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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 be based in the company’s London office and report to Noel Hedges, executive vice president of acquisitions. She will be a central part of the acquisitions department working across scripted and non-scripted programming. Before joining eOne, Cundall was senior VP […]

Will Smith acquires German distributor Telepool

Will Smith and director Mark Forster have teamed up to acquire German distributor Telepool. Smith negotiated the deal via The Smith Family Circle and Smith’s Family Office banners, while Forster acquired Telepool assets via investor group Elysian Fields. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed on announcement. Smith and Forster said they plan to […]

ITVS America taps Sonar veteran for operations

ITV Studios America has hired Sonar’s CFO and executive VP of strategy Peter Keramidas as executive VP of operations, strategy and business development. Keramidas will report to Phillippe Maigret, president at ITV Studios America. The exec has held multiple senior positions with leading entertainment companies, as well as running his own consulting practice advising on […]

YouView chief Halton to leave at end of year

YouView chief executive Richard Halton is to stand down at the end of this year to pursue new opportunities. The UK hybrid digital TV platform, which is jointly owned by BT, TalkTalk, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Arqiva, said that Halton, who led YouView from launch, had decided the moment was right […]

Warner Bros. Int’l TV reshuffles Netherlands management team

Warner Bros. International Television Production Netherlands (WBITVP NL) has unveiled a new management line up that will see Michiel Van Der Hoeven lead all non-scripted activities and Nelsje Musch-Elzinga oversee business affairs for BlazHoffski Productions and WBITVP NL. Van Der Hoeven became MD non-scripted in 2015, working on successful formats such as First Dates, Adam Looking for Eve, […]

C4 drama head partners with The Forge

Indie drama company The Forge has secured Channel 4 (C4) drama boss Beth Willis to join them as partner. Willis was appointed head of drama in 2016 and joined C4 as deputy head of drama in 2012 to commission original series for the channel. The exec is credited with commissioning a range of hit dramas […]

Banijay launches Italian studio headed by Endemol Shine exec

Banijay Group has launched Banijay Studios Italy, which will be led by former Endemol Shine exec Massimo Del Frate. Based in Rome, the new wholly-owned operation will concentrate on innovative high-quality scripted content for local broadcasters and OTT platforms. As a new scripted player in the Italian content market, Banijay Studios Italy will develop original […]

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 Studios exec Jon Green and Outline Productions’ Bridget Boseley. Green will become head of development for the team. He joins from BBC Studios Entertainment Development, where he was development executive and worked on shows such as Joanna Lumley and Jennifer […]

Disney’s Mark Endemano departs amid restructure

Disney’s head of international TV and digital sales, Mark Endemano, has left the company as it restructures ahead of its potential acquisition of 21st Century Fox assets. Endemano was promoted to senior VP of media distribution for Walt Disney International in October 2017. The exec, who has been with Disney since 2004, was previously in […]

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 against powerful online video and audio providers like Netflix and Spotify, according to James Purnell. Speaking at the EBU’s ‘Truth and Power’ conference this week, the BBC’s director of radio and education said that the BBC’s goal is not to […]

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