FIC Ups Two Senior Execs

LOS ANGELES: Fox International Channels (FIC) has promoted Sharon Tal Yguado to the position of senior VP of content development, while Jason Simms becomes senior VP of global acquisitions.

In their new roles, both will continue to work closely together to oversee all aspects of global content across the FIC group. They have been with the company for five years, handling the programming and acquisitions strategy for many of FIC’s new channel launches in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. They also spearheaded FIC’s global content initiatives and projects, including The Listener (global co-development), Dexter (global pre-buy), Mad Men (multi-territory pre-buy), FoxBytes (original online production) and The Cell (global online acquisition).

“Jason and Sharon have been key contributors to FIC’s growth over the past five years,” said Hernan Lopez, the COO of Fox International Channels. “Their promotions come as FIC continues to grow as a global media company and deliver on its commitment to become a leading global partner of commercial scale and creative depth to producers, distributors and broadcast networks around the world.”

Tal Yguado and her team work out of Los Angeles while Simms and his team are based in London.