EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ has elevated its scripted and unscripted bosses in EMEA.
Rivals commissioner Lee Mason turns into Govt Director of Scripted Originals, EMEA Disney+, whereas Sean Doyle has been given the identical title on the unscripted aspect.
The pair of commissioners in Diego Londono’s EMEA content material workforce have been with Disney for greater than three years and each beforehand labored for Channel 4. The execs took to LinkedIn to say they have been “comfortable to share the information.”
Mason took cost of Disney+’s EMEA scripted tasks final yr when Johanna Devereaux moved to Apple TV+. He oversees Disney+ EMEA scripted launches together with the event slate and has just lately seen the rollout of one in every of his most high-profile, Rivals. Chatting with Deadline final week, Rivals exec Dominic Treadwell-Collins hailed Mason’s understanding of the mission’s goals from the get go. Disney+ EMEA’s different dramas embrace the likes of Extraordinary, Oussekine and the upcoming Whiskey on the Rocks, together with a French remake of Ghost with TF1.
Doyle oversees leisure and docs. Throughout his tenure, Disney+ has commissioned the likes of Save our Squad with David Beckham, Brawn: The Not possible Components 1 Story and Coleen Rooney: The Actual Wagatha Story.
Mason and Doyle’s boss, Liam Keelan, will exit as SVP of Unique Content material, EMEA in January 2025, and we’re informed the recruitment course of is ongoing for some of the outstanding roles in European TV. Keelan constructed the Europe and Africa programing workforce from scratch as Disney+ went worldwide, and has seen the group produce 70 originals below his management.
Londono was at MIPCOM this week, talking up Disney EMEA’s willingness to be “versatile” on offers.
