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A+E Networks hires Sky Vision scripted exec for co-pro drive
A+E Networks International has hired Moreyba Bidessie as director of scripted development and sales as…
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Endemol Shine NA taps Critical Content’s Brad Carr
Endemol Shine North America has named veteran studio exec Brad Carr as its senior VP…
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Dungey steps down at ABC as Burke takes the reins
Ahead of Disney’s completion of the 21st Century Fox acquisition, ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey (pictured)…
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Brent Montgomery taps A+E’s Sean Cohan for Wheelhouse
Brent Montgomery’s Wheelhouse Entertainment has hired 15-year veteran of A+E Networks Sean Cohan as its…
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Saudi’s entertainment investment arm hires ex-Disney exec as CEO
The Saudi Entertainment Ventures Company (SEVEN), the key investment arm for entertainment in Saudi Arabia,…
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AMCNI reshuffles key regional roles
AMC Networks International has created new leadership roles in its senior management team for key…
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Jimmy Kimmel & Brent Montgomery form content venture
Comedian, writer and producer Jimmy Kimmel has forged a partnership with Wheelhouse Entertainment CEO Brent…
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Spotify builds content team with Condé Nast hire
Spotify has hired Condé Nast Entertainment’s (CNE) acting president Sahar Elhabashi as VP of content…
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Netflix strikes overall deal with Sharp Objects creator
Netflix has entered a multi-year overall deal with Marti Noxon, the Emmy-winning creator of critically…
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Renegade’s Levi boards Antenna as creative director
Antenna Pictures has appointed former Renegade exec Jonathan Levi as creative director. Operating out of…
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Snap’s Nick Bell steps down as content head
Snap’s VP of content Nick Bell is to step down after five years with the…
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Sky drama head moves to Netflix
Sky UK’s head of drama Anne Mensah is to exit the company for Netflix and…
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BBC Studios hires Twenty Twenty exec for unscripted development
BBC Studios has appointed Twenty Twenty’s Martha Housden and The Royal Wedding: Prince Harry and Meghan…
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Exclusive: Eleven Film MD joins Sherlock producer
Eleven Film MD Dan Cheesbrough has stepped down to join Sherlock producer Hartswood Films. The exec left…
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Nat Geo: Disney’s plan is our plan
Nat Geo’s EVP of programming strategy and acquisitions Christian Drobnyk has said that “Disney’s direct-to-consumer…
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Turmoil at ABC Australia to be focus of investigative special
Ousted ABC Australia MD Melissa Guthrie and former chairman Justin Milne are to give their…
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Comcast boss “convincing and relatable” as details emerge of Sky takeover
Comcast boss Brian Roberts has been described as “convincing and relatable” following a town hall…
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AMC Networks shakes up entertainment division
AMC has shaken up its entertainment division with a new management structure that sees BBC…
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Courteney Monroe re-ups at Nat Geo ahead of Disney/Fox merger
Courteney Monroe is to stay on as president of Nat Geo ahead of Disney’s acquisition…
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Plimsoll hires former IWC exec Richard Klein for docs push
Yellowstone Live producer Plimsoll Productions has appointed former IWC and ITV exec Richard Klein as…
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The Circle producer Studio Lambert sets up shop in Manchester
The Circle producer Studio Lambert has formed a regional base in Northern England, to be…
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Hulu hires YouTube exec for acquisitions
Hulu has hired former YouTube TV exec Heather Moosnick to drive its content acquisition strategy…
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Propagate buys Electus, invests in Black-ish producer
Propagate Content has acquired Running Wild With Bear Grylls producer-distributor Electus from IAC, while taking a…
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Armando Nuñez handed expanded distribution role at CBS
Armando Nuñez has been handed an expanded remit and will now act as president and CEO…
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Netflix round-up: Scandal producer inks overall deal, UCP vet joins int’l originals
Netflix has signed Scandal writer-producer Chris Van Dusen to a multi-year overall deal. Under the…
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Sky Italia names programming boss
Sky Italia has appointed former Warner Bros. exec Nicola Maccanico as its chief of programming….
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Nat Geo appoints FNG Asia’s Baek as channels head
Fox Networks Group Asia has appointed Andy Baek as head and vice president of National…
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Platform One hires three for production, business affairs
Platform One Media has hired three new executives for production, business affairs and finance. Jill…
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Snap taps Amazon, HuffPo alum for strategy
Snap is taking its chief strategy role and splitting the office’s responsibilities between Amazon’s Jeremi…
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Blumhouse hires from NBCU, eOne for production & development
Blumhouse Television has added five new positions to grow its production, development and business affairs…