{"id":8042,"date":"2017-06-16T10:44:39","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T14:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/apple-hires-former-sony-tv-presidents-in-programming-push\/"},"modified":"2017-06-16T11:47:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T15:47:04","slug":"apple-hires-former-sony-tv-presidents-in-programming-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/apple-hires-former-sony-tv-presidents-in-programming-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Hires Former Sony TV Presidents in Programming Push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg, who have served as presidents of Sony Pictures Television since 2005, are joining Apple in newly created positions to oversee all aspects of video programming.<\/p>\n<p>Erlicht and Van Amburg will lead video programming worldwide. The pair will be reporting to Eddy Cue, Apple\u2019s senior VP of internet software and services. In their time at Sony, Erlicht and Van Amburg have been responsible for some of the most popular and widely acclaimed programming of the past decade, including\u00a0<em>Breaking Bad<\/em>\u00a0and its spin-off\u00a0<em>Better Call Saul<\/em>, as well as\u00a0<em>The Crown<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Rescue Me\u00a0<\/em>and many others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJamie and Zack are two of the most talented TV executives in the world and have been instrumental in making this the golden age of television,\u201d said Cue. \u201cWe have exciting plans in store for customers and can\u2019t wait for them to bring their expertise to Apple\u2014there is much more to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be an honor to be part of the Apple team,\u201d said Erlicht. \u201cWe want to bring to video what Apple has been so successful with in their other services and consumer products\u2014unparalleled quality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApple has a relentless focus on delighting customers with their products,\u201d added Van Amburg. \u201cWe will bring that same intention to Apple\u2019s programming and we could not be more excited about what lies ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg, who have served as presidents of Sony Pictures Television since 2005, are joining Apple in newly created positions to oversee all aspects of video programming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1375,1376,1377],"class_list":["post-8042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-apple","tag-jamie-erlicht","tag-zack-van-amburg"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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