SPTI Ups Parker to Business Affairs, Acquisitions SVP

CULVER CITY, February 13:
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Pamela Parker to
senior VP of business affairs and acquisitions for its international networks
group.

In her new role, based in
Culver City, California, Parker will head acquisitions and business affairs for
SPTI’s international networks group. She is also actively involved in the local
execution of several of SPTI Networks' light-entertainment franchises,
including Six Degrees of X, Brazil's
Next Top Model and The Amazing
Race Asia, and SPTI's increasing
investment in the multiplatform digital content space. Additionally, she negotiates and drafts
multi-territory acquisitions for SPTI's approximately 50 television channels
outside the U.S., including AXN, Sony Entertainment Television (SET) and
Animax.

Prior to Parker’s
promotion, she had been the VP of business affairs and acquisitions since 2001.
She played a vital role in the negotiation of Afterworld, a co-production between SPTI and Electric Farm
Entertainment and continues to spearhead acquisitions for Animax Mobile, SPTI's
latest venture in the branded wireless space. Under her leadership, SPTI's
international networks group has been able to acquire rights to air such hit
U.S. series as Damages, CSI, Lost,
Desperate Housewives, House, The Shield, 'Til Death,
countless studio and independent movie packages, as well as the rights to adapt
numerous international hit formats into local-language versions, such as American
Idol on SET Latin America and Indian
Idol on SET India; and The
Amazing Race Asia, which airs on
AXN Asia.

Parker joined SPTI in 1999
as the director of business affairs and acquisitions.

"Pamela's significant
contributions to the international networks group have fueled the expansion of
our network portfolio and the overall breadth and depth of our
programming," said Marie Jacobson, SPTI's executive VP of programming and
production for international networks. "Pamela has proven her ability to
steer multiple priority projects across the line at any given time, from big
ticket acquisitions, to format adaptations, to talent and production deals.
Pamela is widely respected both in the industry and by her team to be a no
nonsense negotiator and passionate supporter of network initiatives."

—By Irene Lew