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ITV hires Britbox exec for SVOD push
ITV has hired Britbox exec Reemah Sakaan to push new SVOD plans for the company…
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Studiocanal appoints strategy and finance boss
Studiocanal has promoted Jérémy Gabbay to the role of chief financial and strategy officer. The…
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A+E Networks Italy hires Blackant exec as GM
A+E Networks Italy has hired Blackant’s MD Patricio Teubal as general manager for the business….
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Netflix adds Axel Springer CEO to board
Netflix has appointed Mathias Döpfner, chairman and CEO of Axel Springer SE, to its board…
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Endemol Shine Netherlands sees CEO shift
Endemol Shine Group Netherlands’ co-CEO Iris Boelhouwer will be stepping down this October, with her…
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NENT Norway names its Pay TV head as new CEO
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) Norway has appointed its Pay TV head Vegard Klubbenes Drogseth…
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Fox departs DRG as NENT’s Mogensen steps up
DRG is to replace its founder and chairman Jeremy Fox with Morten Mogensen from NENT…
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BBC Studios teams with indies for short-form scripted
BBC Studios, Clerkenwell Films and Anton are partnering on premium, short-form scripted content. BBC Studios…
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Fremantle nabs Sky Italia exec for COO
Fremantle has appointed Sky Italia’s Andrea Scrosati to the position of group chief operating officer….
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Smithsonian ups Giraldi to EVP of digital
Smithsonian Channel has promoted Joseph Giraldi to executive VP of digital media. Previously, Giraldi acted…
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Paramount hires Viacom vet for TV licensing
Catch-22 distributor Paramount Pictures has appointed veteran Viacom exec Michael D. Armstrong as executive vice-president…
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Amazon taps Project Runway duo for reality fashion series
Amazon Prime is set to develop a reality fashion series from Project Runway duo Heidi…
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Les Moonves steps down from CBS
Over the weekend CBS chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves stepped down from his role after…
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Little Dot hires Disney duo for social sales
Little Dot Studios, the digital content studio and broadcaster, has hired Disney duo Elliot Baum…
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STV taps Tinopolis’ David Mortimer to join as MD
STV has appointed Tinopolis’ David Mortimer as its new managing director for STV Productions. Mortimer…
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Paramount TV names Nicole Clemens as new president
Anonymous Content’s Nicole Clemens is Paramount Television’s new president, after Amy Powell was fired for…
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Starz adds Netflix, Lionsgate execs to top team
Starz, a Lionsgate company, has added Netflix’s Darren Nielson and Lionsgate’s Jeff Cooke to its…
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All3 hires Tim Pastore as US CEO
All3Media has named Nat Geo’s Tim Pastore as the new CEO of All3Media America. Pastore…
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Netflix hires Disney’s product chief
Netflix has appointed former Disney executive Christie Fleischer as it looks to boost its consumer…
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TeamTo adds Guru’s Mary Bredin to creative team
European kids studio TeamTO has hired Mary Bredin, former EVP of content and strategy at…
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Kew Media nabs VIMN exec for US sales
Kew Media Distribution (KMD), part of Kew Media Group, has appointed Viacom International Media Networks’…
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Ed Sayer departs Discovery Networks Int’l
Discovery Networks International’s VP of production, development and factual, Ed Sayer, is to depart the…
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Duck Soup taps Creative England exec for development
Duck Soup Films has appointed Creative England’s Kate O’Hara as its new development executive. O’Hara…
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Eleven signs ex-Vodafone TV head as Portugal chief
Sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has named Vodafone’s former head of TV Jorge Pavão de Sousa…
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France 3 director Dana Hastier departs, prompts reorganisation
France 3 director Dana Hastier is set to depart the company after over a decade…
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Elephant House taps ITV Studios label for creative director
Viacom International Media Networks’ (VIMN) Elephant House Studios has hired Ed Taylor, from ITV Studios…
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ITV’s Carolyn McCall to deliver MIPCOM keynote
ITV CEO Carolyn McCall is set to deliver a keynote at MIPCOM, where she will…
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Netflix hires ‘inclusion’ strategist, orders titles from Asian talent
After firing its former PR chief for using racist language, Netflix has now hired an…
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MGM’s Big Fish taps Sirens’ development exec
MGM’s Big Fish Entertainment, the production house behind Live PD, has appointed Sirens Media’s Daniel…
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Netflix appoints Facebook’s VP of communications
Netflix has appointed Facebook’s vice-president of communications, Rachel Whetstone, as its chief communications officer. Commenting…