{"id":6949,"date":"2016-08-08T10:56:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T14:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/acquisitions-exec-bun-beeson-rejoins-mtg\/"},"modified":"2016-08-08T13:50:20","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T17:50:20","slug":"acquisitions-exec-bun-beeson-rejoins-mtg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/08\/08\/acquisitions-exec-bun-beeson-rejoins-mtg\/","title":{"rendered":"Acquisitions Exec Bun Beeson Rejoins MTG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STOCKHOLM: Bun Beeson has rejoined Modern Times Group (MTG) after six years at BBC Worldwide, tapped for the post of VP of pay-TV and VOD programming acquisitions.<\/p>\n<p>Beeson will lead the team responsible for the acquisition of content for MTG\u2019s Viasat Film and Series channels, and Viaplay and other streaming services in Scandinavia and internationally. She will focus on the further development of MTG\u2019s programming strategy as well. Beeson will report to\u00a0Vanda Rapti, the senior VP of programming acquisitions.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Beeson worked at MTG for four years, including two years as head of acquisitions of pay-TV programming for Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. Beeson then headed to BBC Worldwide, serving as VP of global acquisitions in the content division, where she was responsible for acquiring all content for the international portfolio of BBC-branded thematic channels.<\/p>\n<p>Jakob Mejlhede, MTG&#8217;s executive VP of programming and content development, commented: \u201cIt is exciting to welcome Bun back to this newly enlarged role working across all of our territories with our pay-TV channels and on-demand services. We are buying more content for more windows than ever before, so attracting super skilled and experienced professionals like Bun to lead the deal-making with existing and future content producers and distributors around the world is essential. Bun is a results-driven high achiever with a fantastic attitude that fits MTG\u2019s bold, smart, fun and engaging culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beeson commented: \u201cI am delighted to be rejoining MTG at this exciting time in the group\u2019s development. I know the people, and the products well and am looking forward to further expanding MTG\u2019s acquisition of the best content for its customers, and optimizing rights utilization across the group\u2019s platforms and territories. This is a unique opportunity given the range of MTG\u2019s offering, which is leading the way in the industry as video consumption moves online, on mobile and on demand.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STOCKHOLM: Bun Beeson has rejoined Modern Times Group (MTG) after six years at BBC Worldwide, tapped for the post of VP of pay-TV and VOD programming acquisitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":6950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[178],"class_list":["post-6949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-mtg"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Acquisitions Exec Bun Beeson Rejoins MTG - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/08\/08\/acquisitions-exec-bun-beeson-rejoins-mtg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Acquisitions Exec Bun Beeson Rejoins MTG - 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