{"id":1432,"date":"2014-11-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/2014\/11\/05\/hannelie-bekker-to-head-up-fic-africa\/"},"modified":"2014-11-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T00:00:00","slug":"hannelie-bekker-to-head-up-fic-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/hannelie-bekker-to-head-up-fic-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannelie Bekker to Head Up FIC Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tJOHANNESBURG: FOX International Channels (FIC) has brought in Hannelie Bekker as its managing director for FIC Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBekker will be based in Johannesburg, reporting to Adam Theiler, the executive VP for southern Europe and Africa. Bekker will take over responsibilities for all FIC brands in Africa, including FOX, FX, National Geographic Channel, FOX Sports and Baby TV. Prior to joining FIC, Bekker was the managing director of Wananchi Programming, a Wananchi Group company created to develop and manage bespoke channels under the Zuku brand.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTheiler said: &ldquo;Hannelie has the same dynamic spirit that we all share at FIC. She will be an extraordinary asset to FIC, and will lead and extend our operation throughout Africa, which is a key market with a mature business operation and strong brand and affiliate distribution. Hannelie&rsquo;s experience and track record in senior roles at numerous TV production companies throughout Africa not only make her the best possible person to manage FIC Africa, but also a prominent figure within Africa&rsquo;s TV industry who can help FIC to consolidate its objectives in the region. I am delighted to welcome Hannelie to our executive team.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHANNESBURG: FOX International Channels (FIC) has brought in Hannelie Bekker as its managing director for FIC Africa. Bekker will be based in Johannesburg, reporting to Adam Theiler, the executive VP for southern Europe and Africa. Bekker will take over responsibilities for all FIC brands in Africa, including FOX, FX, National Geographic Channel, FOX Sports and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hannelie Bekker to Head Up FIC Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hannelie Bekker to Head Up FIC Africa. JOHANNESBURG, November 5: FOX International Channels (FIC) has brought in Hannelie Bekker as its managing director for FIC Africa.. 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