SPT Ups Execs Within U.K. Distribution Team

CANNES: Two executives have been promoted in Sony Pictures Television’s (SPT) London-based distribution team: Ian Durndell and Andreas Brosjo.

Durndell takes on an expanded role as VP of digital and on-demand distribution. He is tasked with oversight for SPT’s on-demand distribution business across the U.K., Ireland and Africa. Durndell joined SPT in May 2007.

Brosjo, formerly the VP of digital distribution for EMEA, takes on the role of VP of sales, covering the Nordic and Benelux countries. He will work across the company’s broad base of free- and pay-TV clients and new-media clients in those territories, focused on building revenues across tradition distribution lines and the on-demand business. Brosjo joined SPT in April 2005.

Both Durndell and Brosjo will report to Danny Goldman, the senior VP of London sales. Goldman said: “Ian and Andreas are first-rate executives who are core members of our London-based distribution team and they play an important part in our strategy to gain further momentum in our distribution business in the U.K., Ireland, Africa, the Nordic region and Benelux. SPT is an active player in the on-demand space and Ian has the experience and relationships with his clients the U.K., Ireland and Africa to grow this business. Andreas is taking on a new role and we’re confident that clients in Northern Europe will continue to receive the stellar service they have always received from SPT.”