BBC Studios Hires Seven.One Studios’ Rose Hughes To Lead Global Format Sales
deadline.comBBC Studios has named Seven.One Studios‘ Rose Hughes as its Senior Vice President for Global Format Sales. Hughes will lead the sales strategy for unscripted and scripted formats at the BBC’s production and distribution wing, reporting into Jacob de Boer, EVP Global Entertainment.
The appointment marks a return to the BBC for Hughes, who was Senior Sales Executive, Formats Licensing for the Nordics and Benelux in a previous run.
She’ll begin the new post in February ahead of the BBC Studios Showcase in London. At ProSiebenSat.1-owned Seven.One Studios, she is VP of Sales, working with the likes of Married at First Sight creator Snowman and secured the second international order of Stranded on Honeymoon Island with Seven Network in Australia, along with a commission on BBC One in the UK.
She also oversaw CBS’s deal to pilot a U.S. version of German scripted format Einstein. Over a 15-year career, she has also worked Keshet International, where she was VP of Finished Programmes, Formats, Co-Productions and Pre-Buys.
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