BBC Studios Promotes Rebecca Glashow to CEO, World Distribution, Paul Dempsey Strikes to Director of Efficiency Position

BBC Studios, the industrial arm of U.Okay. broadcaster BBC, has promoted Rebecca Glashow to the newly created function of CEO, international distribution. Glashow will take up the place on March 1, when she additionally turns into a member of the group’s govt committee.

Glashow beforehand held the publish of president, BBC Studios Americas, from June 2020, overseeing the technique and efficiency of the corporate’s industrial actions within the U.S., Canada and Latin America. She was answerable for the launch of documentary streaming service BBC Choose and BBC Podcasts and in September, oversight of worldwide digital information was added to her obligations.

In her new function, Glashow takes expanded obligations for BBC Studios’ international distribution portfolio portfolio (ex-U.Okay. & Eire), encompassing content material gross sales, direct-to-consumer companies, worldwide channels, co-productions in addition to continued accountability for the expansion of BBC’s digital international information.

Earlier, Glashow served as co-head of Viacom’s Awesomeness and had a stint at Discovery Communications. She additionally govt produced Netflix’s “Trinkets” and received two Daytime Emmys for it.

Glashow stated: “I’m vastly passionate concerning the BBC and see nice alternatives for additional industrial development and constructing new audiences for our world class content material.”

Tom Fussell, CEO, BBC Studios stated: “Rebecca’s promotion displays her profitable management model and considerate strategic strategy which has grown and expanded the BBC Studios Americas’ portfolio of numerous companies. I’m delighted she’s going to spearhead our subsequent section of development throughout our international distribution division. She’s a fearless chief, filled with concepts and vitality for bringing excellent British content material to viewers world wide, to satisfy our international ambition.”

In the meantime, Paul Dempsey, president, international distribution at BBC Studios, will take up a brand new function as BBC Studios’ director of efficiency. Dempsey led BBC Studios’ worldwide distribution operation for a decade, and grew content material gross sales by 50%, greater than doubling funding in content material. He additionally launched re-branded channels and prolonged their attain internationally, and pioneered new markets, particularly China and India, and led the growth of streamer BritBox.

Previously president, World Markets, Dempsey was interim CEO of BBC Worldwide earlier than Tim Davie took up the place of CEO in April 2013.

Dempsey stated: “It has been a protracted held ambition of mine to maneuver into a job specializing in particular person and crew efficiency. As our firm embarks on the subsequent stage of its development story, I can’t consider a extra thrilling or related time to be transferring into this new space.’

Fussell added: “I’m happy that Paul can be passing the baton to Rebecca with the enterprise in such good well being. I’d wish to pay tribute to his many industrial successes. I’m thrilled that Paul can be our director of efficiency, exhibiting our dedication to supporting world-class efficiency at a time of main development alternative for the corporate. We’re lucky to have somebody of Paul’s abilities main this for the entire of BBC Studios.”

Within the monetary 12 months 2020/21, BBC Studios recorded gross sales of £1.25 billion ($1.68 billion) and a revenue of £151 million.