Elisabeth Murdoch’s mobile video content studio Vertical Networks announced a new CEO, Jesús Chavez, who will succeed Tom Wright in an executive transition that one source described as planned. Chavez will be responsible for creating new intellectual property, expanding the brand's presence across platforms, and…

EXCLUSIVE: Facebook Watch's documentary series I Have A Secret could become a linear program after Elisabeth Murdoch-backed Vertical Networks struck a deal with Electus International. The distributor will be shopping the series for both digital and linear adaptations at next month's Mip TV in Cannes. The show, which…

Talk about trendy: An investment group that includes Mark Cuban, Ashton Kutcher, Elisabeth Murdoch, and Shari Redstone is feeling lucky about a business that aims to become a power in betting on eSports with cryptocurrencies. The A-listers have invested in Unikrn, an eSports betting company. And it says today that…

Locksmith Animation, the UK production banner founded in 2014 by Julie Lockhart and Sarah Smith with financial backing from Elisabeth Murdoch, has a closed a co-development and co-production deal with Paramount Pictures. Under the pact, the companies will move forward on three projects, which Locksmith has been…

Ever since the Shine-Endemol-Core Media mega-merger was first floated, speculation has swirled over what it would mean for Shine founder Elisabeth Murdoch. The speculation can now be put to rest as Murdoch will indeed leave her role as chairman of Shine if and when the proposed merger goes through, a source with…

Former Aardman Animation Creative Director Sarah Smith is branching out on her own, creating the UK’s first dedicated high-end CG feature animation studio, Locksmith Animation. The new shingle’s focus will be on creating a long-term slate of CG-animated pics for a worldwide audience. Locksmith has received backing…

Former Walt Disney Studios chairman Rich Ross is returning to television, this time on the production side. Ross has been named CEO of Shine America, taking the reins of the U.S. outpost of Elisabeth Murdoch‘s Shine Group. He will start in January. Ross had a very successful run as President of Disney Channels…

With a month to go before the Mipcom TV market kicks off in Cannes, Shine International is undergoing a shift at the top of its ranks. Camilla Hammer, CEO of the sales and distribution arm of Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine Group, is leaving the company after less than a year in the job. "Personal reasons" were cited as the…

UPDATED WITH VIDEO: In a Q&A session this morning, Elisabeth Murdoch told the Edinburgh TV Festival, "I really harbor no ambition for that top job." She was referring to her family's News Corp, where a succession plan is still a question mark as Rupert Murdoch closes in on 82. In today's Q&A, she said the Murdoch…

Three years after her brother James Murdoch delivered the keynote MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Elisabeth Murdoch put her own mark on the event Thursday evening. The first woman to deliver the address in 17 years, she said in her opening remarks that being asked to give the speech was an honor and…

Britain's Labour Party Deputy Leader Harriet Harman has made no secret of her distaste for Rupert Murdoch's long reach in the UK media sector. On Wednesday – the eve of a highly-anticipated speech by Elisabeth Murdoch at the Edinburgh TV Festival – the politician, who’s also the Shadow Culture, Media and Sport…

LONDON, March 12 2012: Shine Group today announced a restructure of its UK senior management that sees Princess Productions and Kudos Chief Executive's Henrietta Conrad and Jane Featherstone assuming joint responsibility for the UK as Joint Chairmen. In addition to their current roles as Chief Executives of Kudos and…