People Moves & News

People Moves

Talented People has been busier than ever in secret squirrel headhunting territory this month, and industry-wide announcements have come thick and fast too. The market seems to be moving...

Interesting to see quite a few internal moves and promotions too as companies rethink and restructure.

• Expectation has hired Sarah Harris as its new Head of Development for Factual and Factual Drama.
• Objective Media Group has named its new unscripted label Objective Entertainment, to be led by Neale Simpson and Helen Cooke.
• Slow Horses and?Heartstopper indie, See-Saw Films, has added three new execs across its global offices.
• ITV has named Stefan Hoejmose as its group chief data and AI officer.
• Freuds Group has appointed the founder and creative director of its Atomized label Zad Rogers to the newly-created role of chief content officer.??

• Ant and Dec’s Mitre Studios has hired Nadia Afiari as Director of Production.
• At ITN Productions, Caroline Short is to become Head of UK Factual?and Jeremy?Daldry has been named Deputy Head of UK Factual.
• Passion Pictureshas hired?Emily Jeal as Head of Feature Documentaries.
• Bandicoot Scotland?has hired Nick Johns as Head of Digital in a newly created role.
• Ridley Scott Associates has appointed Anna Murphy to the newly created role of Creative Director of Unscripted.

Industry News Highlights

Here's what's worth knowing for general conversation as well as intel for your interviews from across the industry in the last month.

Netflix claims that?Bridgerton has boosted the UK economy by ￡275m.

Did you know about Freely? Broadcasters push the power of free TV at the launch.

Animated Mr Bean has been?commercial genius - Banijay launches a dedicated Mr Bean FAST channel (that's 'Free Ad Supported Television' if you didn't know).

Hollyoaks has become the first UK soap to be available in YouTube territories worldwide.

In tragic news,?Producer John Balson took his own life after working on the Channel 4's true crime series 'In the Footsteps of Killers' and an independent investigation is underway. The Film and TV charity are an incredible support if you need it.

We were further saddened by the news of presenter/journalist?Michael?Mosley's death on holiday in Greece and know that many of you have fond memories of working with him.

Sheffield DocFest winners have been announced - well done Helen Waddell on winning the First Cut pitch - those are nerve-wracking!

And here are the nominations for Edinburgh TV Festival. Mr Bates and the Post Office will win Best Drama surely... ah no but Slow Horses?! Tight.

To celebrate commissioning news, here's a little bullet pointy section of its own.?Yay!

• Apple TV+ has commissioned a third season of Twofour’s travel series 'The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy.
• Story Films get a Linford Christie doc commissioned.
• Three reality series orders for the UK from Netflix.
• Apple TV+ commission a Vietnam war series from 72 Films.
• Munya Chawawa is set to do another dictator doc.
• Box to Box hustle into another sport for a doc series on ice hockey.
• Riz Ahmed returns to TV with own comedy series greenlit by Prime Video.
• Two Michael Mosley tribute programmes are commissioned.
• Passion Pics and Kailash Films are commissioned to make a feature doc to mark the 10 year anniversary of the withdrawal of frontline British troops from Afghanistan.

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