BBC Studios Rebrands Production, Content Teams as BBC Studios Productions
variety.comK.J. Yossman BBC Studios has consolidated and rebranded its production and content teams under the banner BBC Studios Productions.The move is intended to “create a single content powerhouse for all the commercial arm’s productions, talent relationships, and content investment.”BBC Studios Productions will oversee four genres – scripted, factual, global formats group and children’s – which will apply across all of BBC Studios’ wholly and partly owned labels as well as BBC Studios Productions and indies with which BBC Studios partners for content sales.CEO of BBC Studios Productions, Ralph Lee, will oversee the company’s productions and content investment, supported by COO Martha Brass, whose purview is business development, production operations and strategy.
Brass will also have overall responsibility for “content investment into distribution rights” for which she’ll collaborate closely across BBC Studios.
The managing directors for each genre, who will all report to Lee, will be Mark Linsey, who will oversee scripted, Tom McDonald, will continue to oversee factual and Cecilia Pearson will oversee children’s.The global formats group, which will focus on unscripted entertainment for the global market, will be formed by combining factual entertainment and events, entertainment and music and international production and formats.
Lee will chair the group with Martha Brass and respective managing directors Hannah Wyatt, Matt Forde and Suzy LambThe managing directors will be responsible for strategy, creative health, pipeline and production capability.
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