BBC Worldwide Taps Granada Exec for EMEA Post

LONDON, April 3: BBC
Worldwide has appointed Tim Mutimer to the newly created role of senior VP of
global TV sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Mutimer, currently the
director of sales at Granada International, will be responsible for the company’s
global TV-sales activities for all rights windows in the region, including
television, digital platforms and DVD. He will oversee the EMEA sales force of
65 members, with bases in London, Paris and Cologne. He will report directly to
Steve Macallister, the managing director of global TV sales for BBC Worldwide,
and will join the company this summer.

Macallister commented: “EMEA
is the cornerstone of our distribution business and critical to our global
growth, with many long standing relationships across the region in program
sales, format sales and co production. Tim brings with him a very impressive
track record of driving distribution business around the world, and it’s
fantastic to have him join BBC Worldwide to lead our EMEA sales team.”

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski