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Disney on Friday revealed that it has created a business group that will be tasked with exploring the opportunities and risks behind using AI and other emerging tech across the entertainment conglomerate’s movie, TV and theme park operations. The company’s current film studio CTO Jamie Voris has been…

EXCLUSIVE: Erika Cevallos has been promoted to the role of Worldwide Sales Manager at Double Dutch International (DDI) ahead of the upcoming AFM, which she will attend in her new role. DDI COO and President Ron Moring said the move marked a significant career milestone for Cevallos who joined the…

EXCLUSIVE: Premeditated Productions, the newly launched shingle of powerhouse Entangled publisher Liz Pelletier and Sherryl Clark, the film veteran known for posts at the likes of Crooked Highway and Bad Robot, has hired seasoned television exec Julie Jarmon as SVP, TV. Now responsible for…

EXCLUSIVE: Dominic Hughes, an expert in algorithms, machine learning and artificial intelligence who led AI initiatives over more than a decade at Apple, has been named Chief Scientific Officer at AGBO. In the newly created post, Hughes will collaborate with AGBO's in-house teams to guide the…

EXCLUSIVE: Makeready, the production company led by producer Brad Weston and Netflix alum Collin Creighton, has extended by three years its overall deal with Fifth Season. Joining the party is Topic Studios; the Makeready deal is the first in a new multiyear joint venture between Topic and Fifth Season in…

Veteran international TV executive and producer Rola Bauer is leaving Amazon MGM Studios where she served as Head of Pan-English scripted originals for the past two years. This was a role carved out for Bauer in the November 2022 consolidation of Amazon Studios and MGM following Amazon’s acquisition…

Netflix has tapped veteran advertising exec Nicolle Pangis to lead their growing sales efforts in U.S. and Canada. Her role at the streaming giant, VP of Advertising, had been vacant since Peter Naylor exited the company over the summer. President of Advertising Amy Reinhard, who has been in her post…

Dick Clark Productions has brought on Emmy winner Diana Miller as Executive Vice President, Talent.  In her new role, Miller will lead the talent team, overseeing all aspects of talent booking and management across the company's portfolio of live events and shows, including the Golden Globes…

EXCLUSIVE: A+E Networks has appointed Stephanie Plasse as Chief Legal & Business Affairs Officer. She will take on the new role in February 2025, replacing Henry Hoberman, who is retiring. Plasse has spent nearly a decade at the Disney-Hearst joint venture, most recently as EVP and Deputy…

Cindy Holland is stepping down as Global CEO of Elisabeth Murdoch and Jane Featherstone's Sister after 15 months. She is moving to a new role as a senior advisor to Skydance and its CEO David Ellison as he is plotting the future of Paramount upon completion of the pending $8B merger. Holland, the…

EXCLUSIVE: BoulderLight Pictures, one of the production companies behind the No. 1 movie on Netflix right now, Woman of the Hour, has signed a first-look deal with A+E Studios, the studio behind the No. 1 series on Netflix at the moment, Lincoln Lawyer. The pact, which marks indie genre film player…

EXCLUSIVE: Joe Kaiser is the new chief financial officer of Banijay Americas. He replaces Paul Jennings, who is retiring after 12 years in the post. The new recruit reports to Ben Samek, CEO of Banijay Americas. Recent moves by the Americas division of the production and distribution giant include…