NATPE Adds Four Members to Board of Directors

B+C Staff — Tue, 04 May 2021 20:42:49 +0000

The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) in Los Angeles has named four industry executives to three-year terms on its board of directors.

The new appointees represent such disciplines as streaming, global distribution, data and analytics, international production and talent management. They are:

Sarah Aubrey (Image credit: NATPE)

• Sarah Aubrey, head of original content for HBO Max, responsible for overseeing the streamer’s slate of drama, comedy, unscripted, documentary and animation programming.

Sean Cohan (Image credit: NATPE)

• Sean Cohan, chief growth officer and president, international at Nielsen, responsible for global strategy, corporate development, growth partnerships and all international business, including measurement, outcomes, sports, and Gracenote Content Services across more than 80 countries.

Dan Cohen (Image credit: NATPE )

• Dan Cohen, president of ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group, who leads the company’s worldwide content licensing and distribution operations.

Laura Kennedy (Image credit: NATPE)

• Laura Kennedy, CEO of Avalon, the talent management, production and distribution group based in London, Los Angeles and New York.

“The addition of these four executives to our strong, diverse and experienced board embraces our objective through the next three years to continue to reflect the industry’s content and distribution while actively increasing the diversity of our membership,” NATPE chairman Andy Kaplan said in a statement.

The NATPE board has 41 members representing all areas of the content industry.

Upfronts 2017: TNT Taps Ridley Scott to Develop Sci-Fi Block

thomas.umstead@futurenet.com (R. Thomas Umstead) — Wed, 17 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000

TNT will team with filmmaker Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner) to develop a science-fiction programming block, the network announced during its upfront presentation Thursday.

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The slate, produced by Scott’s Scott Free Productions, will feature hour-long series, short-form programs and other formats, said network officials. Scott and David Zucker (The Good Wife) will serve as executive producers, while Jordan Sheehan (The Good Fight) and Clayton Krueger (Mercy Street) will serve as co-executive producers.

“We’re looking to create a programming block filled with the kind of imaginative, awe-inspiring storytelling that has made science fiction such a beloved and enduring genre,” said Sarah Aubrey, executive vice president of original programming for TNT in a statement. “Ridley Scott has created some of the best and most popular science-fiction movies of all time, and we look forward to bringing his fans even more of his smart, sophisticated stories.”

In other TNT upfront news, the network has partnered with documentary filmmaker Michael Moore on a non-fiction series Michael Moore Live From the Apocalypse, which will premiere this fall and will shine a light on “Washington politics and Wall Street shenanigans.” Another documentary series, Who Run The World?, will focus on the issues women face in today’s world. Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City) and Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) will executively produce the series, according to the network.

Actress/comedienne Margaret Cho will star in and co-write Highland, a scripted drama pilot inspired by Cho’s personal history with substance abuse. Liz Sarnoff will serve as executive producer of the series. Another pilot, Snowpiercer, stars Hamilton’s Daveed Diggs and is set in a future where the world has become a frozen wasteland and where humans inhabit a moving train that circles the globe.

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