African Entertainment Heavyweight Jan Du Plessis To Launch Primedia Studios
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: African entertainment heavyweight Jan du Plessis is back in business. The high-profile exec has been named President of Primedia Studios soon after leaving South African pay-TV network M-Net to retire after nearly 30 years.
Primedia Studios will be part of African content giant Primedia and is positioning itself as a leading South African production and distribution operator and “the preferred partner to both the local and international audiovisual industry.” Du Plessis will oversee strategy around licensing, creation, development, localisation and distribution of entertainment shows and content.
He’ll also lead a “robust succession strategy” to ensure a generation of Black executives rise to management positions at Primedia.
Joining him at the venture are Lindile Xoko, Chief Revenue Officer and CEO of Primedia Broadcasting, and Victoria Ramabulana, showrunner and project manager.
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