SPT Ups European Distribution Exec

LONDON: Sony Pictures Television has promoted Stuart Baxter to senior VP of European distribution, based in London.

Baxter will oversee the distribution of all Sony Pictures Entertainment’s feature films and TV properties throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He will report directly to Keith Le Goy, SPT’s president of international distribution. Baxter had been serving as the executive VP of European distribution since 2006, and joined the company in 2003. Prior to SPT, Baxter was with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution as the VP of international business development.

“Under Stuart, our business has grown tremendously in the past five years,” said Le Goy. “Stuart has built the best team in the television and digital businesses and we are confident that his leadership will deliver even greater success in the future.”