Sky Studios has secured a big name to succeed outgoing CEO Gary Davey.The Comcast-owned European content powerhouse has announced the appointment of YouTube EMEA chief and former Fremantle boss Cécile Frot-Coutaz.
She will join Sky’s production and development division in September after Davey announced his retirement last year.Deadline understands that Frot-Coutaz has been weighing up a return to traditional television for some time after she held meaningful talks to become the next CEO of BBC Studios last year.
She ultimately turned the role down and BBC Studios is yet to name Tim Davie’s successor.Sky Studios was established in 2019, bringing together the pay-TV giant’s originals commissioning and production under one roof.
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