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Expectation adds execs from C4 & Minnow
Expectation Factual has appointed two senior executive producers, Minnow Film’s Ruth Kelly and Channel 4’s…
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Univision’s chief revenue officer departs
Univision Communications, the company serving Hispanic America, has revealed that Tonia O’Connor has decided to…
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ITV Studios taps Silver Reel exec for global acquisitions
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has hired Silver Reel Partners’ Bea Hegedus as VP…
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BBC’s Linsey expands role to head content partnerships
BBC Studios has revealed that from September chief creative officer Mark Linsey (pictured) will take…
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Shonda Rhimes reveals upcoming Netflix projects
Netflix and Shonda Rhimes revealed the projects the TV veteran has been working on since…
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Filmstruck hires MUBI exec as int’l content director
Turner International and Warner Bros.’ streamer Filmstruck, has appointed MUBI’s Quentin Carbonell as the UK-based…
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Studio Lambert taps Left Bank for scripted head
Studio Lambert is expanding its drama team with Left Bank Picture’s Julie Clark joining in…
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Discovery extends Zaslav’s contract to 2023
Discovery has extended president and CEO David Zaslav’s employment contract through to the end of…
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CSI duo launch new prodco, partner with Vesuvius
LA has a new independent producer: Louis Shaw Milito (pictured) and Phil Conserva (CSI: Crime…
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Ormerod joins Keshet’s unscripted team
Independent producer Keshet Productions UK has added more talent to its unscripted development team, hiring…
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TBI hires Manori Ravindran as editor
Television Business International (TBI) has hired Manori Ravindran as editor, following the departure of Jesse…
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Shiver appoints C4’s Haywood to new fact ent role
Shiver, the ITV Studios label, has appointed Channel 4 (C4) commissioning editor Simone Haywood to…
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Netflix unveils overall deal with La Casa De Papel’s Pina
Netflix has secured an exclusive talent deal with writer/producer Alex Pina, the creative mind behind…
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Boat Rocker hires eOne’s Spergel to head ventures expansion
Toronto-based studio Boat Rocker Media has named Andrew Spergel to the newly-created role of EVP,…
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Gaumont hires ex-Sony exec as animation director
Gaumont has hired former Sony Pictures director Alex Soto to the newly created role of…
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Howard Swartz returns to Discovery from Arrow Media
Howard Swartz, a former Discovery Channel exec, is returning to the network as senior vice…
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Sacha Baron Cohen makes a return with Showtime
Sacha Baron Cohen is set to return to TV after more than a decade for…
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Thunderbird nabs DHX legal exec
Canada’s Thunderbird has appointed DHX exec Sarah Nathanson as VP of legal and business affairs….
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Goldman exits Studio Lambert as Burgess steps in
Greg Goldman (pictured) is stepping down as president of Undercover Boss producer Studio Lambert USA,…
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Apple adds Oppenheimer to int’l content team
Apple has hired BBC Films veteran Joe Oppenheimer as a creative executive for its international…
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VIMN hires Disney UK & Ireland director for kids
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has appointed Disney’s UK & Ireland programming director Louise Bucknole…
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Banijay’s Scottish label IWC hires creative head
IWC, a Banijay Group Company, has hired Mark Downie as creative director. Based in Glasgow,…
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RLJ hires UKTV exec as MD of Acorn Media
RLJ Entertainment has hired UKTV exec Catherine Mackin as the managing director of Acorn Media…
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Middlechild hires ex-Boundless exec as development head
Middlechild has appointed former Boundless exec Tony Dillamore (pictured right) as its head of development….
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AMC sets programming leadership team
AMC Networks has set a new programming leadership team that will work to serve its…
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Disney preps SVOD service launch with exec reorg
The Walt Disney Company has reorganised its marketing executives as it steps ups its plans…
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Mark Burnett becomes MGM chairman
MGM has promoted Emmy Award-winning producer Mark Burnett to chairman of its Worldwide Television Group….
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AMC ups Connolly for Sundance programming role
AMC Networks International (AMCNI) has named Patrick Connolly as SVP of programming for AMC/SundanceTV Global….
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Spotify appoints ex-CW exec as chief content officer
Spotify has appointed Condé Nast’s president of entertainment, Dawn Ostroff, as its chief content officer,…
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ITV finance director & COO to step down after 10 years
ITV’s chief operating officer and group finance director, Ian Griffiths, has announced he will retire…