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EXCLUSIVE: LuckyChap has promoted Bronte Payne to the role of Senior Vice President of Film. Payne has been with the company since 2018 and has been an intergral part in developing and shepherding such projects as My Old Ass, Oceans prequel and Boston Strangler. As SVP, Payne will oversee and…

20th Television has hired former Netflix executive Jillian Longnecker as EVP and Head of Production and Showtime’s Brendan Countee as SVP and Head of Comedy Development for the studio, a part of Disney Television Studios. Both positions had been vacant for awhile. 20th Television previous EVP…

Editor’s note: In April 2023, Dawn Solér, the SVP Music for ABC Signature and a 16 1/2-year veteran of the studio, was one of several executives who left Disney TV amid the ongoing contraction occurring in Hollywood. Here, Solér reflects on the past year and the lessons she learned since leaving the…

Editor’s note: The latest a series of Deadline reports looking at how the challenges facing the media & entertainment industry are impacting mental health. One calls LinkedIn a "pit of despair." Another feels an overwhelming lack of purpose. Yet another groused about simply feeling stuck. For…

EXCLUSIVE: Amid an accelerating expansion into live-action, Laika is entering into the uncharted territory of television, as the company has appointed Amblin alum Alex Maggioni to the role of Head of TV, hiring film industry veteran Zac Locke as Head of Business Affairs. Maggioni joins after more…

In the first on-the-record comments by a media partner in the NBA’s pending $76 billion TV rights bonanza, Comcast president Mike Cavanagh said Tuesday that the league will be a fixture for NBCUniversal for “decades to come.” The exec said Comcast expects an 11-year deal with the NBA will “soon” be…

EXCLUSIVE: The 30 or so eliminated positions in yesterday’s round of layoffs at Fox Entertainment included that of SVP Development Ted Gold. The industry veteran was among several executives brought in by Michael Thorn last year to lead scripted development and production at the network’s in-house…

EXCLUSIVE: Jon Koa is stepping down as EVP Comedy Development for CBS after three years. He will not be replaced, but that is not a sign that CBS, which has deep comedy traditions, is pulling away from the genre. As Deadline reported in January, CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach and current…

EXCLUSIVE: Dattaguru Mahabal has joined Brad Krevoy’s Motion Picture Corporation of America as Chief Financial Officer. In his new role, Mahabal will focus on providing financial and strategic leadership to MPCA, as part of the company’s goal of bringing world-class films and television series to…

Studiocanal is moving into the Big Apple. The Paris-based production-distribution house will launch an office New York City, with Anne Chérel promoted to Chief Commercial Officer to oversee the base. Studiocanal, which is in throws of making Paddington in Peru, already has an office in LA and a…

Shelley Lewis, a former senior executive at Wasserman and real estate and hospitality firm Caruso, has joined UTA as VP of Communications. In announcing the hiring, UTA called Lewis “a trusted adviser to the C-suite,” noting her experience working with execs as well as media, employees, investors…

Netflix’s 18-month-old advertising subscription tier could well see its price ($7 a month in the U.S.) rise in the not-too-distant future, but Co-CEO Greg Peters says execs “love” the strategic advantages of the current level. “In terms of raising that price, we think about it similar to pricing in…