Thierry Thuillier has been replaced by Thierry Cheleman as the new sports director at French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus after less than three months in the role.
Cheleman, who will be responsible for sports output across all of the broadcaster’s channels, is a former director of sport at D8, the digital-terrestrial television channel operated by Canal Plus.
Thuillier started the role on June 15 after succeeding Cyril Linette, who stepped down to become director general of daily sports newspaper L'Équipe in February.
Reports have said that media company Vivendi’s process of buying up the outstanding shareholding in Canal Plus has led to upheaval at the broadcaster.