Warner Bros. International TV Production, a division that operates approximately 20 production companies globally and creates international adaptations of formats like The Bachelor, is moving under Skydance’s organizational structure.
The unit, headed by President Ronald Goes, will now fall under Skydance TV Studios and will be overseen by Warner Bros. Television Group chief Channing Dungey.
This information came from a memo sent by JB Perette, Co-Chair and Chief Business Officer of Skydance TV and Skydance Direct-To-Consumer (DTC), to company colleagues earlier today, as reported by Deadline.
Notably, Warner Bros. International TV Production (WBITVP) was not previously under Dungey’s direct supervision, as Goes had reported to Gerhard Zeiler, former President of International at Warner Bros. Discovery.
This development concludes a period of significant change for the division. Prior to Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, WBITVP was slated to become part of the Discovery side of the business. Former WBD executive David Zaslav had planned to establish Discovery Global under Gunnar Wiedenfels as part of a strategic separation of studios and streaming services, before the studio eventually became the target of a major acquisition.
The WBITVP portfolio includes a range of production companies such as Twenty Twenty (known for HGTV’s Castle Impossible and Netflix’s Love Con Revenge), Wall to Wall (producer of Magnolia’s Back to the Frontier), Ricochet (creator of BBC’s The Repair Shop), Belgium’s Eyeworks, Holland’s BlazHoffski, along with operations in France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, New Zealand, and Australia.
These companies are responsible for producing international versions of Warner Bros.’ successful franchises including The Bachelor series, First Dates and FBoy Island as well as newer titles such as Unacceptable, 100 Cooks, and Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking.
Goes continues to lead the senior management team with key colleagues including Andy Zein, EVP of Creative Format Development and Sales, and Alex Ogilvie, Group SVP of Finance and Operations.
This restructuring should enable WBITVP to collaborate more closely with Warner Bros. Television Group, which is led by Dungey and has several new divisions now reporting to her, including Paramount’s cable networks.
Warner Bros. International TV Production, a division that operates approximately 20 production companies globally and creates international adaptations of formats like The Bachelor, is moving under Skydance’s organizational structure.
The unit, headed by President Ronald Goes, will now fall under Skydance TV Studios and will be overseen by Warner Bros. Television Group chief Channing Dungey.
This information came from a memo sent by JB Perette, Co-Chair and Chief Business Officer of Skydance TV and Skydance Direct-To-Consumer (DTC), to company colleagues earlier today, as reported by Deadline.
Notably, Warner Bros. International TV Production (WBITVP) was not previously under Dungey’s direct supervision, as Goes had reported to Gerhard Zeiler, former President of International at Warner Bros. Discovery.
This development concludes a period of significant change for the division. Prior to Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, WBITVP was slated to become part of the Discovery side of the business. Former WBD executive David Zaslav had planned to establish Discovery Global under Gunnar Wiedenfels as part of a strategic separation of studios and streaming services, before the studio eventually became the target of a major acquisition.
The WBITVP portfolio includes a range of production companies such as Twenty Twenty (known for HGTV’s Castle Impossible and Netflix’s Love Con Revenge), Wall to Wall (producer of Magnolia’s Back to the Frontier), Ricochet (creator of BBC’s The Repair Shop), Belgium’s Eyeworks, Holland’s BlazHoffski, along with operations in France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, New Zealand, and Australia.
These companies are responsible for producing international versions of Warner Bros.’ successful franchises including The Bachelor series, First Dates and FBoy Island as well as newer titles such as Unacceptable, 100 Cooks, and Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking.
Goes continues to lead the senior management team with key colleagues including Andy Zein, EVP of Creative Format Development and Sales, and Alex Ogilvie, Group SVP of Finance and Operations.
This restructuring should enable WBITVP to collaborate more closely with Warner Bros. Television Group, which is led by Dungey and has several new divisions now reporting to her, including Paramount’s cable networks.