Sharb Farjami.
News Corp's Sharb Farjami is joining Foxtel's content and wholesale team as Director of Content Commercialisation.
Farjami served as News Corp Australia’s Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and its Director of National Sales following a role as Chief Operating Officer at Mindshare. He's also worked with the recently turbulent Viacom in various commercial roles around the globe.
Farjami will be working directly with Deanne Weir, Foxtel’s recently appointed Managing Director of Content Aggregation and Wholesale.
“With an incredible portfolio of channel brands and the world’s greatest television programming, Foxtel has a unique opportunity to leverage its assets to expand and develop existing and new revenue streams for the business. We are delighted that Sharb is joining us to combine his wealth of experience with our brands and content to ignite our full commercial potential,” said Weir.
Farjami said, “"I'm delighted to join Foxtel at such an exciting time for the company, it's new management team and the content industry in general. The quality of global TV has never been better and Foxtel is positioned perfectly to drive better outcomes for consumers and commercial partners alike. I'm also extremely happy to be staying within the broader News Corp family and be part of such an ambitious global media business."