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BBC Worldwide rejigs Oz, NZ business

BBC Worldwide Australia and New Zealand is restructuring its sales operation, merging its TV, digital and formats units under one umbrella. Director of content sales Irene Read (pictured) will oversee the enlarged business, with Deborah Tod taking up a new post as head of content sales for Australia, with Sam Stacey handed a new post […]

MGM poaches Minden, Dawson exits

MGM has hired Michael Minden as its business affairs chief for scripted TV. He replaces the Laura Black Dawson. Minden joins from Endemol Shine North America where he was senior VP of business affairs and head of entertainment legal. MGM’s scripted slate includes Fargo and Vikings, and it has recently secured orders for Three Days […]

MGM ups sales execs

MGM has promoted two of its international distribution team. Deblina Chakrabarty and Guro Viddal have both been upped and will take executive director titles. Chakrabarty will now have responsibility for TV sales in Spain. She will also continue to oversee Africa, Belgium, Greece, Ireland, Middle East and Portugal. Viddal, who is upped from director, will […]

In-demand charts: Spain (15 – 21 May 2016)

Our latest fortnightly feature in association with Parrot Analytics reveals the most in-demand shows from another European territory. Spain’s most popular digital original is Narcos. The Pablo Escobar-inspired drama was streaming service Netflix’s first big Spanish-language – or more accurately Spanish and English-language – play and its success in Spain is therefore unsurprising. Spanish viewers also love […]

Hulu and MGM to tell The Handmaid’s Tale

Hulu has greenlit an adaptation of Margaret Atwood novel The Handmaid’s Tale. The streaming service has given MGM a straight to series order for the show, which will be written and exec produced by Bruce Miller (The 100). Atwood will be a consulting producer on the show, which will debut on Hulu next year. She […]

Burnett hires reality TV chief for MGM

MGM has recruited Barry Poznick as president of its unscripted division as, with Mark Burnett at the helm, it seeks to become a powerhouse in reality TV. Poznick will report to Burnett and the MGM move sees the pair reunited. They worked together on shows including Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? for Fox, How’d […]

Genius re-hires ex-MGM exec

LA-based kids company Genius Brands International has re-hired former MGM VP of finance Rebecca Hershinger. Having worked with GBI since early 2014 through he role at CFO Advisory Services and as CFO for GBI between October 2014 and June 2015, she has been named CFO, reporting to company CEO and chairman Andy Heyward. Hershinger will […]

MGM wants to join unscripted’s big league

A year ago, MGM’s Chris Ottinger (left) told TBI that the studio was going to become a powerhouse in unscripted TV. MGM subsequently took control of Mark Burnett’s United Artists Media Group in December, giving the studio a pipeline of reality hits from the US superproducer, and putting the company a lot closer to delivering […]

AMC channels boss Tuchman exiting

Bruce Tuchman is leaving US cable group AMC after five years running its international channels operation. Tuchman is president of AMC Global and Sundance Channel Global, and one of the best-known execs in the international channels business, having built AMC’s global channels operation and done the same for US studio MGM prior to that. TBI […]

MGM poaches TriStar exec for TV role

Fargo producer MGM has poached Lindsay Sloane from TriStar Productions to become its executive VP, television production and development. Sloane began the role at MGM Television yesterday, reporting to the studio’s television group president, production and development, Steve Stark. She will oversee the creation and development of new projects, working alongside a team that includes […]

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