{"id":2196,"date":"2016-11-17T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2016-11-17T09:15:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T14:15:03","slug":"sphere-media-plus-names-head-of-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/sphere-media-plus-names-head-of-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Sph\u00e8re M\u00e9dia Plus Names Head of Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO: Tara Woodbury has joined Sph\u00e8re M\u00e9dia Plus (<em>19-2<\/em>) in the newly created role of head of development for English-language productions, effective immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Woodbury will be in charge of the production company\u2019s development strategy, sourcing and developing new projects and IP, and maintaining relationships with broadcasters, agents, writers and other creatives. She will be based in Toronto, reporting to Virginia Rankin, executive producer, and the company&#8217;s founder and president, Jocelyn Deschenes.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Woodbury served as director of development for Amaze Film + Television, overseeing the domestic and international scripted slate, including two seasons of the <em>The Stanley Dynamic<\/em> for YTV. She has also developed projects with CBC, Bell Media, Corus, Nickelodeon and Disney International.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to have Tara join our team in English-language development,\u201d said Rankin. \u201cShe brings a wealth of experience and fresh energy to an exciting time in television, both in Canada and internationally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTara is perfect to help us develop our ambitious slate and continue to grow our English-language content,\u201d added Deschenes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO: Tara Woodbury has joined Sph\u00e8re M\u00e9dia Plus (19-2) in the newly created role of head of development for English-language productions, effective immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":2197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[266],"class_list":["post-2196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-sphere-media-plus"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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