Five Taps Ex-Sky Executive for Digital Channels

LONDON, February 21: Hannah Barnes, currently the managing
editor of Sky One, Two and Three, is joining Five as the director of
programming for the digital channels Five Life and Five US.

Barnes will oversee the two digital channels, which were
launched in October. The current controller for the two channels, Nick
Thorogood, will become part of the channel’s commissioning team, working across
a number of different projects.

Prior to her role at Sky, Barnes was the deputy channel
controller of Living at Flextech, before which she held a number of roles
including those of program editor of Ftn and senior acquisitions executive.