{"id":4409,"date":"2013-01-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2013\/01\/10\/sky-vision-hires-first-head-of-acquisitions\/"},"modified":"2013-01-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-10T00:00:00","slug":"sky-vision-hires-first-head-of-acquisitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2013\/01\/10\/sky-vision-hires-first-head-of-acquisitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky Vision Hires First Head of Acquisitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">LONDON: Angela Neillis has been hired as the first head of acquisitions for Sky Vision&mdash;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/articles\/display\/35943\">a new distribution company<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><a href=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/articles\/display\/35943\"> formed by BSkyB and Parthenon Media Group<\/a>&mdash;which is looking to acquire drama and comedy programming.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Prior to her appointment at Sky Vision, Neillis was a commercial manager at BBC Worldwide, where she worked with producers to raise the commercial and creative appeal of series and increase investments and co-productions around the world. She first joined the company in 2006 as the commercial manager for drama and comedy in the indie division.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">As Sky Vision&#8217;s head of acquisitions, Neillis will strategize with the global sales team to exploit new content in the U.K. as well as internationally. She will work under Connie Hodson, the company&#8217;s commercial director.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Neillis commented: &quot;I&#8217;m enormously excited to be joining the company at this time. It offers a great opportunity to collaborate both with producers who have worked with Sky and those who haven&#8217;t. Sky Vision will make a real difference to the global production community and I&#8217;m thrilled to be a part of it.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Hodson added: &quot;Angela&#8217;s appointment underlines our commitment to producers as we work towards making Sky Vision their first port of call for new, popular, distinct and relevant programming for a global audience. I&#8217;m so pleased Angela has joined us and look forward to working with her.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Angela Neillis has been hired as the first head of acquisitions for Sky Vision&mdash;a new distribution company formed by BSkyB and Parthenon Media Group&mdash;which is looking to acquire drama and comedy programming. 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