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A+E Networks has hired Teri Kennedy to the newly-created role of Head of Lifestyle Programming and Daytime Originals. Kennedy, who joined from Related Content Group, will develop original lifestyle and daytime programming across A+E's portfolio of networks, fast channels, the newly-launched multi-platform…

The History Channel/A+E Networks has announced a multi-year partnership with the Roybal Film and Television Production Magnet Fund – a fund created by George Clooney, Grant Heslov and CAA's Bryan Lourd – to support the Roybal Film and Television Production Magnet school in Los Angeles. Paul Buccieri, President and…

Juliana Stock, a 9-year veteran of A+E Networks, has been named the media company’s chief marketing and brand officer. In the role, Stock will oversee strategic, creative and corporate brand marketing teams in a unification of the previously separate divisions. She will report to Paul Buccieri, president and chairman…

A+E Networks has partnered up with Bowie State University, Maryland’s oldest HBCU, to provide college students with work experience in content creation. Revealed on Monday, the inaugural A+E Networks Apprenticeship Program seeks to match eligible Bowie State students with A+E team members for remote work experiences…

A+E Networks has taken a minority stake in management and production firm Range Media Partners. No financial details are being disclosed but the stake is believed to be in the high teens percent and the deal in the $50 million ballpark, with Range’s valuation at around $300 million. That is a hefty valuation…

Peter Olsen, president of ad sales, sees a blended future for the ad-supported TV business, but one in which Nielsen will continue to play a central role. “Nielsen is still going to be the backbone of everything, as imperfect as it may be,” the exec predicted in an interview with Deadline ahead of the company’s…

A+E Networks has bolstered its unscripted production division: Sharon Scott has been promoted to President of the unit, which comprises Category 6 Media and Six West Media, while Steve Ascher has been upped to oversee development for the entire unscripted division. Scott joined A+E Networks in 2020 as EVP, Category 6…

A+E Networks has promoted Susan Tanamli to EVP and Head of Global Technology and Media Operations. The move was announced today by A+E Networks’ Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer David “Digger” Granville-Smith, to whom Tanamli will report. She was Chief Technology Officer and Head of Global…

‘Animals’ And ‘Black Pond’ Producer Sarah Brocklehurst Launches UK Studio; Ties With BBC Studios BAFTA-nominated Black Pond and Animals producer Sarah Brocklehurst has launched a production company and struck a partnership deal with BBC Studios. BBC Studios will help develop, produce and distribute Brock Media’s…

Jana Bennett, the British and U.S. TV powerhouse who ran BBC TV, BBC Worldwide and History, has died aged 66. Bennett was open about her rare condition glioblastoma multiforme in an interview with London’s Evening Standard in 2019, at which point she revealed she had become a trustee of OurBrainBank, a cancer research…

EXCLUSIVE: Germany’s RTL is preparing to premiere a local version of canine competition series America’s Top Dog. The six-part Top Dog Germany (Der Beste Hund Deutschlands) will premiere on July 23 after RTL secured the format from A+E Networks Global Content Sales. America's Top Dog airs on A&E in the U.S. and has…

EXCLUSIVE: Stephen Dillane (Game Of Thrones), Lydia Leonard (Gentleman Jack), and James D'Arcy (Homeland) will headline Nordic noir spy thriller Red Election, which is set at Scandi streamer Viaplay and is co-produced by A+E Networks International. Housed at Swedish production outfit Mopar Studios, Deadline first moote…