[11-08-07 – Satellite Today] Modern Times Group (MTG), which runs DTH platforms in the Nordics and Eastern Europe, has made a number of new executive appointments, the company announced Nov. 8. MTG has appointed Manfred Aronsson as CEO of MTG Sweden and Anders Nilsson as Co-COO of MTG. Ulrik Bengtsson has been appointed as CEO of pay-TV emerging markets, and Laurence Miall-d’Aout as CEO of free-TV emerging markets. Bengtsson will play a key role in developing Viasat’s DTH platforms in the Baltics, as well as the Ukraine.