{"id":3743,"date":"2012-01-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/01\/20\/lionsgate-uk-hires-tv-head\/"},"modified":"2012-01-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T00:00:00","slug":"lionsgate-uk-hires-tv-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/01\/20\/lionsgate-uk-hires-tv-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionsgate UK Hires TV Head"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">LONDON: Roberta Ibba-Hartog, who previously led regional sales at HBO, has been named as the head of TV for the U.K. and Eastern Europe at Lionsgate UK. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Ibba-Hartog is responsible for the sales and distribution of all Lionsgate films and series across the U.K. and Ireland and will oversee sales in Eastern Europe. She comes to the post from HBO, where she served as the VP of international distribution for Central &amp; Eastern Europe, Korea and Japan. Before HBO, Ibba-Hartog was with Sony Pictures International as director of sales, covering Nordic, Benelux and CEE territories. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Lionsgate UK&#8217;s COO, Guy Avshalom, commented, &ldquo;We are thrilled to have Roberta join the team at Lionsgate UK. She brings a broad range of experience and enthusiasm to this new post as well as a diversity of experience and a wealth of close, productive relationships within the industry.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&ldquo;It is an honor to be joining Lionsgate UK,&rdquo; said Ibba-Hartog. &ldquo;I am excited to work at a company with such a diverse upcoming slate.&rdquo;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Roberta Ibba-Hartog, who previously led regional sales at HBO, has been named as the head of TV for the U.K. and Eastern Europe at Lionsgate UK. Ibba-Hartog is responsible for the sales and distribution of all Lionsgate films and series across the U.K. and Ireland and will oversee sales in Eastern Europe. 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