Latest in Bela Bajaria

A professional organizing consultant and best-selling author, Marie Kondo has always abided by a specific vision of the world, and how life might best be lived. Becoming a household name and global influencer with the publication of her 2011 book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up—which sold more than 8 million…

A little over two years after Bela Bajaria joined Netflix as VP Content, she is taking on a new role at the streaming giant. She will lead international non-English TV originals — scripted, unscripted, comedy — in all international markets where Netflix is available, excluding Asia but including India where Bajaria’s…

When DVD-by-mail company Netflix reinvented itself as a video-on-demand service, broadcast studios quickly embraced it. They used the streaming platform as an alternative to the off-network syndication market for the growing-in-popularity serialized drama series and quirky single-camera comedies that were of little…

At the L.A. Screenings in May, one of the most recognizable new series titles, the CW’s Dynasty reboot, was not shown to international buyers who had flown in from around the world to survey the new product coming out of the Hollywood TV studios. That is because the series already had been earmarked for Netflix, which…

Women in Film, the non-profit organization dedicated to promoting equal opportunities for women, has just elected new members to its Board of Directors as Cathy Schulman enters her third term as Board President. The newly elected are: Netflix’s Bela Bajaria, DreamWorks Animation’s Terry Curtin, Transparent…

In a potentially game-changing hire, Bela Bajaria, who sold three series to Netflix as head of Universal TV, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Master of None and the upcoming Gypsy, is joining the Internet TV network as VP, Content. This marks the highest-level executive from the traditional Hollywood TV industry to go…

Bela Bajaria is departing Universal Television, which she has run for almost five years, most recently as president. I hear NBC’s head of drama Pearlena Igbokwe is in talks to replace her. Bajaria, a well-liked creative executive, was among NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt's first major executive hires, joining Universal…

NBC Entertainment is making a change at the helm of the network’s comedy department, with Universal TV’s head of comedy Tracey Pakosta moving to the network to become EVP comedy programming. Meanwhile, Pakosta’s current boss, Universal TV EVP Bela Bajaria, is getting a title bump to president. Both changes are…

The TV Academy’s Executive Committee added a number of new members today, with Academy Chairman/CEO Bruce Rosenblum appointing five: Bela Bajaria, EVP of Universal Television; David Nevins, President of Showtime Networks; Roy Price, head of Amazon Studios; Kevin Reilly, President of TBS and TNT; and Rick Rosen, head…

The Hollywood Radio and Television Society announced its new officers and board members today, naming Universal Television EVP Bela Bajaria as President for a three-year term. An HRTS board member since 2010, she succeeds WME partner Sean Perry in the top post. The group also tapped Adam Berkowitz, co-head of TV at…

Universal TV has rounded out its development team with the hire of Andy Weil as VP Comedy Development. Universal TV EVP Bela Bajaria last month appointed Russell Rothberg as SVP drama/department head, Tracey Pakosta as SVP comedy/department head and Erin Underhill as SVP Drama, with a similar position on the comedy…

A month after Bela Bajaria was given the reins of NBC’s production arm with the mandate to re-establish it as a full-fledged, stand-alone studio, Universal Television has sold two projects to non-NBC networks, comedy End Of The World to ABC and untitled FBI drama to CBS. In addition to Bajaria’s hire, the company’s…