SPTI Names Spencer Hunt to Gaming, Digital Role

CULVER CITY, February 21: Sony
Pictures Television International (SPTI) has appointed Spencer Hunt to the
newly-created position of VP of game production and digital product development.

Based at SPTI’s
headquarters in Culver City, California, he reports to Marie Jacobson, SPTI’s
executive VP of programming and production for international networks. In his
new role, he is charged with developing and implementing SPTI’s games strategy,
supporting key studio tentpole products with mobile and online games and
developing game-derivative video content for multiple screens. He will manage
the development and production of a comprehensive slate of games in line with
SPTI’s strategy to deploy a wide range of high-quality mobile games across
multiple carriers throughout the global marketplace. International mobile
gaming business activities were previously a segment of SPTI’s broader digital
content development initiative.

Hunt was previously the
executive director of production for Sony Online Entertainment and Sony
Pictures Digital, where he was instrumental in the development of the
award-winning God of War: Betrayal
mobile game and the 2005 Mobile Game of the Year Ratchet and Clank: Going
Mobile.

—By Irene Lew