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Endeavor Content hires WDR exec for European sales drive
Finance and sales firm Endeavor Content has hired former WDR and Red Arrow International exec…
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Media Ranch appoints DR exec to head Scandi office
Montreal-based producer-distributor Media Ranch has appointed DR exec Louise Juel Severin to head up its Scandinavian…
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CAA agent Scott Lonker boards Jimmy Kimmel prodco
CAA agent Scott Lonker has been named president of Jimmy Kimmel and Brent Montgomery’s Kimmelot…
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Starz boss Chris Albrecht to step down
Starz boss Chris Albrecht is to step down from the Lionsgate-owned cable business next month…
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Studiocanal UK appoints Anna Marsh as MD
Studiocanal UK has appointed Anna Marsh as managing director from Studiocanal’s international distribution division. Marsh,…
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Fremantle elevates Suzanne Lopez to COO in a senior team reshuffle
Fremantle has promoted its legal affairs boss Suzanne Lopez as COO for North America as…
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Lime Pictures’ unscripted development head shuffles to US division
Lime Pictures’ unscripted head Ben Crompton will move Stateside for the company as executive VP…
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BT content director Tony Singh joins UK Cricket Board
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has appointed BT’s content and business development director…
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Genius Brands hires Ludorum exec for int’l sales
Genius Brands has hired Ludorum’s MD Natalie Setton to head up international content sales. Setton…
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Exclusive: Amazon UK hires ITN’s development head for commissioner role
Amazon has hired ITN Productions’ head of development Dan Grabiner, TBI has confirmed. The exec,…
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Red Arrow’s 44 Blue hires production, dev execs
Wahlburgers firm 44 Blue Productions has appointed Andrew Paskoff as SVP of production and Brent…
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Discovery elevates trio of lifestyle veterans
Discovery has promoted veteran lifestyle programmers Loren Ruch, Betsy Ayala and Lynn Sadofsky within its…
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Apple taps Universal TV’s Jason Katims for overall deal
Roswell creator Jason Katims is to depart Universal TV for a multi-year overall deal with…
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BriteSpark hires Channel 4 commissioner as director of programmes
Argonon-owned BriteSpark Films has appointed Channel 4 commissioner Tom Porter as its director of programmes….
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BBC Studios’ Tim Davie bows out of Premier League top job
BBC Studios boss Tim Davie has bowed out of the top Premier League job. According…
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Lion TV’s Lisa Edwards replaces Brogden at Studio Ramsay
Studios Ramsay has appointed Lion Television’s creative director Lisa Edwards to replace its departing chief…
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BBC Children’s Jackie Edwards to head up BFI Young Audiences Content Fund
The BBC’s head of children’s acquisitions and animation, Jackie Edwards, has been appointed as head…
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Tinopolis taps Studio Ramsay’s creative chief
International TV production and distribution group Tinopolis has hired Studio Ramsay’s chief creative officer Chris…
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Propagate creates new role for Isabel San Vargas
Propagate has promoted Isabel San Vargas to the newly created role of president for production…
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Saudi-backed broadcaster hires ex-Hulu exec for streaming push
Saudi-backed broadcaster MBC Group is looking to take on Netflix in the Middle East as…
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Rumpus hires Tiger Aspect exec to head up comedy
Rumpus Media has appointed Tiger Aspect’s Avril Spary as head of comedy and upped Chantal…
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Blue Planet II creator forms new natural history outfit
James Honeyborne, the creator of Blue Planet II, has formed a new production company specialising…
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Sports streamer DAZN hires Apple exec for distribution
Sports streaming service DAZN has hired Apple’s commercial director for international services, Ben King, as…
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Amazon signs Luke Cage showrunner
Amazon has signed an overall deal with Luke Cage showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker, two months after…
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BBC Studios exec to lead ITN Productions
BBC Studios exec Anna Mallett has been appointed chief executive of ITN Productions. Mallett was…
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Endemol Shine Finland’s MD Tarja Pääkkönen to exit
Endemol Shine Finland’s (ESF) managing director Tarja Pääkkönen is to depart the company after 12…
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Apple strikes TV deal with Fast and the Furious director
Apple has struck an overall TV deal with Fast and the Furious director Justin Lin…
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Electus International’s Pollak lands at NBC
Electus Television and International president John Pollak has moved to NBC’s alternative and reality group…
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Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi hires ex-Hulu execs
Jeffrey Katzenberg’s mobile TV platform Quibi has hired former Hulu execs Tim Connolly and Jim…
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Fiona Campbell named BBC Three controller
The BBC has promoted its BBC Studios’ documentary unit head Fiona Campbell as its new…