Rory Callaghan moves from ‘the number one’ to ‘the most dynamic’ TV producer in Australia

Rory Callaghan, who quit as boss of Southern Star at the start of the year, has joined Shine Australia.

Callaghan takes on the role of executive director, reporting to Shine Australia’s president Mark Fennessy and MD Matt Campbell.

His brief is to grow the company’s catalogue of group formats in Australia and New Zealand, and those of Zodiak and Talpa where Shine is the local partner. He’ll also focus on the roll out of new content streams including scripted content.

On leaving Southern Star, Callaghan had said he had been “privileged to have worked at Australia’s number one TV producer.” In a press release issued today, Callaghan said: “In its short history Shine has changed the Australian television landscape and I am thrilled to be joining the most dynamic production company in the country.”