EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios has named formats veteran Nicholas Oakley as SVP, Unscripted Development in LA, as the outfit seeks the next generation of hits
has named formats veteran Nicholas Oakley as SVP, Unscripted Development in LA, as the outfit seeks the next generation of hits.that the U.S. arm of the BBC’s commercial outfit was creating the role and Oakley, who joins from his Head of Development post atproducer Mission Control Media, will now work with the LA unscripted team to conceive and develop original content ideas and build domestic and global formats. He will also leverage his relationships with U.S.
Oakley will report into Ryan O’Dowd, Executive Vice President, Music & Entertainment, who said he “brings a strong network of long-standing relationships in our business, along with his impressive breadth of experience across multiple genres on the buying and selling side, in both the U.S. and the U.K.”
The move comes off the back of a record year for BBC Studios in which profits rose by 50% and BBC Director General Tim Davie has prioritized returns from the commercial outfit.
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