{"id":6444,"date":"2018-09-26T09:17:58","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T13:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/media-ranch-hires-head-content-storytelling\/"},"modified":"2018-09-26T10:09:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T14:09:42","slug":"media-ranch-hires-head-of-content-storytelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/media-ranch-hires-head-of-content-storytelling\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Ranch Hires Head of Content &#038; Storytelling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Media Ranch has appointed Philip Kalin-Hajdu as head of content and storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>Kalin-Hajdu will be developing and writing new series and formats, as he looks to grow Media Ranch\u2019s slate and seek out new talent. Kalin-Hajdu is a two-time Canadian Screen Award-nominated producer of the web series <em>YidLife<\/em> <em>Crisis<\/em>. He also adapted the screenplay and produced the award-winning horror feature <em>Game of Death<\/em>, which was licensed as a series to the online platform Blackpills.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Kalin-Hajdu was the director of development for Ziad Touma\u2019s Couzin Films, where he developed and line-produced <em>The Judas<\/em>, which Media Ranch will be launching at MIPCOM as a format.<\/p>\n<p>He will report directly to Media Ranch President Sophie Ferron. Ferron said: \u201cOur tenth anniversary is starting with a bang. We have a stellar slate of formats and an exceptional creative joining us in Philip Kalin-Hajdu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPhilip brings years of experience in film, television, digital and interactive media, and will help sustain Media Ranch\u2019s position as a top creator and distributor of unscripted entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kalin-Hajdu said: \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be working with Sophie Ferron and Media Ranch, pioneers of the format business in Canada. I look forward to our collaboration\u2014bringing new and exciting series to the competitive world of factual television.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media Ranch has appointed Philip Kalin-Hajdu as head of content and storytelling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":6445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1480],"class_list":["post-6444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-media-ranch","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Media Ranch Hires Head of Content &amp; Storytelling - TVFORMATS<\/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\/tvformats\/media-ranch-hires-head-of-content-storytelling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Media Ranch Hires Head of Content &amp; 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