BBC Studios Shakes Up Distribution, Nick Percy to Lead as Jon Penn Steps Down

All3Media’s Little Dot Studios has signed Sky Group Head of Transformation Zara Gregory as Director of Operations.

Refresh for updates Paramount Marketing Boss Marc Weinstock will now lead a unified global and marketing and distribution team at the studio as President of Worldwide Marketing & Distribution. Also, Pam Kaufman, who is the studio’s President of Global Consumer Products for ViacomCBS, will now take on an expanded role with the leadership of Paramount’s Themed Entertainment division.

Eamonn Holmes has reportedly made the decision to leave This Morning and ITV in order to start a new chapter at GB News. The broadcaster, who was dropped from his usual presenting slot alongside wife Ruth Langsford on Friday’s show in the summer, is believed to have made the decision to take on the challenge at the new TV channel.

David Lynch has paid tribute to the late Dean Stockwell in a new YouTube video.The actor starred in Lynch’s 1986 classic Blue Velvet as Ben, memorably singing Roy Orbison‘s ‘In Dreams’.Stockwell died at home of natural causes, it has been confirmed by a statement provided by his family to Deadline.

A Scottish Conservative MP has stepped down from a role in the party amid the ongoing sleaze scandal engulfing Boris Johnson’s government.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterEndeavor chief human resources officer Kerry Chandler is departing her post, Variety has learned exclusively.The executive joined Ari Emanuel’s shop in 2018, ahead of a watershed moment for the business that has since gone public and continues to acquire portfolio properties outside its core talent representation and events verticals.

EXCLUSIVE: A feature doc on one of Formula 1’s most dramatic moments, the row between Ferrari drivers Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi, is the first project to emerge from Finding Jack Charlton producer Noah Media and Sky Studios’ multi-year partnership, with F1 driver Mark Webber set to exec produce.

Doctor Foster, Luther and The Office are to be adapted locally in Scandinavia after BBC Studios Nordics struck a partnership with Finland’s recently launched Take Two Studios and Denmark’s STV Production to co-produce the shows.

Activision Blizzard announced today that the co-leader of the publisher, Jen Oneal, would be stepping down from her post.Mike Ybarra, who joined the company with Oneal in August will step into the role of being the sole leader of the company. The pair joined following the departure of J.

BBC Studios has consolidated its APAC and EMEA Distribution units into one single unified business, promoting Nick Percy to oversee it as APAC chief Jon Penn reveals his departure.

Alyssa Milano has signed a a first-look production and writing deal with A+E Studios, president Barry Jossen said Thursday.The actor, producer, host, activist, entrepreneur, humanitarian and New York Times best-selling author will write and produce projects for A+E Studios for sale on all global and domestic television platforms and services.A+E Studios had acquired Milano’s pilot script “Things I’m Seeing Without You,” which she adapted based on the young adult novel by Peter Bognanni.

Gold House launched an upcoming project titled the Future Gold Film Fellowship — in partnership with Netflix and Tribeca Studios in an effort to amplify API directors and their stories.Selected by Tribeca Studios and industry leaders including: Aneesh Chaganty, Jon M. Chu, Destin Daniel Cretton, Christopher Kahunahana, Daniel Dae Kim, Alice Wu, Janet Yang and Nina Yang Bongiovi — three Asian and Pacific Islander directors will each receive a production grant to make a scripted short film.

Hollywood actor Vin Diesel has taken to Instagram to share a touching tribute to his best friend and fellow Fast and Furious actor Paul Walker as the actor recently walked his late best’s friend’s daughter down the aisle. The star, 54, shared the incredible drawing created by a fan that shows himself and actor and best friend Paul Walker.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIann Dior, 070 Shake, Alessia Cara, G-Eazy, Tori Kelly, Alesso & Danna Paola, A7S, Kiana Lede, X Ambassadors and more are featured on the soundtrack to ‘Blade Runner: Black Lotus,’ which drops Nov. 5 on ASG/10:22PM/Def Jam Recordings.

Radio and TV presenter Bill Turnbull has announced he is stepping back from hosting his radio show on Classic FM for "health reasons".The 65 year old broadcast star, who has been living with prostate cancer since 2018, shared the news on his Twitter page and was met with an outpouring of support.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentRome’s MIA film and TV market chief Lucia Milazzotto is stepping down to head up a newly created sales and marketing unit of Italy’s Cinecittà Studios which is undergoing a radical revamp and looking to become continental Europe’s top production hub.The surprise announcement, made on Thursday by Istituto Luce-Cinecittà CEO Nicola Maccanico, comes just days after MIA wrapped its seventh edition on Sunday, having boosted its standing on the global

Naman Ramachandran Amir Ramses, artistic director of the ongoing El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt, has resigned in the final days of the event. It’s believed he may have stepped down due to growing local opposition to Cannes-winning film “Feathers,” by Egyptian filmmaker Omar El Zohairy.The film follows a family thrown into disarray after its patriarch is accidentally turned into a chicken by a magician during a children’s birthday party.