Category: TV Ent
Date: 02.09.2005
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Jon Beazley is to take on the acting role of Controller of Entertainment Commissioning following the announcement today that Jane Lush, Controller, Entertainment Commissioning, and Fenia Vardanis, Executive Editor, Format Entertainment, are to leave the 大象传媒 to start their own independent production company.
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Jon, currently Executive Editor of Mainstream Entertainment Commissioning, will take on the acting role with immediate effect and will be responsible for all commissioning and new ideas development.
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Jane and Fenia will continue to work on the delivery of projects already commissioned until they leave the 大象传媒 later this autumn to start up the new company, which is being backed by Television Corporation plc.
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The duo, working closely with colleagues in entertainment commissioning, production and the independent sector, have been involved in bringing top-performing shows like Strictly Come Dancing, The Apprentice, Dragons' Den and Comic Relief does Fame Academy to millions of viewers.
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Jana Bennett, Director of Television, said: "From Strictly Come Dancing to Fame Academy Does Comic Relief, Jane - working closely with Fenia and commissioning and production colleagues - has been instrumental in bringing the glitz and glamour of sequins and stilettos back to Saturday night television.
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"Add to that their ability to spot and work with in-house and independent programme makers to bring on innovative and entertaining formats, such as Dragons' Den and The Apprentice, and you have a very potent mix.
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"We look forward to them bringing more stardust back to the 大象传媒 as independent programme makers.
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"I am delighted that Jon has agreed to take on the mantle of Acting Controller of Entertainment Commissioning with immediate effect.
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"He is hugely respected as a creative leader and has a fantastic track record in entertainment, with strong relationships firmly established with in house production, with independent programme makers, with talent and their agents and with our external partners."
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The process to replace Jane and Fenia will begin in the coming weeks.
