ITV Studios America Hires USA Network & ABC Studios Alums

ITV Studios America has grown its executive team, naming Jed Valdecantos to the post of VP of scripted TV development and Jim Dietle to the role of VP of business and legal affairs.

Valdecantos, who will share responsibility for overseeing ITV Studios America’s development roster, most recently served as director of original scripted programming at USA Network. During his time there, he oversaw development of several drama projects, including Graceland, Complications and Colony, through to series production. He also managed current series such as Burn Notice and White Collar.

Dietle will be charged with studio business affairs, from development through to production for ITV Studios America as well as oversight of compliance, litigation, distribution and all deals for the studio. He was most recently a VP of business affairs for ABC Studios, where he managed the business oversight for current programming and related affiliated network license agreements and breakage issues. Dietle also handled production overall deals as well as development deals for script commitments and rights acquisitions that evolved into the production of pilots and subsequent series, which also sometimes involved the management of co-production agreements with outside studios.

Based at the company’s Los Angeles headquarters, Valdecantos will report to Michael Azzolino, the executive VP of creative affairs. Dietle will report to Tom Lane, the executive VP of business and legal affairs.

“As our development and production operations are rapidly expanding, we are thrilled to welcome Jed and Jim at ITV Studios America,” said Philippe Maigret, the president of ITV Studios America. “Their recognized experience, incredible industry relationships and innovative spirit will make our creative and business teams even stronger.”