FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Sky Deutschland (>> Sky Deutschland AG) said on Wednesday it had elected Jeremy Darroch, chief executive of British Sky Broadcasting (>> British Sky Broadcasting Group plc), as the chairman of its supervisory board.

Darroch succeeds James Murdoch, son of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, who will remain a member of Sky Deutschland's supervisory board, the company said.

(Reporting by Christoph Steitz; editing by Susan Thomas)

Stocks treated in this article : Sky Deutschland AG, British Sky Broadcasting Group plc