Former Keshet Exec Ran Tellem Joins Mediapro

BARCELONA: Ran Tellem, formerly Keshet’s VP of programming and content, has taken on the role of head of international content development at the Spain-based audiovisual group Mediapro.

Tellem will work along with producers and Mediapro’s international arm, Imagina International Sales, to strengthen its catalogue and expand the group’s content in the international market. Among his other credits, Tellem served as an executive producer on the hit Homeland and its Israeli version Prisoners of War.

Tellem said, “It is a great pleasure for me to happily announce I have a new home. Mediapro’s abilities, worldwide reach, great people, ideas and passion seem like the next right step. It is a place where television dreams can come true. Together we’d like to open a door to creators around the world, with the most innovative, human, emotional, ideas to come. I would like to thank Mediapro Group for giving an Israeli TV person a shot at a worldwide operation.”

Javier Méndez, the head of content at Mediapro Group, added, “It’s an honor and a privilege having such a talented person as Ran Tellen by our side to strengthen our international content area. We are sure his vast experience will allow us to produce series, programs and formats which will make Mediapro a key player in the content production.”