{"id":8301,"date":"2016-02-12T14:05:03","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T19:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/studio71-names-president-of-unscripted-television\/"},"modified":"2016-02-12T16:23:14","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T21:23:14","slug":"studio71-appoints-president-of-unscripted-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/studio71-appoints-president-of-unscripted-television\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio71 Appoints President of Unscripted Television"},"content":{"rendered":"
LOS ANGELES: ProSiebenSat.1 Group\u2019s multichannel network Studio71 (formerly Collective Digital Studio) has appointed Rabih Gholam to the newly created position of president of unscripted television.<\/p>\n
Gholam, who most recently served as executive VP and head of unscripted programming at Ryan Seacrest Productions, will be tasked with continuing to build Studio71\u2019s television business and developing television opportunities and intellectual property for its top YouTube and social media influencers. He will report to board member Michael Green.<\/p>\n
Gholam\u2019s credits at Ryan Seacrest Productions include Becoming Us<\/em> and I Love Kellie Pickler<\/em>. He has also been involved with programs such as The Surreal Life<\/em>, The Mole<\/em> and Whose Line Is It Anyway?<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe produced, distributed and marketed intellectual property off YouTube before anyone else with Fred<\/em> on Nickelodeon, Video Game High School<\/em> on Netflix and Epic Meal Time\u2019s Epic Meal Empire<\/em> on FYI Network,\u201d said Green. \u201cContinuing to develop and produce original premium content is our top focus, and Rabih brings years of experience and relationships in unscripted television to Studio71, so we can maximize opportunities for our creators across every possible platform. We want to create hits, and he\u2019ll help us do so.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMore than ever before, we are seeing a clear merger between digital and traditional linear television,\u201d said Gholam. \u201cStudio71 represents many of the top influencers in the digital space across YouTube, Vine, Instagram and Snapchat. To me, it\u2019s one big casting call, and I\u2019ve been charged with developing the right projects and formats for them, whether those projects live on TV or one of today\u2019s many digital platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LOS ANGELES: ProSiebenSat.1 Group\u2019s multichannel network Studio71 (formerly Collective Digital Studio) has appointed Rabih Gholam to the newly created position of president of unscripted television.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[461,462],"class_list":["post-8301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-prosiebensat-1-group","tag-studio71","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n