Phil Oppenheim, who has held senior exec posts at Epix, Lionsgate and Turner, has been named chief content officer at Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment.
In the newly created position, Oppenheim will lead physical and streaming platform content strategy across all brands for the company, which owns streaming services like Crackle and also just acquired Redbox, a video retailer turned streaming and production hub.
He will report to company president Jonathan Katz. At MGM-owned Epix, Oppenheim was SVP of program scheduling, leading the programming team and steering linear and SVOD linear services and their streaming extensions under the Epix banner.
Oppenheim also was responsible for the streaming content and branding for ScreenPix’s suite of ad-free channels, as well as Epix Now.
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