Abram Sitzer joins founders Donovan Chan and Jocelyn Little at Beach House

Fremantle label Beach House adds head of content

L-R Abram Sitzer, Jocelyn Little. Donovan Chan

Abram Sitzer (left) will report to Beach House’s co-founders Donovan Chan (centre) and Jocelyn Little (right)

Former director of content for Discovery Networks Abram Sitzer has joined Singapore-based Fremantle label Beach House Productions in the newly-created role of head of content. He will oversee the development and sales of docs, factual entertainment and branded content deals in key markets across Southeast Asia, China and globally, while also supporting the indie’s scripted growth.Sitzer reports to co-founders Donovan Chan, creative director, and Jocelyn Little, managing director. Prior to joining BHP, Sitzer held the same role at Relay Video. Fremantle took a majority stake in BHP earlier this year. 

BBC Player expands in EMEA 

BBC Studios has launched VoD service BBC Player in Greece, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The multi-genre service will be available on the Greek streamer Cosmote TV, Slovak Telekom’s Magio TV in Slovakia and T-Mobile’s Magenta TV in Czech Republic. Over 1,000 hours of programming includes dramas such as Luther, natural history series including Mammals, documentaries including Putin: A Russian Spy Story and entertainment shows like Top Gear and The Great British Bake Off. The content will have a mix of voice-over, subtitles and dubbing. BBC Player is already available in Poland, Germany, Singapore, Taiwan and Malaysia.  

WBD promotes Deniz Şaşmaz Oflaz to lead originals and streaming in Turkey 

Warner Bros Discovery has promoted Deniz Şaşmaz Oflaz to vice president of local original productions, local channels and streaming ops lead for Turkey. Under her expanded remit, she will oversee the streaming and linear TV businesses, including TLC and DMAX, in the country. She will retain leading the development and proidction of local content and will also supervise the local programming and scheduling teams for TLC and DMAX. She assumes responsibility for networks from Grigory Lavrov, who will continue to lead the trade marketing teams across CEE and MENAT and take on new duties outside of Turkey. Şaşmaz Oflaz will balance her new duties while continuing to head WBD’s streaming platform BluTV. 

 

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