Here’s a rundown of the major executive changes in entertainment and media:
UNIVERSAL PICTURES: Chan Phung joins the company as Director of Worldwide Acquisitions.
SUNDANCE CHANNEL: Jordan Helman is now Director of Scripted Programming.
BERNERO PRODUCTIONS: Kelley Qualls joins as Development Executive.
THE CARTEL: Eric Bodge joins as Literary Coordinator.
ROCKET SCIENCE PRODUCTIONS: Harvey Myman has launched the company.
GK FILMS: Anjay Nagpal has been promoted to VP of Finance & Business Development. Melanie Maslan has been promoted to VP of Business & Legal Affairs. Wendy Black has been promoted to VP of Production Finance. Lauren Simpson has been promoted to Associate Director of Business Affairs Administration. Debra Curtis joins as VP of Development for GK TV. Alice Constantin joins as Manager of AP. Cynthia Dahlgren joins as VP of Finance. Sam Kim joins as Director of Corporate Finance.
ENDEMOL INDIA: Abhishek Rege has joined as Chief Operating Officer, Television. He previously was with Viacom18. Doris Dey has joined as Head, Fiction. She will be in charge of developing new dramas.
VIGGLE: Kevin Arrix has been hired as Chief Revenue Officer. He previously was EVP, Digital Advertising at MTV, Networks.
NUTOPIA: Laura Frenses has resigned from her position as Managing Director. She has been with the company since helping form it four years ago with Jane Root.
CARTOON NETWORK: Melissa Tinker has joined the company as Vice President. She previously was SVP, Licensing at Chorion.
TELEMUNDO INTERNATIONAL: Karen Barroeta has moved to the position of Senior Vice President, International Cable Operations. She previously was SVP, Marketing Creative.
DIGITAL DOMAIN: Jason Dowdeswell has joined the company as Head, Production.
PEACOCK ALLEY: Neil Court and Carrie Mudd have joined together to form the company. Court will serve as Chairman, with Mudd taking the position of President. Mudd previously was at Tricon Films & Television as SVP, Development and Co-Production, while Court was President of Decode.
SIMON & SCHUSTER: Maureen Cole has been hired as Senior Publicity. Previously she was at Portfolio/Sentinel as Publicist.
RANDOM HOUSE: Madeline McIntosh has been hired as Chief Operating Officer. She previously was there as President, Sales, Digital and Operations.
RAISE THE ROOF PRODUCTIONS: Andrew Jackson has joined the company as Creative Director. He previously was Head, Features at Channel 4.
MEDIA VEST USA: Brian Terkelsen has been hired as Chief Executive Officer. Previously he was at SMG LiquidThread as President.
STARCOM MEDIA VEST GROUP: Bill Tucker has joined the company as President, Global Client Operations. He previously was at MediaVest USA as Chief Executive Officer.
20TH CENTURY FOX TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION: Evan Scheffel has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Worldwide Pay Television and Subscription Video on Demand. He previously was VP, Worldwide Pay Television.
TURNER SPORTS: Craig Barry has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Production and Creative Director. Tim Kiely has been promoted to Vice President and Executive Producer of Production. He will oversee the day-to-day remote and studio production.
GRASS VALLEY: Graham Sharp has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development.
MCCANN ERICKSON: Alex Lubar has joined as Chief Marketing Officer.
MEGA TV: Alfredo Schwarz has joined Spanish Broadcasting System as Vice President of Operations & Production.
USA: Patrick Trettenero has been promoted to Vice President of Branded Content.
PAYPAL: Arthur Orduna has joined the company as Cable & Televison Business Development executive.
DIGITAS: Tim Guillos has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Social Media, Digitas India.






16 Aug 2012
By Studio System News Staff









