Canadian content-creation company Bgm Inc. has tapped ex-Cineflix exec Kim Bondi as senior vice-president of development.
Bondi, who will oversee development strategy and Bgm’s premium factual production slate, takes over from development head Sean Connolly.
She is the second high-profile hire over the past year for Bgm, which was acquired by Sphere Media in 2020 and is bolstering its international ambitions by bringing on top unscripted talent. Last May Andrea Griffith joined the company as its inaugural director of content, moving over from Corus Entertainment.
Bondi will report to Bgm’s president, Marlo Miazga, who is also now Sphere’s president of unscripted, and work alongside Griffith and Bgm’s director of development Aidan Denison, drawing on her network both in the U.S. and beyond to generate new opportunities both creative and commercial.
At Cineflix, where she was executive vice-president of production and programming, and head of development Canada,...
Bondi, who will oversee development strategy and Bgm’s premium factual production slate, takes over from development head Sean Connolly.
She is the second high-profile hire over the past year for Bgm, which was acquired by Sphere Media in 2020 and is bolstering its international ambitions by bringing on top unscripted talent. Last May Andrea Griffith joined the company as its inaugural director of content, moving over from Corus Entertainment.
Bondi will report to Bgm’s president, Marlo Miazga, who is also now Sphere’s president of unscripted, and work alongside Griffith and Bgm’s director of development Aidan Denison, drawing on her network both in the U.S. and beyond to generate new opportunities both creative and commercial.
At Cineflix, where she was executive vice-president of production and programming, and head of development Canada,...
- 2/10/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Chris Bonney, CEO of London-based distributor Cineflix Rights, is set to retire from the company next year.
The executive, a well-respected industry veteran who has grown Cineflix Media’s distribution operation, will step down following a period of transition, during which time the company will appoint a successor.
Bonney joined Cineflix Media in 2012 from Warner Bros. International Television Production to lead Cineflix Rights. Through his leadership, the company has grown into one of the U.K.’s largest independent television distributors, with a roster of 100 creative producer partners. The company’s 5,000-hour catalogue of scripted and factual content has been sold into more than 500 broadcasters and platforms around the world.
During Bonney’s tenure at Cineflix Rights, he increased the company’s deals with third-party partners to almost half of its overall portfolio, and ushered in innovative financing models to help producer partners, including Cineflix Productions, deliver programming.
Bonney’s...
The executive, a well-respected industry veteran who has grown Cineflix Media’s distribution operation, will step down following a period of transition, during which time the company will appoint a successor.
Bonney joined Cineflix Media in 2012 from Warner Bros. International Television Production to lead Cineflix Rights. Through his leadership, the company has grown into one of the U.K.’s largest independent television distributors, with a roster of 100 creative producer partners. The company’s 5,000-hour catalogue of scripted and factual content has been sold into more than 500 broadcasters and platforms around the world.
During Bonney’s tenure at Cineflix Rights, he increased the company’s deals with third-party partners to almost half of its overall portfolio, and ushered in innovative financing models to help producer partners, including Cineflix Productions, deliver programming.
Bonney’s...
- 11/24/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
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