Disney has recruited former BBC scripted content portfolio director Liam Keelan for a newly created position of Vice President of Original Programming in Europe and Africa. This job will include overseeing content for its television channels including FX and the Disney Channel, and it’s new streaming service, Disney+.
Based in London, he will report to Diego Londono, EVP media networks and content, and lead a team of development and production executives in the U.K. and across the region "to deliver top-quality television originals."
Keelan will be responsible for scripted, unscripted, factual entertainment and animated originals across various genres with a focus on general entertainment and family.
Keelan has more than 20 years of television experience. During his tenure at the BBC and BBC Worldwide, he spent six years as director of scripted content for BBC Worldwide after serving as global editorial director. Before that, Keelan was controller for BBC Daytime and Early Peak.
Before joining the BBC, Keelan held positions as controller for daytime at ITV, head of scheduling and channel editor at UKTV. Since leaving the BBC last year, he has acted as a media consultant for Amazon Studios and a number of independent production companies.
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