Former NBCUniversal (NBCU) European channels chief Colin McLeod will succeed Jeff Ford as managing director of Fox Networks Group UK. The new post comes just over a year after TBI revealed McLeod (pictured) was leaving NBCUniversal International Networks after a decade. McLeod begin his new post today in a part-time capacity before transitioning to a […]
Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITVD) has hired former Fox Networks Group UK buyer Toby Etheridge, TBI has learned. The well-known Etheridge has taken the role of executive director of sales for the UK and Ireland at WBITVD, which sells studio programming and movies to broadcasters and streaming services. He will report to Alison Morris, […]
Cartoon Forum took place this week, bringing in some of the best animators, distributors, producers and broadcasters in Europe to the French city of Toulouse from 11-14 September. Each year, the Forum awards Cartoon Tributes for the best broadcaster, investor/distributor and producer. A majority among the 900 attendees at the Forum voted France Télévisions as broadcaster […]
Jeff Ford, one of the most familiar faces in UK and international TV, is retiring, with the separate exit of Toby Etheridge sparking a rejig at Fox Networks Group (FNG) Europe & Africa. Ford is stepping down from his posts as managing director of FNG UK and senior VP of original content for Europe and […]
Fox Networks Group Europe and Africa has ordered The Nine, a ‘Le Carré meets Bourne’ spy thriller, and the first ever drama original for its nets in the region. The Fox Networks Group Europe and Africa unit will show the eight-part scripted series in 50 territories across its footprint. The show hails from Matthew Parkhill […]
Fox Networks Group Europe and Africa has poached Sara Johnson from Keshet UK as a first step in a plan to source and produce original programming at a regional level. Johnson (pictured) will be VP, scripted drama at the 21st Century Fox-owned broadcast group, which is based in London. She will report to FNG Europe […]
Irish broadcaster TV3 Group has replaced Lynda McQuaid with Bill Malone, the controller of rival terrestrial RTÉ2. Malone becomes the Virgin Media Ireland-owned broadcaster’s director of programming four months after it emerged director of content McQuaid was leaving less than a year after replacing the Fox UK-bound Jeff Ford. He has been RTÉ2 chief and […]
The international arm of Fox is planning to work up European coproductions that will be made out of the UK. Fox UK head of programming Toby Etheridge was discussing the copro plans at the Anglo-French Totally Serialized programming festival in London yesterday. Asked whether Fox, which recently restructured its international operations, was in the market […]
Fox International Channels is getting into UK free TV for the first time with the launch of female-skewed Your TV. FIC UK currently operates pay channels Fox, National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD and Baby TV, but moves into the free-to-air space on Thursday, October 1 at 1pm. Your TV will focus on “sensational real-life […]
Pay TV channel Fox UK has acquired The Walking Dead spin-off talkshow Talking Dead. The series has proved a popular companion piece to zombie apocalypse smash hit The Walking Dead on AMC in the US. Fox has worldwide pay TV rights to The Walking Dead (pictured), which is consistently the channel’s top show. Presented by […]
