New international boss for Channel 10 under Paramount reshuffle

Network 10 has a new international boss, after the A$12 billion takeover of its parent company Paramount Global by Skydance Media was finalised last week.

Skydance has appointed former NBCUniversal international chair Kevin MacLellan as Paramount Global’s president of international and global content distribution, with a remit that includes overseeing Network 10, as well as Channel 5 in the UK.

MacLellan served as NBCU’s chairman of global distribution and international between 2013 and 2020, where he oversaw the company’s TV and digital businesses outside the US. Prior to that, he was the company’s president of international television, from 2011 to 2013, and held executive roles at HBO and Sony Pictures.