Aidan Laverty, the ABC's head of specialist content until he was forced to quit three weeks ago due to ill health, died on Tuesday.
Fremantle has hired Joel Williams, a former head of programming - content and consumer engagement at Disney, to head up its children's division.
Since taking the helm of Fremantle’s Asia Pacific operations last September, Chris Oliver-Taylor has been busy realigning the Australasian business.
Fremantle Australia has signed a first-look deal with Keshet International covering the global producer/distributor's non-scripted formats catalogue in Australia/New Zealand.
Fremantle has appointed Jennifer Collins as the Australian director of content, a role which will see see her responsible for both scripted and unscripted development and production slates and for creating a consolidated strategy across genres.
Jennifer Collins is quitting as ABC-TV head of entertainment to join Screentime in the newly-created role of head of non-fiction.