ITK: People Moves and News

Not a ton of moves to announce from early Jan, but they're warming up. Watch this space for Feb. We're full of people secrets we can't yet spill...

Former RDF director of production Angela Oakhill has joined Boom, the ITV Studios-owned label, while ex-S4C commissioner Elen Rhys has been made head of Boom Kids.

Optomen has appointed former Channel 4 and Lime Pictures executive Becky Cadman to the newly-created role of Head of Talent-led Programming.

Hot off the press, BBC Studios has appointed commissioner Sreya Biswas to the newly created position of Director of Programmes for the Natural History Unit.

Rare TV has appointed former Spun Gold MD Daniela Neumann as its new CEO.

Celia Taylor joins The Media Trust?as their new Head of Films.?

ITV?has upped creative diversity partner?Sam Tatlow to a newly-created position of head of diversity, equity and inclusion?following the promotion of Ade Rawcliffe to chief people officer.?

After Party Studios has added?Wall of Entertainment’s Sam Ewen and RAW TV’s Ayesha Mittal?to its entertainment team.

Industry News Round Up

BBC boss Tim Davie wades into ‘The Traitors’ Scottish production row, after he's been pushed on major concerns over the lack of Scottish people working on the hit series.

The Wildfires across LA all but shut down production in Hollywood, with series ranging from Hacks and Suits: LA to Fallout and NCIS suspending shooting, and ITN Productions have made a?fast turnaround Channel 4 documentary.

Fremantle UK chief Amelia Brown has called out the TV industry for lacking “guts” when it comes to pitching and commissioning ideas.?

The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) has awarded its highest Awards accolade, the Outstanding Contribution to Writing Award, to Mr Bates vs The Post Office screenwriter Gwyneth Hughes and writer / WGGB Treasurer Gail Renard.

Scripted company Sister boss?Jane Featherstone spoke in front of the cross-party UK parliament Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee?inquiry into British film and high-end TV. She said that the industry needs an enhanced tax credit and that the BBC has a number of scripted shows on its slate that it 'can’t fund'.

Meghan’s lifestyle series has dropped on Netflix –?have you watched it or seen the trailer? The Guardian has already called it 'probably {...} aspirational if it wasn’t underpinned by vast wealth and status'. Eek.

Wayne Rooney’s?doc for Prime was cancelled?after he exited his job at Plymouth.

ITV has signed up to?YouTube’s partner programme?with hundreds of hours of ITV shows to be available on the platform.?

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