Pandora


New chief for SlingTV as Lynch exits for Pandora

Dish Network’s Erik Carlson will lead its over-the-top service, SlingTV, after Roger Lynch moved to internet radio company Pandora. Carlson will on August 31 add SlingTV to his current duties as president and COO of US-based satellite pay TV provider Dish. Current incumbent Lynch is moving to Pandora as CEO, with former Sony Pictures Television […]

AMC eyes dramas from Fear, Humans scribes

US cable network AMC is developing a trio of dramas from writers with credits on Fear the Walking Dead, Hell on Wheels and Humans. Writers’ rooms have been opened for Jami O’Brien’s NOS4A2, Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley’s Pandora and Claire Carré and Charles Spano’s Silent History. O’Brien is known for work on AMC dramas […]

eOne hires ITV Studios EMEA sales exec

Entertainment One Television has hired ITV Studios distribution veteran Toby Melling, TBI has learned. Melling will become VP, sales for eOne Television International, having most recently been VP, sales for northwest EMEA at ITV Studios Global Entertainment. He will report to eOne Television International president Stuart Baxter, and cover France, the Middle East and Africa. […]

Chernin hires digital boss from Yahoo

Peter Chernin’s media investment business has hired Mike Kerns as president of digital. In his new role at The Chernin Group, Kerns will work on the company’s digital portfolio and investment strategy. He will also sit on the board of Otter Media, TCG’s joint venture with AT&T that was set up to invest in and […]