Commissioner Moves
In/Out: Amy Savitsky, VP Development, East Coast, TLC
Amy Savitsky has been appointed as Vice President, Development, East Coast, TLC based in Silver Spring, MD. She was previously in a similar role at Discovery Channel. Source: TV Tracker
In: Kristin Peace, Senior Director of Development, TLC
Kristin Peace has been appointed as Senior Director of Development, TLC. Source: TV Tracker
Up: Mariana Flynn, VP Development, West Coast, TLC
Mariana Flynn has been promoted to the position of Vice President of Development, West Coast, TLC. Source: TV Tracker
In: Rod Aissa, SVP / Original Programming and Development, Oxygen
Rod Aissa has been appointed as Senior Vice President /Original Programming and Development at Oxygen Media in New York. He reports to Jason Klarman, President. Source: Cynopsis
In: Adam Stotsky, General Manager, G4
Adam Stotsky has been promoted to the post of General Manager at NBCUniversal’s male-skewing channel G4, reporting to Bonnie Hammer, chairman of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment and Cable Studios. His role involves overseeing development, production, scheduling, marketing and press operations. Source: C21
In: Tony Iffland, Director of Television and Online, SBS (Australia)
Tony Iffland has been appointed as Director of Television and Online at SBS in Australia, starting in April 2012, where he will be responsible for commissioning content for the free-to-air channels. Source: C21
Up: Maria Mowbray, TV4 (Sweden)
Maria Mowbray has been appointed as head of entertainment, lifestyle and reality commissioning at TV4, Sweden reporting to Åsa Sjöberg, director of programmes for TV4 Group. Read more: C21
In: Michele Kurland, Head of Factual Entertainment, Sky
Michele Kurland has been appointed as head of factual entertainment at Sky (from March 2012), overseeing production and commissioning of programmes across Sky 1 HD, Sky Living HD, Sky Atlantic, HD and Sky Arts HD. Read more: Realscreen
In: Joseph Maxwell, Commissioning Editor, Documentaries, SBS (Australia)
Joseph Maxwell has been appointed as Commissioning Editor for Documentaries at SBS in Australia, with special responsibility for science and history. He reports to senior commissioning editor John Godfrey. Source: C21
Out: John Miller, SVP Original Productions and Development, WEtv / Wedding Central
John Miller has left his position as SVP of original productions and development at WE tv and Wedding Central. Read more: Realscreen
