{"id":6240,"date":"2015-11-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2015\/11\/06\/banijay-finland-ceo-tapped-as-md-of-fremantlemedia-finland\/"},"modified":"2015-11-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T00:00:00","slug":"banijay-finland-ceo-tapped-as-md-of-fremantlemedia-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2015\/11\/06\/banijay-finland-ceo-tapped-as-md-of-fremantlemedia-finland\/","title":{"rendered":"Banijay Finland CEO Tapped as MD of FremantleMedia Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tHELSINKI\/LONDON: Joonas Hyt&ouml;nen has been named managing director of FremantleMedia Finland, joining the company from Banijay Finland, where he served as CEO.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHyt&ouml;nen will report to Daniela Matei, CEO for the Nordics, Eastern Europe and Balkans (NOREEBA). He will sit on the&nbsp;NOREEBA senior management team. Hyt&ouml;nen will be responsible for the strategic vision and overall management of FremantleMedia Finland. In addition to overseeing original program development and the production of FremantleMedia formats in the market, Hyt&ouml;nen will also be charged with growing the business across digital, licensing and ad-funded programming.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPrior to serving as CEO of Banijay Finland, Hyt&ouml;nen was the head of entertainment at Moskito Television, part of the NICE Entertainment Group. He will take up his new role in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMatei said: &ldquo;Joonas knows the Finnish television industry inside out and has a passion for media [and] a strong track record in delivering successful prime-time hits in this market. He will be a fantastic asset to the FremantleMedia business and I&rsquo;m very much looking forward to working with him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHyt&ouml;nen added: &ldquo;FremantleMedia is one of the biggest entertainment brands in the world and it is a real privilege to be heading up an organization with a portfolio of must-see shows. There are some exciting opportunities ahead of us and I&rsquo;m looking forward to working with the talented team at FremantleMedia Finland to turn these into reality.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tJacob Houlind, the CEO Banijay&#039;s Nordic group, commented, &quot;Further to today&rsquo;s announcement regarding the departure of Joonas Hyt&ouml;nen of Banijay Finland, as part of the current management team Martti Suovinen CCO, Rami Jahkonen CFO, and Suvi Oja Heiniemi COO will become joint interim CEOs. We expect to start a recruitment process of a new Banijay Finland CEO by December.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HELSINKI\/LONDON: Joonas Hyt&ouml;nen has been named managing director of FremantleMedia Finland, joining the company from Banijay Finland, where he served as CEO. Hyt&ouml;nen will report to Daniela Matei, CEO for the Nordics, Eastern Europe and Balkans (NOREEBA). He will sit on the&nbsp;NOREEBA senior management team. 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