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Sunny Saha to exit Turner’s Asia Pac business

Turner Broadacasting System Asia Pacific is saying goodbye to long-serving managing director of entertainment networks Sunny Saha ahead of Ricky Ow’s arrival on Monday. Saha has decided to step down from his role as MD and senior VP and will exit Turner International at the end of February. This comes ahead of former Sony Pictures […]

Ex-BBCWW, Fox Sports exec is ITV Studios’ Choice hire

ITV Studios Global Entertainment has appointed a former BBC Worldwide and Fox Sports commercial executive as channel director of international pay net ITV Choice. Nic van Zwanenberg joined UK broadcaster ITV’s commercial arm this month, based in Hong Kong. He replaces Simon Li, who held the role until late last year but has now exited […]

Steve Macallister in as Zodiak Rights CEO, Matthew Frank exits

Former Disney and BBC Worldwide sales boss Steve Macallister has been appointed CEO of Zodiak Rights and will replace Matthew Frank who is leaving the distributor. Matthew Frank’s departure follows that of his brother, David, who left last October as Zodiak Media CEO and was replaced by Marc Antoine D’Halluin. Macallister joins Zodiak next week. […]

Heroes net joins ranks as Military Channel gets marching orders

Discovery Communications is rebranding the Military Channel, which will become American Heroes Channel. The pay TV net, which reaches 62 million homes in the US, will focus on programming for the 25-54 male demographic with docs and series on American war and conflict heroes. Marketing exercises showcasing the new brand will begin over the next […]

Fox International Channels makes European media sales hire

Fox International Channels has appointed Jean-Philippe Amos as its VP of media sales and partnerships, international and France. Amos will be responsible for Fox International Channel’s international advertising sales out of France, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. He will also manage local advertising sales in France. Amso was most recently CEO of Mediamarks Geneva and New […]

Shine America appoints scripted exec

The US division of the Shine Group has hired Audrey Chon to work across its scripted programming efforts. As VP, scripted television, Chon will be involved in all aspects of scripted programming at the LA-based division of Shine, Shine America. She joins from US movie producer Good Universe and will report to Carolyn Bernstein, executive […]

BBC details digital Winter Olympics plan

The BBC has unveiled plans to air “the most complete digital coverage of a Winter Olympics Game to date”, with more than 650 hours of live action from Sochi 2014 to be offered online through six HD streams. Announcing its plans for the Russian games, the UK pubcaster said it aimed to build on the […]

HBO orders more Girls, Boardwalk Empire ending

HBO has greenlit a fourth season of Lena Dunham’s comedy Girls and a fifth and final season of Boardwalk Empire. The final season of period crime drama Boardwalk will start on HBO as part of the premium cabler’s fall schedule. Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming said: “It has been an incredible honor to bring this […]

Twofour adds Cineflix exec to sales team

Twofour Rights has recruited a new sales executive from fellow UK-based distributor Cineflix Rights. Caroline Hurmson joins Twofour and will handle the company’s sales effort in Germany, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Russia, Middle East and Israel. At Cineflix she was sales manager for Scandinavia and German speaking Europe. Twofour Rights sells shows from the Twofour production […]

Hell’s Kitchen opens in Germany, Italy

Hell’s Kitchen, the cooking format chef Gordon Ramsay made famous in the US, is being remade by broadcasters in Germany and Italy, TBI has learned. German commercial channel Sat.1 and Italian pay TV channel Sky Uno HD have commissioned local versions of the ITV Studios Global Entertainment-distributed format. The show follows a high-profile perfectionist chefs […]