EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s international non-scripted drive continues as the SVOD service hires former ITV commissioner Ben Kelly to beef up its London programming team. Deadline understands that Kelly, …
Deadline understands that Kelly, who was previously an entertainment commissioner at the British linear broadcaster, is joining as manager of nonfiction series. He will be responsible for ordering global entertainment formats out of the UK. He is expected to join imminently.The X Factorfrom Sacha Baron Cohen’s Spelthorne Community Television.
Elsewhere, in Germany, it recently hired Jennifer Mival as manager of nonfiction series focused on global shows and formats that originate out of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Mival, who joined in June, is based in Berlin and was formerly head of formats & creative partnerships at German production company Seapoint.
The pair are expected to work closely with U.S.-based execs including VP Brandon Riegg and directors Nathaniel Grouille and Sean Hancock.Amazing Interiorsfrom Sony-backed Stellify Media. It is also remaking Channel 4 reality seriesin a number of markets including the U.S. and is co-producing with British broadcasters on shows such as Optomen-produced
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