{"id":8769,"date":"2016-06-07T12:06:14","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T16:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blink-films-taps-itv-studios-alum-to-lead-expansion\/"},"modified":"2016-06-07T12:22:13","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T16:22:13","slug":"blink-films-taps-itv-studios-alum-to-lead-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blink-films-taps-itv-studios-alum-to-lead-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Blink Films Taps ITV Studios Alum to Lead Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Indie producer Blink Films has\u00a0appointed\u00a0Jon Lloyd to the post of\u00a0creative director of popular factual as it branches out into factual entertainment, formats and features.<\/p>\n<p>In his new role, Lloyd will work with Blink\u2019s executive team of Dan Chambers, Justine Kershaw and Sarah Sapper in London, as well as Brad Kohlenstein in the U.S., to spearhead the growth of the popular factual division and expand the company\u2019s roster to include factual entertainment, formats and features. He will be based in London.<\/p>\n<p>Lloyd most recently served as executive producer at Boomerang, where he oversaw a production slate that included shows such as <em>Posh Pawn<\/em> and <em>Posh Pawnbrokers<\/em> for Channel 4. He has also held creative roles at ITV Studios, RDF and Studio Lambert.<\/p>\n<p>Blink Films\u2019s Chambers and Kershaw commented: \u201cJon has produced some of the U.K.\u2019s most notable and award-winning popular factual series and formats and we are thrilled that he is joining our expanding creative team to broaden our reach into new genres. We are confident he will help to rapidly build the company\u2019s portfolio of productions, including our increased push into factual entertainment and features for both a U.K. and global audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lloyd added: \u201cBlink&#8217;s reputation for innovative, quality programming is second to none and I\u2019m delighted to be joining them at a time of strategic expansion into new areas of non-scripted programming. I\u2019m excited to start working with Dan and Justine and the teams on both sides of the Atlantic to create iconic new series and formats.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Indie producer Blink Films has appointed Jon Lloyd to the post of creative director of popular factual as it branches out into factual entertainment, formats and features.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":8770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[291],"class_list":["post-8769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-blink-films","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blink Films Taps ITV Studios Alum to Lead Expansion - TVREAL<\/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\/tvreal\/blink-films-taps-itv-studios-alum-to-lead-expansion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blink Films Taps ITV Studios Alum to Lead Expansion - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LONDON: Indie producer Blink Films has appointed Jon Lloyd to the post of creative director of popular factual as it branches out into factual entertainment, formats and features.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blink-films-taps-itv-studios-alum-to-lead-expansion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-06-07T16:06:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-06-07T16:22:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/09\/JonLloyd-BlinkFilms-616.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blink-films-taps-itv-studios-alum-to-lead-expansion\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blink-films-taps-itv-studios-alum-to-lead-expansion\/\",\"name\":\"Blink Films Taps ITV Studios Alum to Lead Expansion - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-07T16:06:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-06-07T16:22:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blink-films-taps-itv-studios-alum-to-lead-expansion\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blink-films-taps-itv-studios-alum-to-lead-expansion\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blink-films-taps-itv-studios-alum-to-lead-expansion\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Blink Films Taps ITV Studios Alum to Lead Expansion\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\",\"name\":\"Sara Alessi\",\"description\":\"Sara Alessi is the associate editor of World Screen. 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