{"id":113714,"date":"2023-11-16T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/16\/leon-wilson-named-ceo-of-shine-tv-maker-zeppotron-deadline\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T09:00:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T09:00:38","slug":"leon-wilson-named-ceo-of-shine-tv-maker-zeppotron-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/16\/leon-wilson-named-ceo-of-shine-tv-maker-zeppotron-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon Wilson Named CEO Of Shine TV & Maker Zeppotron \u2013 Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tFormer Talkback and Thames chief Leon Wilson<\/a> has been named CEO of Banijay UK<\/a> labels Shine TV<\/a> and Zeppotron<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis comes after the information present Shine Managing Director Jon Swain is stepping down on the finish of the 12 months. Wilson will report back to Banijay UK CEO Patrick Holland<\/a> the he takes up the CEO position on the finish of the month.<\/p>\n

\n\tShine is understood for the BBC\u2019s\u00a0MasterChef<\/em>\u00a0manufacturers,\u00a0Hunted<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Celebrity Hunted<\/em>\u00a0and new Channel 4 jail format\u00a0Banged Up<\/em>, whereas Zeppotron makes the lengthy operating exhibits 8 Out of 10 Cats<\/em>, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown<\/em> and Would I Lie to You?<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThere aren’t any plans to immediately exchange Swain at Shine, however Wilson will work with Creative Director Tim Whitwell, MasterChef<\/em> boss David Ambler and the broader staff. At Zeppotron, MDs Ruth Phillips and Peter Holmes will work with Wilson on a push into the streamer market.<\/p>\n

\n\tWilson is understood for operating Fremantle label Talkback and the merged Talkback-Thames enterprise between 2013 and 2019. There his credit included Too Hot to Handle<\/em>\u00a0for Netflix,\u00a0Harry\u2019s Heroes: The Full English<\/em>\u00a0for ITV1 and\u00a0Your Face or Mine<\/em>\u00a0for Comedy Central.<\/p>\n

\n\tMore lately, he based the All3Media-backed Great Scott Media, which has grown to show over \u00a314M a 12 months and landed commissions resembling Love Trap<\/em>\u00a0for Channel 4 and 10-part Netflix actuality collection\u00a0Dated & Related<\/em>. Further again in his profession, he labored on The Graham Norton Show<\/em>,\u00a0Dame Edna<\/em>,\u00a0Fantasy Football<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Friday Night Project<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBanijay UK boss Holland mentioned: \u201cAs well as being a brilliant creative, Leon has phenomenal amounts of energy, enthusiasm, and insight. I\u2019m so delighted that he\u2019s chosen Banijay for the next chapter of his impressive career and I know that the teams in Shine and Zeppotron will benefit greatly from his expertise.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWilson added: \u201cI can\u2019t wait to start in this new role and work with the fantastically talented teams at Shine and Zeppotron. I love prisons, being hunted, eating, lying and four-fifths of cats\u2026 as well as winning new commissions. It\u2019s literally a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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[ad_1] Former Talkback and Thames chief Leon Wilson has been named CEO of Banijay UK labels Shine TV and Zeppotron. This comes after the information present Shine Managing Director Jon Swain is stepping down on the finish of the 12 months. Wilson will report back to Banijay UK CEO Patrick Holland the he takes up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-113714","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}