Overview
- Robi Stanton takes the new President, APAC Media & Streaming role, overseeing the unified Australia & New Zealand and Asia media and streaming businesses.
- BBC Studios says the alignment will streamline operations across the region to unlock growth and collaboration, according to executive statements.
- Stanton joined earlier this year after senior posts at CNN International, Warner Bros. Discovery and Turner International in Australia and Singapore.
- Deadline reports uncertainty around the future of Asia EVP & General Manager Phil Hardman’s role following the restructure.
- The move follows earlier APAC shifts, including BBC Studios’ exit from production in India with a multi-year Banijay Asia deal, and comes during a wider corporate reshuffle that added UK scripted MD Jamie Hall.