Sky TV's new media boss Lauren Quaintance

Meet Sky TV's new media boss Lauren Quaintance
Sky TV's Lauren Quaintance. (Image: NZME)
Rebecca Stevenson
Chief media and data officer Lauren Quaintance says that ads will be launched on the basic tier of Sky TV’s video-on-demand platform Neon this summer as a first step on the listed media company’s digital journey. Quaintance joined the Sky Network Television business in March this year after an impressive media career, which included co-founding and then selling digital marketing startup Storyation to NewsCorp and senior editorial roles with Fairfax Media. The New Zealander might be better known to readers in her home count...

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