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eOne nabs DRG exec for acquisitions
Entertainment One (eOne) has named DRG’s Kate Cundall as vice president of acquisitions. Cundall will…
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Will Smith acquires German distributor Telepool
Will Smith and director Mark Forster have teamed up to acquire German distributor Telepool. Smith…
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ITVS America taps Sonar veteran for operations
ITV Studios America has hired Sonar’s CFO and executive VP of strategy Peter Keramidas as…
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YouView chief Halton to leave at end of year
YouView chief executive Richard Halton is to stand down at the end of this year…
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Warner Bros. Int’l TV reshuffles Netherlands management team
Warner Bros. International Television Production Netherlands (WBITVP NL) has unveiled a new management line up…
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C4 drama head partners with The Forge
Indie drama company The Forge has secured Channel 4 (C4) drama boss Beth Willis to…
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Banijay launches Italian studio headed by Endemol Shine exec
Banijay Group has launched Banijay Studios Italy, which will be led by former Endemol Shine…
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Spun Gold adds three to leadership team, nabs BBCS exec
Spun Gold Television has added three new execs to its leadership team including former BBC…
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Disney’s Mark Endemano departs amid restructure
Disney’s head of international TV and digital sales, Mark Endemano, has left the company as…
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BBC must ‘change faster’ to compete with global players, says Purnell
The BBC needs to “change faster” in order to reach more young people and compete…
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Blue Ant expands UK office with DRG exec
Blue Ant International is expanding its UK operations with the appointment of DRG’s Fleur Wheatley…
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Little Gem gains production and development heads
Little Gem has appointed former Lime Pictures exec Harriet Dormer as its new head of…
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Thunderbird ups Twiner McCarron to CEO
Thunderbird Entertainment has appointed Jennifer Twiner McCarron, the chief of its subsidiary Atomic Cartoons, to…
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Amazon inks first-look deal with Game of Thrones producer
Game of Thrones co-executive producer Vince Gerardis has signed a first-look deal with Amazon Studios….
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Objective promotes Pound, gains first commercial director
Objective Media Group (OMG) has promoted Roz Pound to act as its director of production…
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House producer signs with Sony Pictures TV
Liz Friedman, the senior producer of top medical drama House, has signed a multi-year deal…
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Turner CEO to depart amid AT&T merger
Turner CEO John Martin is to depart the company as AT&T completes its $85bn acquisition…
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Remedy Productions appoints CCO
Remedy Productions, whose recent productions include BBC1’s Saturday night, family game show Ready or Not, and a…
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BT CEO Gavin Patterson to step down later this year
BT Group chief executive Gavin Patterson is due to step down later this year with…
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Warner Bros. signs $400m mega-deal with Greg Berlanti
Riverdale producer Greg Berlanti has signed a $400 million deal with Warner Bros. Television Group,…
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ProSiebenSat.1’s Christof Wahl set for departure
ProSiebenSat.1 chief operating officer Christof Wahl is to leave the group “by mutual consent” at…
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Foz Allan’s Bryncoed makes first senior hire
Bryncoed Productions, the recently launched scripted content company launched by producer Foz Allan (Riviera, pictured),…
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Wonderhood builds unscripted team with BBC’s Anstiss leading
Wonderhood Studios, the business created by ex-Channel 4 chief David Abraham, is set to establish…
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Leftfield taps Scripps vet for development
ITV America-owned Leftfield Pictures has hired veteran development executive Andrew Schechter as senior vice president…
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Nick Group’s Zarghami steps down after 30-year tenure
Cyma Zarghami is stepping down as president of Nickelodeon Group after more than thirty years…
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Fulwell73 taps Warner Bros. TV for US scripted head
Fulwell73, producer of The Late Late Show, is expanding its US team with Warner Bros….
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Chrysalis Vision expands scripted business
Chrysalis Vision has expanded its scripted business with the promotion of development head Clova McCallum…
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BBC One readies drama from Doctor Who’s Russell T Davies
Doctor Who’s Russell T Davies is set to write new BBC One drama Years and…
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Joker hires ex-Relativity exec as MD
Splendid Group’s indie Joker Productions has hired former Relativity exec Julie Link as managing director….
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Hulu reorganises leading teams, eliminates chief content officer role
Hulu has launched a major reorganisation across its top teams in content, technology, marketing and…