Former Turner EMEA GM Joins ShortsTV

LONDON: Alan Musa, who most recently served as the general manager for Turner Broadcasting across Africa, the Middle East and pan-regions, has been tapped as the president of ShortsTV EMEA.

Prior to his time at Turner, Musa held various senior roles in the commercial, channel management and content areas of the linear and digital TV business across EMEA countries.

ShortsTV is currently available in more than 8 million homes in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Romania, Eastern Africa and Turkey. The U.S. channel, ShortsHD, is available to 20 million homes.

"Alan is one of Europe's most successful TV & film entertainment executives, and we're thrilled to have him lead the charge for us at ShortsTV," said Carter Pilcher, the chief executive of Shorts International. "Alan has run some of Europe's most successful TV channels—including Turner Classic Movies and Cartoon Network—which gives him a perfect background to work with our cable and satellite partners to bring their audiences ShortsTV, our cutting edge movie channel."