BBC Worldwide Poland Shakes Up Sales Team

WARSAW: BBC Worldwide Poland has made two changes to its sales team, elevating Zbigniew Pruski and appointing former Viacom executive Michał Gilarski to the unit.

Pruski was promoted to the post of head of affiliate sales. He joined BBC Worldwide in 2011 and has played an instrumental role in the company’s channel business in Poland, as well as the global launch of BBC Brit and BBC Earth last year. He will continue to be responsible for the distribution and strategy development of the linear channels business, along with consumer products such as DVDs, live events and merchandising.

Additionally, Gilarski is joining Pruski’s team as affiliate sales executive. Gilarski will support Pruski in looking after the linear channels distribution. Prior to joining BBC Worldwide Poland, Gilarski worked at Viacom International Media Networks.

Jacek Koskowski, the general manager and VP of BBC Worldwide Poland, said, “I’m pleased to be welcoming a new valuable member to our team and seeing others progressing within our structures. It shows that the company [is] constantly developing and the strengthened affiliate unit will be looking to grow our relationships with the partners further in the market.”