BBC Studios Australia and New Zealand has hired Simon Lopez to serve in the newly-created role of head of strategy, working across the business' distribution arm.
BBC Studios has announced the consolidation of its Asia Pacific (APAC) and Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) distribution regions into a unified business, Global Markets, to be led by Nick Percy.
Ahead of its impending launch in Australia later this year, BBC Studios/ITV's SVOD platform BritBox has appointed Moira Hogan as country manager.
he streaming sector in Australia will get even more competitive when BritBox, the SVOD service co-owned by BBC Studios and ITV, launches later this year.