{"id":5959,"date":"2014-10-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2014\/10\/10\/lionsgate-ups-ron-schwartz-jim-packer-to-co-heads-of-home-entertainment\/"},"modified":"2014-10-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T00:00:00","slug":"lionsgate-ups-ron-schwartz-jim-packer-to-co-heads-of-home-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/lionsgate-ups-ron-schwartz-jim-packer-to-co-heads-of-home-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionsgate Ups Ron Schwartz &amp; Jim Packer to Co-Heads of Home Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tVANCOUVER\/SANTA MONICA: Jim Packer and Ron Schwartz have been elevated to co-heads of Lionsgate&rsquo;s worldwide home-entertainment operations.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPacker will also keep his current title and responsibilities as president of worldwide television and digital distribution, while Schwartz will serve as president of Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Packer&rsquo;s promotion follows his recent signing of a new long-term agreement with the company. Schwartz entered a new long-term deal with Lionsgate last year and has been upped from his previous position as president and general manager of Lionsgate Home Entertainment Sales &amp; Distribution. Both continue to report to Steve Beeks, Lionsgate&rsquo;s co-COO and the president of the motion picture group.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&ldquo;Ron and Jim have complementary skills and experience, and they bring strategic vision, marketing acumen and operational expertise to the opportunities created by fast-changing home entertainment consumption patterns,&rdquo; said Beeks. &ldquo;Under this new alignment, they will continue to lead a team of innovative and experienced executives in designing win\/win scenarios for our digital and traditional partnerships alike as we expand the choices and enrich the quality and excitement of the home entertainment experience for our consumers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&ldquo;Jim and Ron are ideally qualified to continue building our momentum, generate new opportunities for incremental revenue and margin growth and extend our home entertainment business in exciting new directions,&rdquo; added Jon Feltheimer, Lionsgate&rsquo;s CEO. &ldquo;The emergence of new windows, the entry of new players in the digital space and the continued growth of our content business around the world create a perfect storm of opportunity on which Lionsgate is well positioned to capitalize as a next generation content company.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VANCOUVER\/SANTA MONICA: Jim Packer and Ron Schwartz have been elevated to co-heads of Lionsgate&rsquo;s worldwide home-entertainment operations. Packer will also keep his current title and responsibilities as president of worldwide television and digital distribution, while Schwartz will serve as president of Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Packer&rsquo;s promotion follows his recent signing of a new long-term agreement &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-5959","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>Lionsgate Ups Ron Schwartz &amp; Jim Packer to Co-Heads of Home Entertainment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lionsgate Ups Ron Schwartz &amp; Jim Packer to Co-Heads of Home Entertainment. 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