Foxtel/Binge’s Amanda Laing Exiting; Hulu’s Irish Comedy-Drama ‘Obituary’ Travels — Global Briefs
deadline.comFoxtel/Binge Topper Amanda Laing Exiting Foxtel and Binge’s Chief Commercial and Content Officer Amanda Laing has resigned and is exiting later this year.
She joined the Australian TV giant in 2018 and has overseen the launch of streamer Binge, which is behind worldwide comedy hit Colin From Accounts.
No word on her next move, but in a statement Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany paid tribute to Laing, saying she has “led dozens of negotiations with US studios for content and channel acquisitions, as well as supported the business as a leading executive on our sports rights deals.” Laing said it had been “privilege to work across both sport and entertainment.” She will remain with the company until September to ensure “a smooth transition of leadership.” Hulu‘s Irish Comedy-Drama ‘Obituary‘ Travels Dark Irish comedy-drama series Obituary has landed on a host of networks around the world.
The six-part RTÉ series, which we revealed in November 2022, launched earlier this year in Ireland and on Hulu in the U.S., and is now headed for Netflix in the UK, TVNZ in New Zealand, Proximus in Belgium, RTS in French-speaking Switzerland, RTP in Portugal, BluTV in Turkey and Cyprus and TET in Latvia.
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