{"id":18094,"date":"2023-01-13T09:17:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T14:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-finland-appoints-head-scripted\/"},"modified":"2023-01-13T09:17:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T14:17:01","slug":"fremantle-finland-appoints-head-of-scripted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-finland-appoints-head-of-scripted\/","title":{"rendered":"Fremantle Finland Appoints Head of Scripted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fremantle has named Seija-Liisa Eskola as head of scripted in Finland.<\/p>\n<p>Eskola is responsible for the development and sales of drama series. She joins Fremantle from Warner Bros. International Television Production Finland, where she was head of scripted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Eskola has been involved in concept development and worked as an executive producer on <em>Soundtrack of Love<\/em> (Yle\/Finnish Broadcasting Company), <em>Welcome to Texas<\/em> (MTV), <em>Happy Hour of the Wolf<\/em> (Yle) and <em>Man in Room 301<\/em> (Elisa Viihde), which was the first Finnish series acquired by the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>She commented: \u201cI am very excited about my new role. It is like coming home as I used to work with the company and the daily drama series <em>Secret Lives<\/em> as a director many years ago. Fremantle has a large drama selection and also makes the number one in Finnish daily drama, and this is the perfect environment to develop new Finnish scripted series. I want to use my long experience in drama development and have intensive cooperation with directors and editors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jarkko Luoma, CEO of Fremantle Finland, said: \u201cIn recent years, Fremantle has grown significantly internationally in drama production. This trend can also be seen in Finland, and we want it to continue on this path. We wanted a top drama professional, and Seilis is exactly the right person for the job! 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