BBC Studios has consolidated its APAC and EMEA Distribution units into one single unified business, promoting Nick Percy to oversee it as APAC chief Jon Penn reveals his departure.The Global Markets unit’s formation means the BBC’s commercial outfit now has just three distribution hubs – Global, Americas and UK.
BBC Studios said the move, which came following a strategic review, reflects the media industry’s “rapid transformation” and will “help to ensure simplified decision-making across territories and between all lines of business.”The Global Markets unit will launch on January 31 2022 under the leadership of London-based Percy, who joined BBC Studios in 2010 and has been EMEA lead since April 2020.
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