AP Television News has appointed Markus Ickstadt as head of sales for Europe.

APTV - the international television division of the Associated Press - said the new role had been created to provide greater depth of management in Europe and to ensure stronger focus on this diverse region.       

Mr Ickstadt joined APTV as a product manager in 1997, after working for various German broadcasters.

He became regional executive for Central Europe for the APTN sales team in 2001 and in 2004 he was appointed as head of the Central, Eastern and Northern Europe team.

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