New York, NY – BBC Worldwide North America announced today the promotion of Christine Black to Senior Vice President, Communications and Events. Reporting into Herb Scannell, President, BBC Worldwide North America, she will also be part of the global BBC Worldwide communications team. As SVP, Christine will be responsible for driving the communications and events…
Read MoreNew York, NY – BBC.com today announced that Q4 yielded its highest traffic to date, on the heels of four successive quarters of growth across 2014, making BBC.com one of the top ranked sites within the general news category according to comScore. Total digital population (desktop and mobile combined) for BBC.com in Q4 averaged 31.6M…
Read MoreNew York, NY – AMC Networks today announced the appointment of Sarah Barnett to the position of President and General Manager, BBC AMERICA. As was recently announced, AMC Networks operates BBC AMERICA as a joint venture with BBC Worldwide. Currently president and general manager of AMC Networks’ SundanceTV, Barnett will begin her new role early…
Read MoreNew York, NY – Perry Simon, outgoing General Manager of BBC AMERICA, has signed an exclusive production relationship with BBC Worldwide North America. Simon will begin his production deal with development commitments already in place at BBC AMERICA and AMC Networks. Simon previously announced he would leave his current role at the end of the…
Read MoreNew York, NY – BBC Worldwide North America has expanded Nick Ascheim’s role as SVP Consumer Digital to include management of the digital advertising sales team, effective immediately. Additionally, Shaun Hekking has been appointed as Vice President, U.S. Advertising Sales, BBC Digital and will co-manage the team along with KJ Shockey, Vice President, Advertising Sales,…
Read MoreNew York, NY – BBC Worldwide North America today announced Nigel Gaines has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer effective immediately. Gaines was previously SVP Finance. In his new role, Gaines is responsible for overseeing all financial operations for BBC Worldwide North America. Reporting to Herb Scannell, President, Gaines manages the company’s financial reporting, financial…
Read MoreNew York, NY /London, UK – AMC Networks Inc. (Nasdaq: AMCX), the global entertainment company behind acclaimed series The Walking Dead, Mad Men, and Rectify, and BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation, today announced a new long-term creative partnership bringing together two global brands that are behind some of the most-watched,…
Read MoreNew York, NY – BBC Future, the feature section on BBC.com devoted to cutting-edge innovations and issues in science, technology and health, today announced the first-ever World-Changing Ideas Summit to be held at Apella in New York City on October 21, 2014. The World-Changing Ideas Summit will showcase the power of forward-thinking leaders coming together…
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA – BBC Worldwide Productions announced today the appointment of Julie Haley as SVP, Business and Legal Affairs. In addition to Haley’s appointment, the company has promoted Carol Turner and Debby Reid Vigna to SVPs, Unscripted Production. Jane Tranter, Head of BBC Worldwide Productions and Adjacent Productions commented, “The addition of Julie to…
Read MoreNew York, NY – BBC AMERICA announced today that Melissa Drucker has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Television Sales, leading the channel’s ad sales team, with immediate effect. Based in New York, Drucker joined BBC Worldwide North America in 2007 and was a founding member of the U.S. integrated TV and digital ad sales team….
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