ViacomCBS UK Chief Operating Officer Paul Dunthorne Leaves After A Decade Helping Run Channel 5
Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Paul Dunthorne, a Channel 5 veteran who joined as part of billionaire Richard Desmond’s takeover a decade ago, is leaving the UK network’s parent company ViacomCBS.Dunthorne ran Desmond’s Portland TV and took Channel 5 under his wing after the business mogul acquired the broadcaster in 2010. He was promoted to Channel 5 chief operating officer in 2012 and then remained with the broadcaster after it was acquired by ViacomCBS in 2014.Dunthorne continued to progress within ViacomCBS, becoming the company’s COO in the UK and Australia.