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. Their roles stay comparable they usually haven’t been given further duties.
The pair of commissioners in Diego Londono’s EMEA content material staff have been with Disney for greater than three years and each beforehand labored for Channel 4. The execs took to LinkedIn to say they had been “comfortable to share the information.”
Mason took cost of Disney+’s EMEA scripted duties 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 considered one of his most high-profile, Rivals. Talking to 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 embody 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 Formulation 1 Story and Coleen Rooney: The Actual Wagatha Story.
Mason and Doyle’s boss, Liam Keelan, will exit as SVP of Authentic Content material, EMEA in January 2025, and we’re instructed the recruitment course of is ongoing for some of the distinguished roles in European TV. Keelan constructed the Europe and Africa programing staff from scratch as Disney+ went worldwide, and has seen the group produce 70 originals below his management.
Londono was at MIPCOM this week, speaking up Disney EMEA’s willingness to be “versatile” on offers.
