Kelly Day


AwesomenessTV’s Day to lead new Viacom unit

AwesomenessTV’s business chief, Kelly Day, will lead a new digital-focused production unit for US media giant Viacom. Day (pictured) has been named president of Viacom Digital Studios, which will focus on creating digital content across Viacom’s portfolio of entertainment channels and brands. She is leaving youth-focused digital content firm AwesomenessTV, where she was most recently […]

AwesomenessTV hires Red Bull, NBCU execs for UK

Multichannel network AwesomenessTV has opened a UK office and hired NBCUniversal and Red Bull Media House executives to staff it. Zachary Slatter has been hired as head of European distribution, while Mark Joseph has been named managing director of Europe. This comes soon after Awesomeness signed a production and distribution deal with UK broadcaster ITV. […]

AwesomenessTV launches locally in Europe, Brazil

Localised versions of majority Dreamworks-owned multichannel network Awesomeness TV has officially launched in the UK, Spain, France, Germany and Brazil. The launches, made in partnership with Endemol Shine Group, follow an initial rollout of the MCN in the UK last month, with local language versions and original content now available in each of the five […]